PBS News Hour full episode, March 25, 2025

From PBS NewsHour.

Tuesday on the News Hour, Democrats push Trump administration intelligence officials for answers on why they used a commercial messaging app to discuss war plans. The Wall Street veteran nominated to lead the Social Security Administration is questioned about potential cuts at the agency. Plus, we speak with Finland’s president about efforts to end the war Russia started in Ukraine.

WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS:
Democrats grill Trump officials on war plans breach

News Wrap: Ukraine, Russia agree on Black Sea safety

Trump’s Social Security nominee questioned about cuts

Sudan’s military takes central Khartoum from RSF rebels

Finland’s president says ‘time to be hard’ with Russia

What happens to DNA data as 23andMe files bankruptcy?

The history of public media as GOP targets funding

Graydon Carter reflects on career as an editor in new memoir

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00:00 – Intro
02:24 – Security Lapse
08:38 – News Wrap
13:02 – Possible Cuts
17:27 – Civil War
23:18 – View from Europe
33:37 – Data Privacy
38:47 – In Context: Public Media
47:15 – “When the Going was Good”54:19 – Online + Goodnight