This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," as President Trump says a peace deal with Iran has been "largely negotiated," Imtiaz Tyab reports from Tel Aviv and Sen. Chris Van Hollen discusses the possible deal. Plus, on this Memorial Day weekend, Medal of Honor recipients retired Lt. Col. William Swenson and retired Command Sergeant Major Matthew Williams join.
"It's easy for them to shoot a mouth off behind a keyboard, but face to face, it's crickets, and I kind of wonder what Graham Platner's response would be if he were face to face with me," he mused.
The following is the transcript of the interview with Kevin Hassett, director of the White House National Economic Council, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on May 24, 2026.
On this "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" broadcast, Kevin Hassett, White House National Economic Council director, and Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland, join Nancy Cordes.
President Trump on Saturday said a deal with Iran to end the war is getting closer, but a number of Republicans and other conservatives said they feared the emerging agreement was not a good one for the United States. The emerging deal is likely to take center stage on the Sunday talk shows over Memorial…
President Trump is facing growing pressure on multiple fronts to take action to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the key waterway in the Middle East, as Americans face a Memorial Day weekend with the highest gas prices in nearly four years. Iran is coming under pressure from the Qataris and Pakistanis, the mediators between the…
Order aimed at preventing spread of Ebola to US affects travelers who have visited three countries in last 21 daysUS authorities have temporarily banned green-card holders from entering the country if they have traveled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Uganda or South Sudan in the last 21 days.The order issued on Friday is part of an expanding attempt to prevent Ebola from entering US borders. A previously announced travel restriction blocked only people without US passports who had visited those countries from entering but exempted US citizens and lawful permanent residents. Continue reading...
DNC’s Ken Martin condemned for suppressing report for months and then admitting it ‘won’t meet your standards’Democrats belatedly publish 2024 election autopsyKen Martin, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, is facing mounting calls to resign over his shambolic handling of an autopsy report on Kamala Harris’s defeat by Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election.Martin suppressed the document for months before finally bowing to internal pressure and releasing it on Thursday. The slapdash nature of the autopsy, omitting Joe Biden’s decision to run for a second term and failing to mention the words “Gaza” or “Israel”, has only deepened a crisis of confidence in his leadership. Continue reading...
Tulsi Gabbard resigned as Director of National Intelligence on Friday after months of pressure from President Donald Trump, with her last day set for June 30. In her resignation letter, published by Fox News, Gabbard cited her husband Abraham's recent diagnosis with a rare form of bone cancer, stating she could not ask him to face the battle alone and maintain the demanding position. However, the departure follows months of reports indicating Trump wanted her gone due to internal friction. The White House previously urged Gabbard to step down before the midterms, with tensions mounting over her differing views on the Iran war and the resignation of her counterterrorism chief, Joe Kent, according to The Mirror. Pro-Israel Trump allies had also targeted her over hiring decisions they considered hostile to Israel. The former Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii switched parties and was confirmed as DNI in early 2025. She declassified over half a million pages of government records during her tenure.Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag.