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An Albanian fan playfully taunted Italian supporters by snapping spaghetti and tossing it into the air ahead of Saturday's Euro 2024 match between the two countries in Germany.

A beachgoer in Gold Coast, Queensland, captured spectacular drone footage of a mother whale with her calf, calling the event “one of the most incredible moments of my life.”

The following is a transcript of an interview with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, on "Face the Nation" that aired on June 16, 2024.

MARGARET BRENNAN: And we turn now to the Democratic Governor of Maryland, Wes Moore. He joins us from Annapolis. Happy Father's Day.

GOV. WES MOORE: Thank you so much, I really appreciate it. Happy Father's Day to everybody watching.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Governor, this past week, you reopened the Port of Baltimore, just three months after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. How long before full shipping...

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

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MARGARET BRENNAN: I'm Margaret Brennan in Washington.

And this week on Face the Nation: The campaign '24 roller coaster enters a new phase. And U.S. officials are also stepping up warnings of a terror attack here in the U.S.

President Biden spent most of his week thousands of miles away from home, conferring with G7 allies in Italy, including some FaceTime with Italy's most famous resident, to a star-studded...

Washington — Microsoft founder Bill Gates said Sunday that he's "quite confident" that a next generation nuclear power project will continue regardless of the balance of power in Washington next year, saying "support for nuclear power is very impressive in both parties."

Gates and his energy company TerraPower are spearheading a major project that broke ground in Kemmerer, Wyoming last week — a nuclear power plant that relies on sodium cooling rather than water, which is billed as being both a simplified process while making being safer, and could...

The following is a transcript of an interview with Neel Kashkari, president of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve, on "Face the Nation" that aired on June 16, 2024.

MARGARET BRENNAN: And we go now to the president of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve, Neel Kashkari, and he joins us from Minneapolis. Neel, this past week you all decided to keep interest rates where they are. But in Canada, in Europe, they're seeing promising signs of inflation. And they did cut. What more do you need to see?

NEEL KASHKARI: Well, Margaret, we need to see more evidence to...

Donald Trump's allies are working to win over Arab American voters who are unhappy with President Joe Biden’s support for Israel.

The effort is led by Massad Boulos, whose son married Tiffany Trump, the former president's younger daughter, two years ago. Boulos, a Lebanese-born businessman, is now using his connections in the Arab American community and meeting with its leaders in Michigan, home to many Arab American Democrats who are disenchanted with Biden.

But any apparent political opportunity for Trump may be limited. Many Arab Americans...

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...