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An American tourist was found dead Sunday on a beach on the Greek Island of Mathraki.

The following is a transcript of an interview with CBS News contributor Sam Vinograd, a former Homeland Security official, on "Face the Nation" that aired on June 16, 2024.

MARGARET BRENNAN: We're joined now by Samantha Vinograd, a former top counterterrorism official at the Department of Homeland Security under President Biden and she is now a national security contributor here at CBS. Good to have you back, I'd like to have you help us digest some of what we talked about with this arrest of these eight individuals who made it all the way from...

The following is a transcript of an interview with House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Mike Turner, Republican of Ohio, on "Face the Nation" that aired on June 16, 2024.

MARGARET BRENNAN: We're going to begin with the Republican Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Ohio Congressman Mike Turner. Welcome back to Face the Nation.

REP. TURNER: Good morning, Margaret.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Chair Turner, last week, as you know, there were federal immigration arrests of these eight individuals with suspected ties to ISIS. They were rounded up in...

Officials say an inmate used a gun to kill a kitchen worker at a Georgia prison before fatally shooting himself

This week on "Face the Nation," Margaret Brennan speaks to Bill Gates as he moves ahead with a nuclear power plant in Wyoming. Plus, House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Mike Turner joins to discuss new security threats.

Paul Pressler, a former Houston appeals court judge who spent decades helping conservatives gain control of the Southern Baptist Convention, the country’s largest Protestant denomination, only to become an embarrassment to its leaders after as many as seven men accused him of sexual abuse, died on June 7. He was 94.

His death was not announced publicly. It was first reported on Saturday by the Christian news outlet Baptist News Global. It was confirmed by Dignity Memorial, a funeral home chain, which did not say where he died.

Judge Pressler died...

A Southern California wildfire doubled in size overnight causing the evacuation of more than 1,000 campers from a park.

The following is the full transcript of an interview with Bill Gates on "Face the Nation" that aired in part on June 16, 2024.

MARGARET BRENNAN: So this is the first time, as I understand it, in four decades that a company has tried to get an advanced reactor up and running as part of commercial power in the United States. So exactly what have you broken ground on in Wyoming?

BILL GATES: Well, we have a new reactor design that achieves even better safety through simplifying by not using water cooling, and that's an advance people have talked about...

Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz remains unbowed in his support for Israel despite nearly two dozen anti-Israel protests staged outside the Houston-area home he shares with his wife and their two children, Fox News Digital has learned.

Protesters have gathered to shout slogans outside Cruz's home since February as outcry surrounding Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel mounted. The demonstrations came in response to Cruz's staunch support of Israel during the war and as the Texas senator railed against "cultural Marxism" promoted in the classrooms of the...

A Texas political candidate has been arrested on charges of sending fake hate messages to himself on social media.

Taral Patel, the Democratic candidate for Fort Bend Precinct 3 Commissioner, was arrested by Texas Rangers and is being charged with Online Impersonation and Misrepresentation of Identity.

Authorities allege that Patel spent months sending a stream of racist and derogatory comments to himself, impersonating a supporter of incumbent Republican Commissioner Andy Meyers.

DISGRUNTLED ATHLETIC DIRECTOR ACCUSED OF FRAMING PRINCIPAL WITH...

The announcement of a "local, tactical pause" in fighting triggered a furious response from far-right ministers.

The Chinese premier, Li Qiang's arrival in Australia on a four-day visit is the first by a Chinese leader in seven years, which analysts say marks the return of 'panda diplomacy'.

At least two prison staff are freed after being taken hostage at a pre-trial detention centre.

The man, who police say made threats with a pickaxe and an "incendiary device", was seriously injured.

Four Florida police officers have been indicted for manslaughter in connection with a 2019 shootout on a busy rush-hour street that left a hijacked UPS driver and a passerby in a nearby car dead