Tennessee is set to execute Christa Pike, the only woman on its death row, by lethal injection on Wednesday. If the procedure happens as scheduled, Pike would also become the only woman executed in the state in the last 200 years. Now 50, Pike has been incarcerated since 1995 for the murder that year of…
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…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said there was an “atmosphere of distrust” between Iran and the U.S. when asked whether he would have been willing to meet with President Trump in New York this week, an idea raised by the U.S. leader. Pezeshkian, during an interview with “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” Friday, suggested that…
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 — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu berated New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday in a contentious address to the United Nations General Assembly that saw many delegates walk out before it even began. Netanyahu accused Mamdani, a longtime critic of Israel and supporter of Palestinian independence, of being antisemitic. The mayor has…
A Tennessee judge granted Dolly Parton‘s estate a temporary restraining order Wednesday against the late singer’s nephew Bryan Seaver and his private security company. She’s Alive, the entity founded to manage Parton’s estate, had filed the complaint against Seaver and Squadron Augmented Protection Services a day prior. The estate accused Seaver, who was Parton’s head…
On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Rep. Ro Khanna, Democrat of California Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, Republican of Florida Sen. Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana IBM vice chairman Gary Cohn Click here to browse full transcripts from 2026 of “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” MARGARET BRENNAN:…
The following is the transcript of the interview with Rep. Ro Khanna, Democrat of California, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Sept. 20, 2026. MARGARET BRENNAN: We begin today with California Congressman Ro Khanna, who is the top Democrat on the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, and he joins…
St. Martin’s Press We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In “Go and Do Likewise: How We Heal a Broken Country” (to be published Tuesday by St. Martin’s Press), Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, a Democrat, writes about how the language of faith, which he believes has been co-opted by…
Piddington, England — A tiny English village has voted overwhelmingly to leave the United Kingdom in a symbolic referendum triggered by government plans to house more than 1,200 male asylum seekers at a former military site nearby. Residents of Piddington, a rural village in Oxfordshire, voted 285 to 26 to “secede from the UK and pursue…
