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This week on Face the Nation, President Trump scrambles to cut last minute deals ahead of the midterms, the latest prompting backlash within his own party. Twenty three days to go before the votes are counted and the atypical campaign continues.

Late Friday, Trump cut a deal with Vladimir Putin to import Russian diesel exports in an effort to lower the price of fuel in the US. 

That deal came with a whack at Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, who America has supported throughout its four and a half year war with Russia. 

Three years ago, Hamas massacred 1200 people in Israel, and took 254 people hostage.

As national security council coordinator under former President Biden, Brett McGurk worked to secure their release, a challenge he writes about in his new book, BRINK. We spoke with McGurk last week.

This week on Face the Nation, one month away from midterms and the pressure on the President to do something about high prices is building

With control of the House and Senate at stake, President Trump has been on a red state road trip to get Republicans to the polls. 

Our new CBS poll has troubling news for the President's party.  With 9 in 10 voters saying they rate the economy on the basis of prices, 7 in 10 say that Trump's policies are making food and grocery prices go up, and 9 in 10 says the conflict with Iran is ma...

This week on Face the Nation, President Trump turns his focus to the midterm elections, following a week of high-stakes summits with foreign allies and adversaries.

The president spent much last week striding the world stage without ever leaving the U.S., first delivering a stark warning to Iran in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly.

So what is the status of that potential deal? In a network exclusive, we'll hear from Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on his country's latest offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end th...

This week on Face the Nation, President Trump bars three major news organizations from covering the White House as Republican concern over the impact of his policies continues to grow.

The countdown clock to the midterm elections continues to tick down, but the rest of the numbers affecting the economy continue to go up. We're now 200 days into the war with Iran...and gas prices remain high, with diesel prices at new record highs.

But promises those gas prices will come down soon are wearing thin with some Republicans. Especially in Iowa, where farmers are...

This week on Face the Nation, a major development in the Artificial Intelligence arms race, and our election year battleground tracker reveals where the race for control of Congress stands less than two months from election day.  

As the midterm election campaign pace picked up dramatically last week, so did America's anxiety over AI. Dario Amodei is the head of Anthropic. We'll have more of Amodei's first on CBS conversation with our Jo Ling Kent.

Then, on to politics.  We'll talk with Utah Republican Governor Spencer Cox as well as Michigan Democ...

This week on Face the Nation, there are new signs of resiliency in the job market, but prices remain high.

As Americans hit the roads and skies before the end of summer, gasoline prices are at the highest ever for a Labor Day weekend. One major factor behind elevated prices: the war with Iran, which flared up again last week.

What could that conflict – plus a new landmark U.S. oil deal with Venezuela – mean for consumers in the U.S.? We'll ask Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who's just back from Caracas.

Plus, as R...

This week on Face the Nation, an update from Nepal following last week's devastating flooding, and a look back at the chaotic withdrawal from the longest war in US history

Four days after a glacier collapsed and triggered a cataclysmic flash flood in Nepal, we'll have the latest on the search for its missing victims, including nearly 100 Americans. 

And, with the attacks on Ukraine and concerns about Russian aggression intensifying, we'll talk to Connecticut Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal, who is just back from the region.

Then, the Pres...

This week on Face the Nation, new warning signs for the U.S. economy and mounting higher costs for American families. As Washington prepares for race cars to speed down its streets today, many Americans are focused on a different pace, the struggle to keep up with the rising cost of living and a growing sense of economic uncertainty.

The country's debt reached unprecedented levels last week and president Trump's Treasury Secretary intervened to lower borrowing costs. And a new trade war this weekend with neighboring Canada with the U.S. threatening to raise tariffs on everything...

This week on Face the Nation, democratic socialism divides the Democratic party...are mainstream democrats coming on board?   And, is President Trump being too dismissive of voters' concern over the economy?
With just over eleven weeks to go ahead of midterm election day, democrats continue their soul searching when it comes to picking candidates to face voters in the fall, will they unite behind growing calls for big changes or will they stick with moderation?  We talk with Kentucky governor and potential democratic 2028 hopeful, Andy Beshear and Pennsylvania socialist and Congressional candidate Chris Rabb about whether the socialist mo...

This week on ‘Face the Nation,’ can a fractured Democratic party unite to flip the House and Senate in the fall? Plus, a deep dive into the challenges facing public health.

 
As we hit the final stretch of the summer of '26, the Senate has wrapped up and headed home. One of its last items of business: confirming President Trump's nominee for Attorney General, Todd Blanche, who squeaked through by one vote despite concerns about the administration’s weaponization of the Justice Department. We talk with the Republican who put him over the top, Louisiana Senator Bill Ca...

This week on ‘Face the Nation,’ Iran apparently blinks after threats from President Trump for a major joint US and Israel attack on Iranian soil. Heading into a sixth month of conflict with Iran, President Trump told reporters Friday he had plans to go full throttle on his threat for military action in Iran.
His vows for "going big" caused a flurry of diplomatic scrambling, and yet another announcement of "perimeters of a deal."  We’ll discuss the latest with Sen. Mark Kelly and Ohio Congressman Mike Turner.
Plus, after an alarming incident of Open AI going rogue a...

This week on Face the Nation, as the U.S. war with Iran approaches the 5 month mark, both sides are searching for a diplomatic off-ramp.
After nearly two weeks of striking targets across Iran following the collapse of the short-lived ceasefire earlier this month, the Trump administration paused its bombardment for two straight days for the first time, as diplomatic talks over the Strait of Hormuz show signs of progress.
With our new CBS poll showing continuing unease about the war's direction, we ask U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz whether a peace deal is any closer.
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This week on ‘Face the Nation.’ America is back at war with Iran. Overnight, the U.S targeting Iranian drone and missile sites after Iran's revolutionary guard killed two American servicemembers and injured others, with one servicemember still missing. These are the first deaths of US troops since the fighting resumed two weeks ago. To date, sixteen American troops have died in the conflict. We have the latest with Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chair Mark Warner.
The exchange of fire comes amid a turbulent week at home, with the president facing questions on everything from immigration enforcement to tari...

Today on Face the Nation, breaking overnight: Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has died from what his office calls a "brief and sudden illness" at the age of 71. We'll have the latest and we'll talk with fellow South Carolina Senator Tim Scott about his impact in Washington and beyond.

Plus, new developments overseas as U.S. Central Command has launched a new wave of strikes against Iran after its military force attacked a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz, in defiance of U.S. demands to keep the waterway open. What's next for the security o...

CBS News Senior White House and Political Correspondent Ed O'Keefe interviewed NCAA President Charlie Baker this weekend about NIL rules, sports betting, and the future of college sports.

Margaret Brennan interviews Dr. Debra Houry, the former CDC Chief Medical Officer who resigned in protest after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired then-CDC Director Susan Monarez.

This week on Face the Nation, America celebrates its 250th birthday. We try to put politics aside and a take look at some of the things that make this nation so unique.

Despite record breaking temperatures sweeping across much of the nation, Americans came out over the weekend to honor the country's 250th year of independence.  Fireworks, parades, flyovers, and red, white and blue were all on display. 

We take a look at one thing that is proving difficult to fix, America’s immigration system.  Two members of Congress who immigrated here, Florida Repub...

There's no shortage of loud, TikTokified financial advice online. CBS' new podcast, Money Moves with Jill Schlesinger, is here to cut through the nonsense.

On episode one, Jill and her producer, Mark Talercio, discuss the so-called "great wealth transfer," where trillions of dollars are expected to pass down from Baby Boomers to their kids.

Plus, caller questions: Toby asks whether sterling silver jewelry is actually a worthwhile investment, and Dave wants to know whether taking a pay cut to improve his quality of life is financially realistic.

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Margaret Brennan interviews Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) about his clash with President Trump over the war with Iran and healthcare policy.

This week on Face the Nation, the fragile detente between the US and Iran is disrupted and tensions over the war with Iran explode between President Trump and the Republican Senator he worked to defeat.
Following a Capitol Hill shouting match between President Trump and Louisiana Republican Bill Cassidy over the Senator's vote against the war with Iran, we spoke exclusively with Cassidy about that exchange, his relationship with the President and his thoughts on the administration's health policy agenda as Cassidy wraps up his Senate career.  
We also speak to Virginia Senator Tim Kaine about the sh...

This week on Face the Nation, Vice President Vance and Iranian officials meet face to face in Switzerland to kick off a 60 day period of talks to resolve the nuclear issue, but the Trump administration is finding that their path to peace is complicated. 

Saying he wanted to avert "economic catastrophe," due to the shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz, the President negotiates an agreement with Iran that's far short of the goals he's set in the nearly 4 month conflict. Did the president wind up with the short end of the deal?  We’ll discuss the l...

This week on Face the Nation, the U.S. and Iran might be on the brink of a preliminary peace deal. As the nation's capital gets ready for a UFC fight night on president Trump's birthday, officials say a deal to end a war in the Middle East is imminent. 
We get the latest in an exclusive interview with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Plus, we hear from two key Democrats on committees with oversight on national security, Senators Mark Warner and Mark Kelly.
Then, despite a sharp jump in the inflation rate, now at its highest l...

Margaret Brennan interviews Rye Barcott, Co-Founder and CEO of With Honor, about his new book Courage Can Save Us.

President Trump's grand plan for the Washington DC skyline isn't the only thing shaking up the city this summer.  Last week he appointed a man with NO intelligence experience to head up the top agency in the intelligence community.

 Bill Pulte, who serves as the director of the federal housing finance agency, is the heir to a building fortune and close to the President.  He's rubbed some cabinet members the wrong way.

And his appointment has sparked concern among even Republicans trying to reauthorize a surveillance program that's due to expire this week.   The...

In her final interview as World Food Programme Executive Director, Cindy McCain spoke with Margaret Brennan about the global hunger crisis.

Margaret Brennan interviews Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about the latest in the war in Ukraine.

This week on Face the Nation, the diplomatic dance between the US and Iran continues as Ukraine makes an impassioned plea for more help from the US.  We spoke exclusively with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who issued a warning. and made an urgent request for anti-ballistic missile weaponry from the US, whose supply is already stretched thin by with the war with Iran.

Back home, as midterm match ups prepare for their November contests, does character count anymore when it comes to politics?  We talk with former Vice President Mike Pence as well as Connecticut Democratic Senator Ch...

Negotiations to move towards ending the war with Iran intensify, we have the latest on what we know so far. 

Sources familiar with the negotiations have told CBS News that the latest proposal to move towards ending the war, now in its 13th week, includes a process to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the unfreezing of some Iranian assets held in foreign banks, and a continuation of negotiations over Iran's nuclear program.

We talk to the President's top economic adviser, Kevin Hassett about the impact of the war on the economy. 

We take a...

Margaret Brennan interviews Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates about President Trump's trip to China, conflict in the Middle East, and more.

This week on Face the Nation. Back in the US following a whirlwind diplomatic mission to China, President Trump faces backlash here at home when it comes how he's handling the economy While the reviews for the President's trip to China -- and details about the deliverables from the meeting of the world's two biggest economic superpowers -- are still coming in, it's Mr. Trump's efforts on the domestic economy that are getting panned at home.The administration’s messaging on the economy and new numbers showing the fastest increase in the inflation rate in three years have Republicans in...

This week on Face the Nation, global energy markets remain tied in knots by the conflict with Iran as ships in the Strait of Hormuz remain at a standstill.

As the administration awaits a response to the latest U.S. offer to end the war with Iran, President Trump attended a golf tournament at his golf club in Virginia Saturday, and last week settled on a new label for the military conflict, which has persisted despite a previous declaration that the war had been "terminated".

With critical energy trade routes through the Strait of Hormuz...

This week on Face the Nation, gas prices spike as the standoff between the U.S. and Iran continues and the Supreme Court decision weakening the Voting Rights Act sparks a scramble in some southern states to get in on redistricting before the midterm elections.  We take a deep dive on the state of the economy with White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, the head of Minneapolis Federal Reserve Neel Kashkari and the Chairman and CEO of Chevron, Mike Wirth. Then, President Trump tells Congress the war with Iran has been terminated.  We talk to Colorado Democrat Ja...

Margaret Brennan interviews Chevron CEO Mike Wirth about the Iran war's impact on the global energy supply. 

This week on Face the Nation, shots fired at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. President Trump, members of his Cabinet, and hundreds of lawmakers and journalists were in attendance. A Secret Service agent was hit during the attack, but protected from serious injury by his bulletproof vest. The alleged gunman is now in custody. We'll find out the latest on the investigation from Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. We'll hear from several attendees, including Congressman Jamie Raskin and U.K. Ambassador to the U.S. Christian Turner. Plus, White House Correspondents' Association President and CBS News Senior White House...

This week on Face the Nation, the fight over the Strait of Hormuz could threaten the fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran. The short-term truce in the war with Iran is holding — for now — but tensions are escalating over the status of the vital waterway where around 20% of the world's oil and energy supplies travel through. Iran again closing it to ships this weekend, and firing at vessels attempting passage. We get the latest from U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz.  Former White House adviser on energy security Amos Hochstein will also join us with analysis on how the w...

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva joins Margaret Brennan for her first U.S. network TV interview since the outbreak of the war in Iran. 

This week on Face the Nation, Vice President Vance returns to the U.S. empty handed following a marathon session of peace talks with Iranian leaders. What's next in the now 44-day war that has sent gas prices soaring around the world?  Will the fragile two week ceasefire hold? And what exactly is President Trump's goal in the conflict?  We hear from the Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Leiter, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee Mark Warner and Republican Congressman Mike Turner. We also take a closer look at the war's impact on the global ec...

This week on Face the Nation, the missing crew member from a downed fighter jet in Iran is rescued in a daring mission. Plus, tracking Artemis II as it makes its way to the moon. Breaking overnight, the U.S. Air Force officer in Iran, found and recovered after an urgent, two-day manhunt involving special operations forces in a remote area of Iran where the F-15E fighter jet went down. We'll get details on the operation, plus discuss President Trump's threats to escalate attacks unless Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz. Former CENTCOM Commander retired General Kenneth Frank...

This week on Face the Nation, continued conflicting messages out of the White House when it comes to the war against Iran and why Americans are increasingly bearing the brunt of Washington's actions, or inactions. It's a spectacular spring in the nation's capital, but Congress has fled the city after showing they're incapable of consensus when it comes to funding the Homeland Security department.   President Trump says he'll use other means to pay TSA officers until an agreement is reached, but will that be enough to ease the long security lines at some of the country's busiest airports while t...