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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 Nation with Margaret Brennan" in an interview airing Sunday. "I wanted to get his readout on his view of how the talks went yesterday. They were not a complete waste of time."

The phone call between the countries' top diplomats occurred a day...

No one from a nearby fertility clinic was harmed, but one person was killed and several were injured.

Moody's said successive US administrations had failed to reverse ballooning deficits and interest costs.

Police have not confirmed the number of deaths but said there were five people on board in total.

The inmates ripped a toilet from the wall and escaped through a hole before running across a highway.

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 stand up to abuses of power. Lawyers, he said, are "our first and last line of defense."

"Right now, more than any other time in my lifetime, we need you to live up to the oath that you're...

The following is the transcript of an interview with Secretary of State Marco Rubio that will air on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on May 18, 2025.

MARGARET BRENNAN: And joining us now is Secretary of State Marco Rubio from Rome. Mr. Secretary, you've had a very busy week. I know you have been at the Vatican, and they have offered to host a direct meeting between Ukraine and Russia. Given that Vladimir Putin was a no show at the talks he called for in Istanbul this past week, is there reason to believe that he will take up Pope Leo on the...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan in an interview that will air on Sunday that President Trump wants a face-to-face meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin "as soon as feasible." He believes a direct conversation between the two world leaders is the only way to move the Russia-Ukraine talks forward.

President Donald Trump blasted Walmart on Saturday after the country's largest retailer warned this week that it will have to raise prices because of tariffs.

"Walmart should STOP trying to blame Tariffs as the reason for raising prices throughout the chain," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Between Walmart and China they should, as is said, "EAT THE TARIFFS," and not charge valued customers ANYTHING. "I'll be watching, and so will your customers!!!"

Walmart CFO John David Rainey said in an interview with CNBC on Thursday that, "We have not seen price...

The US president said he would also talk to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and Nato leaders.

A search and rescue operation is under way after an avalanche on the Eiger mountain in the Swiss Alps.

The Democratic Party is finally saying the quiet part out loud: "Biden should not have run again."

Revelations about President Joe Biden's cognitive decline and his administration's alleged cover-up have returned to the national conversation ahead of next week's release of CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Axios political correspondent Alex Thompson's book, "Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again."

Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., a 2024 presidential campaign surrogate for President Joe Biden, and considered...

A search and rescue operation is under way after an avalanche on the Eiger mountain in the Swiss Alps.

The bronze depiction of the US First Lady is a replacement for a previous wooden version, which was set on fire in 2019.

President Trump ripped into Walmart, saying on social media Saturday that the retail giant should "eat the tariffs" instead of blaming the duties on imported goods imposed by his administration for its increased prices.

Walmart on Thursday warned that everything from bananas to children's car seats could increase in price despite the softer tariffs on China.

"We can control what we can control," Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said on the company's first quarter earnings call Thursday. "Even at the reduced levels, the higher tariffs will result in higher...