On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Sen. Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont Rep. Mike Lawler, Republican of New York Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat David Becker, CBS News election law contributor and the executive director of the Center for Election Innovation and Research Anthony Salvanto, CBS News…
The following is the full transcript of the interview with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, a portion of which aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Nov. 1, 2026. MARGARET BRENNAN: All right. So, Governor, you’re campaigning for re-election, and you’re also trying to help some of these Democrats get elected to…
Christa Pike’s failed execution in September has raised fresh questions about Tennessee’s lethal injection execution protocol, which is in its fourth iteration in the past two decades. Pike’s was the second botched execution by Tennessee this year. She had been sentenced to death for her role in the 1995 torture and murder of her 19-year-old…
Christa Pike, who survived a botched execution attempt in Tennessee last month, said Friday that she’s been in pain every moment since she woke up confused in the hospital. Pike said she’d entered the execution chamber having said her goodbyes, adding, “I had not contemplated life beyond that night.” “Several days later I woke up…
Emergency help for Christa Pike was delayed by confusion among first responders and Tennessee prison officials following her failed lethal injection last month, according to 911 dispatch recordings released Monday. The recordings, first obtained by The Associated Press, show that precious minutes elapsed as officials and responders tried to figure out whether a request for…
President Mahmoud Abbas postponed what would have been the first Palestinian elections in nearly 20 years, issuing a decree on Friday to further delay voting for the Palestinian Legislative Council almost another year. Rather than take place as scheduled next month, the decree pushes the elections back to Sept. 11, 2027, according to WAFA, the…
A federal judge has struck down the Trump administration’s plan to check state voter rolls against federal immigration databases, a blow to the administration’s election-related efforts in the run-up to the midterms. In a 78-page ruling, D.C.-based U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan wrote Friday that the Justice Department “cannot run roughshod over longstanding laws that were…
Washington — The revelation that the Pentagon plans to livestream the execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, the ex-Army major convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, has sparked intense pushback, with one Republican senator calling it “disgusting” and critics warning it could inspire more acts of terrorism. On Thursday, Defense…
President Trump is sending checks to millions of Medicare and Affordable Care Act enrollees, with the White House describing the efforts as helping to “lower costs” for seniors and families. But experts say the payments may do little to offset rapidly rising healthcare expenses. On Friday, Mr. Trump announced on Truth Social that his administration…
Christa Pike, the only woman on Tennessee’s death row, received two doses of a lethal drug in a Nashville execution chamber Wednesday night. But she didn’t die. Although her survival was “unparalleled,” as one expert said, it was the latest example of a botched execution attempt involving lethal injections in Tennessee and elsewhere around the…
