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MAJOR GARRETT: I'm Major Garrett in Washington.

And this week on Face the Nation: President-elect Trump selects a – quote – "warrior" to lead the FBI and rattles top trading partners with threats of tariffs.

The drumbeat continues from Mar-a-Lago, as president-elect Trump announces plans to nominate loyalists who have more than once lashed out at the agencies they hope to lead.

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This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,"a look at President-elect Donald Trump's controversial decision to top Kash Patel to lead the FBI — although there isn't a vacancy at the top of the FBI. Plus, in the closing days of the Biden administration, the White House tries to secure last-minute diplomatic breakthroughs.

Missed the second half of the show? The latest on...CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that "consumers are a little unnerved" by President-elect Donald Trump's proposed tariffs, one day after Hamas released a propaganda video featuring Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that the Biden administration has been in touch with Alexanders' family, andHistorian H.W. Brands, author of "America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War," tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that a major question facing the U.S. was "should the United States, must the United States, take a leading role in the world?"

President Biden will travel to Angola this week, becoming the first sitting president to do so and following through on a yearslong pledge to visit sub-Saharan Africa while in office, as his presidency nears the end.

Mr. Biden's trip marks the first president to visit the region since 2015, and comes as he has long planned to make the trip to discuss economic partnerships and the vision for Africa's first transcontinental open-access rail network, among other issues.

The president, who departs for the trip on Sunday night, had pledged to visit the...

Several lawmakers expressed support on Sunday for the president-elect’s plan to install a loyalist who has vowed to use the position to exact revenge on adversaries.

After securing re-election, Irish party leaders face the challenge of trying to form the next government.

They will be entitled to official employment contracts, health insurance and sick days.

Fireworks used against riot police during protests in Georgia

Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of California said on Sunday that President-elect Donald Trump "has made it no secret that he has it in for California" as Gov. Gavin Newsom has convened a special legislative session this week to prepare for legal fights in Trump's upcoming term.

Padilla said on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that there's "a lot of reason for concern" for the second Trump administration "if the first administration is any indicator."

The California Democrat cited reports that Trump initially withheld disaster funds for the...

Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of California tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that "there doesn't have to be a conflict unless that's what Trump wants" as his state's governor, Gavin Newsom, has convened a special session this week to set aside money to battle the incoming Trump administration.

The following is a transcript of an interview with CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that aired on Dec. 1, 2024.

MAJOR GARRETT: Welcome back to Face The Nation. We're joined now by CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger. She's in Southampton, New York this morning. Jill, Senator Ted Cruz described tariffs and the threat thereof as leverage, but what I'm curious about economically is do retailers view it as only leverage? Do consumers view it only as leverage? Are they beginning to change their...

This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,"a look at President-elect Donald Trump's controversial decision to top Kash Patel to lead the FBI — although there isn't a vacancy at the top of the FBI. Plus, in the closing days of the Biden administration, the White House tries to secure last-minute diplomatic breakthroughs.

The following is a transcript of an interview with H.W. Brands, Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin and author of "America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War," on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that aired on Dec. 1, 2024.

MAJOR GARRETT: Welcome back. We turn now to author and historian H.W. Brands. He is the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair at the University of Texas at Austin, and his latest book is "America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War." He joins us this morning from...

The agency long benefited from broad bipartisan support. But Republican criticism has intensified, and new choices for top health posts hope to upend the organization.

Two years of negotiations to reduce global plastic production have collapsed amid a split between countries.