Read full episode transcripts of “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” from 2026

Read full episode transcripts of “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” from 2026

Breaking News, World News, US News, Sports

More than a decade of “Face the Nation” transcripts are available online: 2008  |  2009  |  2010  |  2011  |  2012   |  2013  |  2014  |  2015  |  2016  |  2017  |  2018  |  2019  |  2020  |  2021  |  2022  |  2023  |  2024 | 2025

For earlier broadcasts, contact CBS Footage Requests. And for the latest from “Face the Nation,” bookmark our homepage and follow us on FacebookXInstagram and TikTok.


Aug. 23

  • Neel Kashkari, Minneapolis Fed president and CEO
  • Dr. Mehmet Oz, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator  
  • Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner  
  • Rep. Byron Donalds, Republican of Florida and candidate for governor 
  • Rep. Seth Moulton, Democrat of M***achusetts and Senate primary candidate

Aug. 16

  • Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat 
  • Rep. Don Bacon, Republican of Nebraska 
  • Anthony Salvanto, CBS News executive director of elections and surveys 
  • Pennsylvania state Rep. Chris Rabb
  • Wall Street Journal reporter Sabrina Rodriguez, NOTUS reporter Paul Kane, The Atlantic staff writer Toluse Olorunnipa and Anthony Salvanto, CBS News executive director of elections and surveys 

Aug. 9

  • Sen. Bill C***idy, Republican of Louisiana
  • Sen. Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont
  • National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya
  • Nicole Sganga, CBS News homeland security and justice correspondent

Aug. 2

  • Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona
  • Republican Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio
  • Clément Delangue, CEO of Hugging Face
  • Independent former Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia
  • Heather Manchin, founder and CEO of Americans Together

July 26

  • Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana
  • Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont
  • U.S. Amb***ador to the United Nations Mike Waltz
  • Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb
  • Anthony Salvanto, CBS News’ executive director of elections and surveys

July 19

  • Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia 
  • CBS News contributors Chris Krebs and David Becker
  • New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat  
  • Border czar Tom Homan
  • Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan

July 12

July 5 

  • Reps. Adriano Espaillat, Democrat of New York, and Carlos Gimenez, Republican of Florida 
  • NASA administrator Jared Isaacman
  • NCAA President Charlie Baker
  • Former CDC chief medical officer Dr. Debra Houry

June 28:

  • Sen. Bill C***idy, Republican of Louisiana
  • Sen. Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia
  • Jan Crawford, CBS News chief legal correspondent 

June 21

  • U.S. Amb***ador to the United Nations Mike Waltz

  • Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina

  • Democratic Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado

  • Anthony Salvanto, CBS News director of elections and surveys 

  • A panel with Amos Hochstein, former White House adviser on global infrastructure and energy security, and Kevin Book, managing director of ClearView Energy Partners

June 14

  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
  • Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia
  • Sen. Mark Kelly, Democrat of Arizona
  • Gary Cohn, IBM vice chairman and former National Economic Council director  

June 7

  • Rep. Ro Khanna, Democrat of California
  • Rep. Jim Himes, Democrat of Connecticut 
  • Rep. Don Bacon, Republican of Nebraska 
  • Chris Krebs, CBS News cybersecurity contributor, and Ben Buchanan, Biden adviser and now a professor at Johns Hopkins and an adviser to Anthropic
  • Rye Barcott, Marine veteran and With Honor founder 

May 31

  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
  • Sen. Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut 
  • Former Vice President Mike Pence 
  • Cindy McCain, U.N. World Food Programme executive director

May 24

  • Kevin H***ett, director of White House National Economic Council 
  • Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland 
  • Reps. Josh Gottheimer, Democrat of Maine, and Mike Lawler, Republican of New York
  • Dr. Deborah Birx, former White House coronavirus response coordinator
  • Lt. Col. William Swenson (Ret.) and Master Sgt. Matthew Williams (Ret.), Medal of Honor recipients

May 17

  • U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer
  • Amb***ador Alexander Yui, Taiwan’s Representative to the U.S.
  • Anthony Salvanto, CBS News executive director of elections and surveys
  • Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Republican of Pennsylvania, and Tom Suozzi, Democrat of New York  
  • Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates 

May 10

  • Energy Secretary Chris Wright 
  • Sen. Mark Kelly, Democrat of Arizona
  • Rep. Ted Lieu, Democrat of California 
  • Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner 
  • Save the Children President and CEO Janti Soeripto

May 3 

  • White House Economic Council Director Kevin H***ett
  • Minneapolis Fed president and CEO Neel Kashkari
  • Chevron CEO Mike Wirth
  • Rep. Jason Crow, Democrat of Colorado
  • Sen. Raphael Warnock, Democrat of Georgia

April 26

  • Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche 
  • CBS News White House correspondent and White House Correspondents Association President Weijia Jiang
  • CBS News national security contributor Sam Vinograd and former deputy director of the Secret Service and now a CBS law enforcement ***yst AT Smith 
  • Rep. Jamie Raskin, Democrat of Maryland 
  • Sir Christian Turner. U.K amb***ador to the U.S. 

April 19

  • U.N. Amb***ador Mike Waltz
  • Amos Hochstein,  Biden administration senior energy adviser and Middle East negotiator 
  • Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams
  • Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder 

April 12

  • Israeli Amb***ador to the U.S. Michael Leiter
  • Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia
  • GOP Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio
  • Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund

April 5

  • Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, former commander of U.S. Central Command
  • Democratic Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland
  • Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who heads the Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA
  • A panel with Amy Walter, publisher and editor-in-chief of the Cook Political Report; David Sanger, a White House and national security correspondent at The New York Times; and Jeff Mason, a White House correspondent at Bloomberg
  • Jared Isaacman, NASA administrator

March 29

  • Tom Homan, Trump administration border czar 
  • Rep. Jim Himes, Democrat of Connecticut 
  • Jerome Adams, former U.S. Surgeon General 
  • Iran policy ***yst Karim Sadjadpour and former CENTCOM commander and CBS News contributor and retired Gen. Frank McKenzie 

March 22

  • Mike Waltz, U.S. amb***dor to the United Nations 
  • NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte
  • Rep. Jason Crow, Democrat of Colorado
  • International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi 
  • Siamak Namazi, Emad ShargiRoger Carstens and Neda Sharghi  

March 15

  • Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi
  • Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia
  • National Economic Council Director Kevin H***ett
  • Rep. Dan Crenshaw, Republican of Texas 
  • Former CIA executive and operative Jonathan Gannon, CBS News national security contributor and Biden administration top counterterrorism official Sam Vinograd and energy policy expert and ***yst Kevin Book

March 8

  • Energy Secretary Chris Wright
  • Michael Leiter, Israel’s amb***ador to the U.S.
  • Robert Costa,  CBS national correspondent and chief Washington ***yst 
  • Sen. Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia
  • Olga Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s amb***ador to the U.S.

March 1

  • Sen. Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas 
  • Sen. Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut
  • Rep. Mike Turner, Republican of Ohio
  • Sen. Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas
  • Karim Sadjadpour from the Carnegie Endownment for international peace and former CENTCOM commander and CBS News contributor Ret. Gen. Frank McKenzie 

Feb. 22

  • Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi 
  • U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer 
  • Christine Lagarde, European Central Bank president
  • Govs. Laura Kelly of Kansas, Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Mike Braun of Indiana and Mike DeWine of Ohio

Feb. 15

  • Tom Homan, Trump administration border czar 
  • House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York
  • Rep. Robert Garcia, Democrat of California 
  • Sen. Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina

Feb. 8

  • Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia 
  • Rep. Tony Gonzales, Republican of Texas 
  • David Becker, executive director of the Center for Election Innovation and Research and a CBS News election law contributor
  • Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner

Feb. 1

  • Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado
  • Rep. Michael McCaul, Republican of Texas 
  • Trump economic adviser Gary Cohn 
  • Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt; Mesa, Arizona Mayor Mark Freeman; Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas; and Miami Mayor Eileen Higgins

Jan. 25

  • Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara
  • House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, a Louisiana Republican
  • Sen. Angus King, a Maine independent
  • Canadian Amb***ador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman

Jan. 18

  • Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem
  • Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey
  • Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia
  • GOP Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio 

Jan. 11

  • Rep. Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota 
  • Secretary of Energy Chris Wright 
  • Sen. Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia
  • Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, Republican of Florida 

Jan. 4

  • Secretary of State Marco Rubio
  • Sen. Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas 
  • Rep. Jim Himes, Democrat of Connecticut 
  • Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland 


Breaking News, World News, US News, Sports

Source link

Leave a Reply