Jeffries declines to say whether he’ll block Pentagon funding: ‘We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it’

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) on Sunday did not commit to either supporting or opposing additional funding for the Pentagon amid the war in Iran. “We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it in terms of if the administration makes a request to Congress to consider additional funding,” Jeffries told host Kristen Welker…

Democrats make political bet on DHS demands, despite GOP’s Iran warnings

A week after President Trump launched strikes against Iran, Democrats are digging in against reopening the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) without significant reforms to the agency.  Party leaders are amplifying their demands for tougher rules governing agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Rank-and-file Democrats appear to…

This week on The Hill: House Republicans head to Florida to sharpen agenda, message

House Republicans will gather Monday at President Trump’s Doral, Fla., resort for a three-day issues conference aimed at charting their legislative agenda for the year ahead and sharpening their message for the 2026 midterm elections. The meeting comes after a turbulent week for the GOP conference. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) confessed to having an affair…

NTSB member who responded to D.C. midair crash says the White House fired him

National Transportation Safety Board member Todd Inman, who was the NTSB’s initial on scene spokesman at the deadly midair collision over Washington, D.C., last January, has abruptly departed the agency two years into what is typically a five-year term. Days after the NTSB added its fifth board member, Inman was fired by the White House Presidential Personnel

Federal Judge Voids Actions Kari Lake Took as Voice of America CEO

Kari Lake, President Donald Trump’s choice to lead Voice of America, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel And Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Md., on Feb. 21, 2025. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images A federal judge ruled March 7 that Kari Lake’s leadership at the U.S. Agency for Global Media

Full transcript of “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” March 8, 2026

On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan:  Energy Secretary Chris Wright Michael Leiter, Israel’s ambassador to the U.S. Robert Costa,  CBS national correspondent and chief Washington analyst  Sen. Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia Olga Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S Click here to browse full transcripts from 2026 of