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This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Senate Majority Leader John Thune joins to discuss the GOP's priorities with President-elect Donald Trump coming into the White House, while House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi discusses the legacy of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack with the House set to count the electoral votes again.
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This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," as the U.S. launches airstrikes on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, Margaret Brennan speaks to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Plus, President Trump's envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, joins.
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This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," after a whiplash week of on-again, off-again tariff announcements, Canadian ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman joins to discuss the costs and consequences of a trade war. Plus, former White House Russia expert Fiona Hill discusses President Trump's diplomatic pivot on Ukraine.
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This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," as fallout continues from the unprecedented Oval Office meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Margaret Brennan speaks to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, GOP Reps. Mike Turner and John James and Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly.
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This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," the president's mission to shrink the federal workforce intensifies, and his foreign policy dealmaking reaches a critical juncture. We'll speak with President Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York and more.
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This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, joins to discuss President Trump's trip to a Federal Reserve facility with Fed Chair Jerome Powell ahead of his departure for Scotland. Meanwhile, The Ohio State University President Ted Carter joins to explain how he's...
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This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," as Iran and Israeli strikes continue for the third day, Holly Williams and Debora Patta have the latest from the Middle East. Plus, Sen. Alex Padilla joins days after he was briefly detained by Homeland Security officers.
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The planned sale of the Irwin and Leeuwin barracks in Perth will see dozens of hectares of potentially prime residential land hit the market. So is it likely to be used for housing, and what difference will it really make?
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Während Friedrich Merz in Riad und Katar wieder in die Rolle des „Außenkanzlers" schlüpft, herrscht in Berlin politische Windstille. Doch hinter dem „Winteridyll" an der Spree brodelt es: Landtagswahlkämpfe und aufgeschobene Reformen setzen die Koalition unter Druck. Rasmus Buchsteiner analysiert, ob die Regierung gerade wirklich arbeitet...
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There's one influential "movement leader" who appears ready to usurp President Donald Trump's MAGA crown, an author revealed on Wednesday. Political analysts and observers have wondered for months who will become the next MAGA leader when Trump leaves office. Some have speculated that Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are...
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President Donald Trump made a "telling" claim about an ongoing GOP investigation during an exclusive interview with NBC News on Wednesday night, which drew mockery from analysts and observers. Trump was interviewed on Wednesday by "NBC Nightly News" anchor Tom Llamas on topics ranging from the actions of Trump's immigration officers in Minneapolis...
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President Donald Trump's "border czar,” Tom Homan, announced Wednesday that 700 immigration agents are leaving Minnesota, but with around 2,000 expected to remain there, Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, whose district includes Minneapolis, declared that the drawdown is "not enough.”As part of Trump's "Operation Metro Surge,” agents with...
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A lawyer leading one of the country's largest law firms is leaving his job over his ties to the late disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a new report. The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that Brad Karp, the leader of Paul Weiss, resigned after the recently released Epstein files revealed that he...
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Capitol Hill erupted into chaos Wednesday as House Democrats sparred with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in a hearing that quickly spiraled into shouting matches and personal attacks.Rep. Maxine Waters of California demanded to know, "Can you shut him up?" after Bessent repeatedly talked over her questions, ABC News reported. Bessent fired back...
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The Wall Street Journal editorial board took a bird's-eye assessment of President Donald Trump's tariff system on Wednesday and concluded the effects have overwhelmingly damaged the U.S. economy, American businesses, and American workers.This follows Trump printing his own opinion piece in the Journal to defend his tariffs, claiming that they...
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"Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie shared a heart-wrenching plea to social media on Wednesday, addressed to whoever abducted her mother, Nancy, over the weekend. Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her Tucson, Arizona, home on Saturday. She was reported missing after she didn't show up for church on Sunday morning. Police and investigators have not...
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New polling reveals that most Americans doubt President Donald Trump's commitment to free and fair elections, with just 43% believing he supports democratic processes and 56% saying he does not. CNN analyst Harry Enten noted independents are even more skeptical, with only a third trusting Trump on election integrity. The findings come after Trump...
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President Donald Trump proclaimed on his Truth Social platform Wednesday night that he is giving top priority to resolving the kidnapping case of the mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie."I spoke with Savannah Guthrie, and let her know that I am directing ALL Federal Law Enforcement to be at the family's, and Local Law Enforcement's,...
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Fired after gender identity lesson, professor sues Texas A&M, arguing her free speech rights were violatedby Jessica Priest, The Texas Tribune February 4, 2026Months after Texas A&M fired a professor over a gender identity lesson, she is suing the university, alleging administrators knowingly violated her free speech and due process rights to...
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President Donald Trump told NBC News' Tom Llamas in an interview released on Wednesday that he has no interest in actually keeping any money he wins from his lawsuit against his own Internal Revenue Service — and would give the money away if he gets any."Scott Bessent is the head of the IRS. Pam Bondi is the head of the DOJ," said Llamas in a...
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The Vatican has stepped in after a freshly restored church fresco in Rome sparked controversy for featuring an angel that appeared to resemble Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, a close European ally of Donald Trump. According to Italian media, diocesan officials under Pope Leo XIV ordered the image altered, warning that sacred art must not be...
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Questions have swirled about why Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, chose to speak out in 11 damning on-the-record interviews last year with Vanity Fair, and now the author of the piece has unveiled his theory as to why, and what he believes was her "biggest gaffe."Chris Whipple wrote a New York Times op-ed on Wednesday about Wiles'...
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The eye-popping comments President Donald Trump made during an interview on Wednesday show that somebody inside the White House has gotten to him, according to a former Fox News anchor. Trump gave an interview to NBC News on Wednesday, in which he acknowledged that his administration could have used a "softer touch" in its immigration enforcement...
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The White House deleted a post on its X account after mistakenly labeling Victor Manuel Carranza, a Honduran convicted of larceny and identity theft, as a child sex offender. The post, part of a series highlighting "worst of the worst” immigrants arrested in Minnesota, had been viewed over 257,000 times and widely shared before the error was...
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President Donald Trump's administration is about to face a "tsunami" from the federal court system, one former judge said on Wednesday.Since Trump's second term began last January, officials and lawyers representing the administration have consistently ignored court orders that they found to be inconvenient and attacked the federal judiciary...
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A former FBI profiler floated a new theory about who could have taken Nancy Guthrie, the mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie, who went missing earlier this week.Candace DeLong, host of the "Killer Psyche" podcast, discussed Guthrie's disappearance on "The Lead" with Jake Tapper on Wednesday. She said that even though investigators in...
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MSNBC's Joe Scarborough warned Republicans that House Oversight Chair James Comer may have spectacularly hoisted his own party on its petard by forcing Bill and Hillary Clinton to testify about Jeffrey Epstein. On Morning Joe, Scarborough said Comer's move all but guarantees future subpoenas for Donald Trump, whose name appears tens of thousands of...
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Some Democrats sounded the alarm Wednesday and broke with their party over what they describe as an out-of-control Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency that has become a magnet for bad actors.As some Democrats call for reforming ICE, some Democrats struck a more extreme tone, including Reps. Shri Thanedar (D-MI) and Rep. Juan Vargas (D-CA),...
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Donald Trump's foreign policy has taken a hard turn from Greenland ambitions to wielding economic pressure on European nations as U.S. troops carried out a dramatic military operation that led to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's capture and ongoing U.S. influence over the country's oil sector, a move critics warn could foreshadow new tariff...
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A gathering of local Minnesota Republican Party officials went off the rails this week after a self-described "witch" trolled their meeting by placing a "curse" on them — and the Republicans in attendance appeared to take it at least somewhat seriously.According to Minnesota Public Radio, "Seated around the Dilworth Elementary School Cafeteria,...
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NewsNation discovered a blood trail leading from the Arizona home of Nancy Guthrie, 84, mother of "Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie, as authorities investigate her disappearance. Reported missing since late January, Nancy is described as a "vulnerable adult,” and police are treating the case as a potential abduction with possible ransom demands,...
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President Donald Trump's "mercurial" and "unreliable" negotiation style is starting to wear on his allies, according to a new report. Trump has consistently claimed that his unpredictability was one of his negotiation tactics that helped him get the upper hand. But The New York Times reported on Wednesday that Trump's allies and adversaries appear...
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President Donald Trump called for a Democratic member of Congress to be expelled over the performance of his stock portfolio in a Truth Social post on Wednesday. "It is my Great Honor to endorse MAGA Warrior, Mike LiPetri, who is running to represent the fantastic people of New York's 3rd Congressional District against a Congressman who has proven...
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A key Republican lawmaker is now calling on President Donald Trump to require federal immigration agents to stop wearing masks during operations — a core demand of Democrats in response to brutal immigration crackdowns that have left cities like Minneapolis in turmoil.In an interview with Bloomberg News, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) said, "They...
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There's one key detail in Nancy Guthrie's abduction that could prove pivotal in finding her, an expert said on Wednesday. Nancy Guthrie, 84, the mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie, disappeared over the weekend from her home in Tucson, Arizona. Investigators have said they believe she was kidnapped from her home, although they have not...
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Analysts say the Trump-era Department of Justice failed to safeguard sensitive data in its latest release of over 3 million Jeffrey Epstein files, potentially harming victims and fueling digital piracy. Slate senior writer Tony Ho Tran reported that users could exploit the DOJ dump to download software, e-books, and other materials, highlighting...
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Another Republican in the House of Representatives announced on Wednesday that he will not seek reelection this fall. Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) said in a statement that he will not run again during the midterms. Loudermilk has served Georgia's 11th Congressional district since 2014. "I believe it is time to contribute to my community, state, and...
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The past several weeks of Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdowns and the rising protests to stop them are proof of just how badly Trump's deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller misfired in assuming America was ready for an all-out purge of immigrants at any cost, former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) told MS NOW on Wednesday."The Wall Street...
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Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie warned Wednesday that Donald Trump is actively sabotaging Republican electoral prospects by poisoning his own voters against mail-in ballots, calling it a lingering "disease” inside the GOP. Speaking on MSNBC, Christie said Trump's nonstop claims that elections are rigged—especially by mail voting—have...
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President Donald Trump's lawyers were chastized by a federal judge on Wednesday for trying to take "two bites at the apple" in the president's latest attempt to get his felony convictions thrown out. In May 2024, Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts for falsifying dozens of business records related to a hush money payment he gave to adult film...
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President Donald Trump's new effort to seize control of election infrastructure from states is more than a pursuit of his 2020 conspiracy theories, election lawyer and Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias warned MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace on Wednesday — it's a "desperate" reaction to his fear of losing the midterms, and his frustration that his...
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A federal judge appears poised to force one of President Donald Trump's closest allies to disclose potentially damning information about his time at the Department of Government Efficiency. Federal Judge James Boasberg in the District of Columbia ruled on Wednesday that Trump ally Elon Musk's lawyers must disclose any telephone number that Musk...
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President Donald Trump plans to install a reconstructed Christopher Columbus statue on White House grounds, reviving a monument torn down during the 2020 racial justice protests and reigniting a long-running culture war over how America honors its past. According to the Washington Post, the statue—originally unveiled by Ronald Reagan and later...
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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), co-author of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, revealed that President Donald Trump's Department of Justice had invited him to review unredacted documents.Despite Trump signing the Epstein Files Transparency Act into law, his administration has failed to comply with the legislation by not releasing the documents on...
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The four lead prosecutors who led the $250 million Minnesota fraud case have all quit amid mass resignations, according to reports on Wednesday.The departures of Joe Thompson, Harry Jacobs, Daniel Bobier and Matthew Ebert from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota mark a number "already-diminished office," including a wave of...
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President Donald Trump's latest "Hail Mary" legal scheme is almost surely doomed to fail, according to one expert. On Wednesday, Trump's lawyers filed a motion in New York federal court to remove Trump's 34 felony convictions to federal court. Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein expressed skepticism about the move because Trump's lawyers waited so long...
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A constitutional alarm bell is ringing after a federal judge found the Trump administration repeatedly ignoring court orders in immigration detention cases, prompting a top legal expert to warn that a core American right may be under quiet assault. Just Security editor-in-chief Ryan Goodman said a recent ruling by Judge Patrick Schiltz shows how...
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A large group of agriculture experts warned that US farms are taking a financial beating thanks to President Donald Trump's global trade war.In a letter sent to the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees on Tuesday, the experts warned of a potential "widespread collapse of American agriculture and our rural...
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Former wives of tech leaders have told a longtime journalist that they sensed something was off when they visited late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's island. Technology journalist and podcast host Kara Swisher told a CNN panel on Wednesday that several people have come to her and shared their experiences about interactions...
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A leaked list of the munitions that President Donald Trump's immigration agents took with them to Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge appalled one Department of Homeland Security official on Wednesday, according to a report. Independent journalist Ken Klippenstein reported on a security munitions list for the operation that was leaked to him....
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The Supreme Court has started showing signs that justices are aware of the growing public frustration around its shadow docket, a New York Times reporter said Wednesday. Jodi Kantor, a Times investigative reporter, told MS NOW's Katy Tur that mounting criticism of the conservative majority's court and its recent decisions — which sometimes have...
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President Donald Trump bailed on attending the Super Bowl at least partly due to warnings that the spectators would "aggressively boo him," according to a new report.Trump became the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl last year when he visited New Orleans, The Independent noted Wednesday. But last week, he said the big game at Levi's...
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Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) lashed out at Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over an effort to build ICE detention facilities in his state."It has come to my attention that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is in the final stages of acquiring a warehouse facility in Byhalia, Mississippi, and intends to convert it into an ICE...
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Outrage erupted Wednesday after The Washington Post announced it would lay off more than 300 people from its newsroom — including a reporter in the middle of a warzone in Ukraine.The reporter received the news under harsh conditions while covering the war in Ukraine. "I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have...
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Vice President JD Vance praised President Donald Trump as "perceptive" because he complained that CNN's Kaitlan Collins did not smile more."I mean, like, there was a moment in the Oval Office. I wasn't even in there, but, you know, I was in the West Wing," Vance recalled to Megyn Kelly on Wednesday. "[Trump] was talking to Kaitlin Collins, who's...
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This morning, The Washington Post ceased to exist as the paper of record we once knew.In a move that can only be described as a gutting of a national institution, more than 300 journalists were shown the door. The sports section is gone. The books section is gone. The international bureaus—the eyes and ears that brought us news from the world's...
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At the outset of the American Civil War, a young and at the time relatively undistinguished U.S. Army officer from Illinois who would later rise swiftly through the ranks, offered a simple and straightforward assessment of the political situation in his divided and troubled country in a letter to his father."There are but two parties now, traitors...
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The Trump administration got more bad news on Wednesday in a new poll that shows what a drag on the president Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has become.The survey, conducted by Quinnipiac University, finds that 61 percent of voters believe the government is not telling the truth about the shooting death of Minneapolis intensive care nurse...
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"I want to see elections be honest, and if a state can't run an election, I think the people behind me should do something about it,” said Trump on Tuesday during a bill-signing ceremony to reopen the federal government."Take a look at Detroit … take a look at Philadelphia, take a look at Atlanta,” he continued, alleging corruption —...
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A CNN analyst was shocked on Wednesday after a new interview with President Donald Trump revealed that he acknowledged that his administration could change its approach to immigration. Trump, whose administration has faced criticism over fatal ICE shootings of American citizens, detaining children, and unlawful activity, was interviewed by NBC...
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Authorities are refuting explosive allegations surrounding the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of "Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie. The Pima County Sheriff's Department directly contradicted claims made by NewsNation correspondent Ashleigh Banfield on Tuesday, who reported, citing high-level sources, that Savannah...
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First lady Melania Trump faced questions after she seemed to promote her movie at an official White House event.While speaking with freed Israeli hostages Aviva and Keith Siegel on Wednesday, Trump put in a plug for her movie."After Aviva was freed, she called me, wanted to see me, and we set up a meeting in New York in January 2025," the first...
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A Texas man was arrested after violently attacking a teenager during a protest against President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.Police determined that 45-year-old Chad Michael Watts was the primary aggressor during a fight with the minor teen as hundreds of students from Hays Consolidated Independent School District in Kyle walked out of...
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In a knee-jerk reaction compared to that of a "jealous wife-beater," an unguarded utterance by President Donald Trump has onlookers alarmed he plans to tear the Kennedy Center to the ground.The alarm was raised by Salon writer Amanda Marcotte on Wednesday, as she wrote about Trump's announcement that the Washington, D.C. hub of culture would be...
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