Transcript: Kristi Noem on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Aug. 31, 2025

The following is the transcript of an interview with Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Aug. 31, 2025. ED O’KEEFE: Good morning and welcome to ‘Face The Nation.’ Margaret is off on this Labor Day weekend. I’m Ed O’Keefe. We begin today with Secretary of Homeland Security,

US Government Makes It Harder for Samsung, SK Hynix to Make Chips in China

A Samsung Electronics logo and a computer motherboard appear in this illustration taken on Aug. 25, 2025. Dado Ruvic/Reuters The federal government is making the process of building semiconductors in China for chipmakers such as Samsung and SK Hynix more difficult by rescinding authorizations that allowed the companies to receive U.S. semiconductor manufacturing equipment there,