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President Trump said he would talk to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney about making Canada the 51st state. But the president said he didn't expect it to get to the point of using military force — though he wouldn't commit to the same for Greenland.

"Something could happen with Greenland, I'll be honest," Trump said in an interview with NBC News' "Meet the Press" that aired on Sunday. He said that "we need that for national and international security," but he added "I don't see it with Canada. I just don't see it."

Mr. Trump has repeatedly...

Washington — PBS CEO Paula Kerger said Sunday that "we have never seen a circumstance like this" after President Trump issued an executive order last week aimed at cutting federal funding to the two major public broadcasting systems — PBS and NPR.

"This is different. They're coming after us on many different ways," Kerger said on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan."

On Thursday, Mr. Trump signed an executive order instructing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the private nonprofit that serves as the steward of the funding to public...

The CEOs of NPR and PBS said on Sunday's "Face the Nation" they will challenge Trump's executive order to end federal funding to the organizations.

Washington — Sen. Tammy Duckworth said Sunday that she expects Mike Waltz to have a "brutal hearing" for U.N. ambassador after his surprise departure last week from his post as President Trump's national security adviser.

"He's not qualified for the job, just by nature of the fact that he participated in this Signal chain," Duckworth, an Illinois Democrat, said on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan."

Duckworth argued that everyone in the group chat where the timing and targets of an attack on Houthis in Yemen was shared and was revealed in...

This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," NPR CEO Katherine Maher and PBS CEO Paula Kerger join as President Trump signed an executive order cutting their funding. Plus, Sen. Tammy Duckworth discusses the Trump administration's national security moves.

The Panama Canal has spent the past few years battling extreme weather, with the El Niño phenomenon and severe drought leading to a water-level crisis. Now, it's President Trump's trade war that is threatening the global trade gateway. A critical passage for U.S. East Coast bound ocean freight container traffic, the Panama Canal is facing a potential business slump as a result of Trump's China tariffs and a rapid decline in manufactured goods being ordered by U.S. shippers.

Forty percent of all U.S. container traffic travels through the Panama Canal...

The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is facing a massive overhaul to slash staffing down to Reagan-era levels and save taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars a year, agency chief Lee Zeldin announced on Friday.

"This reorganization will bring much-needed efficiencies to incorporate science into our rulemakings and sharply focus our work on providing the cleanest air, land, and water for our communities," Zeldin said in a press release on Friday.

Zeldin announced that he is on a mission to save taxpayers an estimated $300 million...

Democrats rallying around illegal immigrant KIlmar Abrego Garcia are facing a narrative reckoning as allegations of violent and criminal behavior mount against the man they made a poster child in the fight against President Trump's mass deportations.

In recent weeks, evidence has emerged that Abrego Garcia beat his wife and was caught trafficking migrants during his time living illegally in Maryland. He has since been deported to El Salvador, where several Democrats, including Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, have rushed to meet with him and decry...

President Trump this weekend signed an executive order targeting funding to PBS and NPR, saying he is ending "taxpayer subsidization of biased media." PBS CEO Paula Kerger and NPR CEO Katherine Maher join "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," with Kerger saying "we have never seen a circumstance like this."

Retired Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, a CBS News contributor who served as national security adviser in President Trump's first term, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that this week's removal of Mike Waltz as national security adviser will be "significant" for U.S. national security interests.

On this "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan:

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MARGARET BRENNAN: I'm Margaret Brennan.

And this week on Face the Nation: President Trump begins the next phase of his agenda with a staff shakeup. And what does the economic deal between the U.S. and Ukraine mean for the security relationship between the two countries?

Mike Waltz is out as national security adviser, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in...

The following is the transcript of an interview with Katherine Maher, CEO of NPR, and Paula Kerger, CEO of PBS, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on May 4, 2025.

MARGARET BRENNAN: In a commencement address last week at the University of Alabama, President Trump told journalism majors that he's not sure he likes the press, but acknowledged a free press is important.

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DONALD TRUMP: We need a brilliant press. They're like a watch keeper. They're very important. And you can go out and take it down a new track. Help save...

The following is the transcript of an interview with Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Democrat of Illinois, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on May 4, 2025.

MARGARET BRENNAN: And we're joined now by Illinois Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth. Good to have you here in person.

SEN. TAMMY DUCKWORTH: Thanks for having me.

MARGARET BRENNAN: So Senator, I know you did vote to confirm Secretary Rubio. Do you have confidence that he can juggle all four of the jobs that he now has for an indefinite period of time?

SEN. DUCKWORTH: No. There's-...

The military says its aim to increase pressure on Hamas militants to return hostages they still hold.

The man in his 50s reportedly had a finger missing when police found him in a house south of Paris.