U.S. “likely” responsible for bombing of girls’ school in Iran, per early U.S. assessment

The U.S. may be responsible for the bombing of a girls’ school in Iran that killed 168 people, many of them children, on Feb. 28, sources told CBS News. The preliminary U.S. assessment suggests that the United States is “likely” responsible for the deadly attack but did not intentionally target the school and may have

Long security lines at Houston, New Orleans airports amid lapse in DHS funding

Airline passengers faced long security lines that took hours to get through in New Orleans and Houston on Sunday, as the Transportation Security Administration deals with continued absences amid the ongoing partial government shutdown affecting the Department of Homeland Security. TSA agents have been working without pay since the start of the partial shutdown, which

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

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

Energy secretary says “period of elevated energy prices” will be temporary

Washington — Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday that elevated energy prices amid the escalating war with Iran will be “temporary,” stressing he believes gas prices “shouldn’t go much higher.” “We have a temporary period of elevated energy prices, but it will not be long,” Wright said on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” Concerns

Sen. Tim Kaine says supporting Kristi Noem as DHS secretary was a “big mistake”

Washington — Sen. Tim Kaine, a Virginia Democrat, expressed regret on Sunday for supporting Kristi Noem for Department of Homeland Security secretary last year.  “Big mistake,” Kaine said on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” President Trump announced Thursday that Noem would leave her role following a string of  controversies that boiled over last week. The