On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian Sen. John Kennedy, Republican of Louisiana Rep. Jim Himes, Democrat of Connecticut Alexander Yui, Taiwan’s representative to the U.S., Click here to browse full transcripts from 2026 of “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” MARGARET BRENNAN: I’m…
Twenty-five years ago, a Soviet-designed helicopter crossed the mountains of Afghanistan carrying the first CIA officers sent into the country after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, marking the opening move in the U.S. response that would soon become America’s longest war. The seven-man CIA team, code-named JAWBREAKER, landed in the Panjshir Valley on Sept….
The following is the transcript of the interview with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian airing on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Sept. 27, 2026. It was recorded on Sept. 25. MARGARET BRENNAN: Mr. President, thank you for making the time for us. PRESIDENT MASOUD PEZESHKIAN: In the name of God, the most gracious and…
Washington — President Trump’s move to ban CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO from the White House has highlighted the role of the press pool, a rotating group of reporters tasked with documenting and distributing information about what the president does and says each day. Mr. Trump announced Friday that he would be cutting off the…
On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Weijia Jiang: Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, a Democrat Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican CBS News executive director of news and surveys Anthony Salvanto CBS News executive director of news and surveys Anthony Salvanto, CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed…
The following is the transcript of the interview with Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Sept. 13, 2026. WEIJIA JIANG: We turn now to Utah Republican Governor Spencer Cox. His new book is titled “Off Ramp: How to be a Peacemaker in an Age of…
Citing the importance of the First Amendment, a federal judge in California says the U.S. government is unconstitutionally silencing critics of Israel’s war in Gaza and others as part of the Trump administration’s quest to deport noncitizens who it says disrupted college campuses while expressing their views. Judge Noël Wise, in a ruling Friday, delivered…
Israel’s far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, in a podcast published over the weekend, called for “30 to 40” people to be killed per night in targeted assassinations in the Gaza Strip. Discussing Israel’s response to the Hamas-led terrorist attack on Oct. 7, 2023, which sparked the war in Gaza, and Israel’s recent move to…
