Open: This is “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” May 18, 2025 – CBS News Watch CBS News This week on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio discusses what the Trump administration’s recent trip to the Middle East means for U.S. security and diplomacy. Plus, Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the intelligence community is incorrect in its assessment that Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua is not a proxy force of Nicolás Maduro’s government — an argument that has served as a justification for the Trump administration’s swift deportation of suspected gang members. “They’re wrong,” Rubio said of the intelligence
The following is the full transcript of an interview with former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, a portion of which aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on May 18, 2025. MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, if you’re ready, we’ll dig in. FORMER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROBERT GATES: Okay. MARGARET BRENNAN: And there’s a lot to ask
Israel intensifies war in Gaza, it says to pressure hostage releases – CBS News Watch CBS News There is a renewed push by mediators from the U.S. and Qatar to revive stalled ceasefire talks as Israel has intensified its war in Gaza. Debora Patta reports. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get
Trump warns Walmart against raising prices, saying they should “eat the tariffs” – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump warned Walmart against raising prices on Saturday, telling the nation’s biggest retailer and grocer to “eat the tariffs.” His post comes two days after Walmart’s CEO said prices could rise amid Mr. Trump’s trade war
Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke on the phone Saturday with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, to get a readout on the latest talks, as the U.S. tries to determine whether Russia is “tapping us along” in efforts to end the war in Ukraine. “We talked about a variety of things,” Rubio told “Face the
Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota criticized Donald Trump in a law school graduation speech Saturday, accusing the Republican president of creating a national emergency by repeatedly violating the rule of law. Walz, the vice presidential nominee in 2024, used his remarks at the University of Minnesota’s law school commencement ceremony to call on graduates to