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At least two deaths, including one of a 4-month-old child in Oklahoma, were confirmed Sunday from a severe storm that swept through the heartland on Saturday.

President Biden plans to speak with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Sunday to discuss the prospects of a possible cease-fire deal to obtain the release of some of the remaining hostages held since the Hamas-led terrorist attack of Oct. 7, according to two officials with direct knowledge of the plan.

Mr. Biden’s call with the prime minister is set to come just hours after Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken left Washington for his latest trip to the Middle East. Mr. Blinken will start in Saudi Arabia, where he will see Egyptian and...

Retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer brushed off calls that Justice Sonia Sotomayor should step down from the bench, saying she is a "spring chicken."

"I think anybody can say what he wants, you know. And I was 83 years old, just about I think, when I retired. But Justice Sotomayor is not, she is a spring chicken," Breyer told Fox News host Shannon Bream on "Fox News Sunday."

There have been calls in recent months, including in op-eds such as the one published in the Atlantic, that Sotomayor retire under the Biden administration. The recent...

The following is a transcript of an interview with UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell that aired on April 28, 2024.

MARGARET BRENNAN: We want to take a closer look at the growing humanitarian crisis when it comes to the world's children. Catherine Russell is the Executive Director of UNICEF and she is just back from Israel and the West Bank. It's good to have you here.

CATHERINE RUSSELL: Thanks Margaret, good to be here.

MARGARET BRENNAN: I know you met with some of the families of Israeli children who are still being held hostage...

German police say two Ukrainian men have been stabbed to death.

The following is a transcript of an interview with Rep. Summer Lee, Democrat of Pennsylvania, that aired on April 28, 2024.

MARGARET BRENNAN: We go now to Democratic Congresswoman Summer Lee. She joins us from her district in Pittsburgh. Good morning to you, Congresswoman.

REP. SUMMER LEE: Good morning. Good to be with you.

MARGARET BRENNAN: You just heard our CBS polling in reference to your home state. I know last weekend, Governor Shapiro told us, if President Biden's pause on natural gas permits goes on a long time it'll cost Pennsylvania...

The following is a transcript of an interview with University of Chicago professor Robert Paper that aired on April 28, 2024.

MARGARET BRENNAN: And we're joined now by the founding director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats, University of Chicago Professor Robert Pape, who has new findings on the college protests over the Israel-Hamas war. Welcome back to the program. I understand you've been surveying about 5,000 students, 600 colleges and universities, between December and January. Because this stretches back to right after October 7...

The following is a transcript of an interview with Hanna Siegel, whose uncle Keith Siegel is being held hostage by Hamas, that aired on April 28, 2024.

MARGARET BRENNAN: We are joined now by Hanna Siegel, whose uncle, Keith Siegel, is one of those American hostages. Good morning to you, Hanna.

HANNA SIEGEL: Good morning, Margaret. Thank you for having me.

MARGARET BRENNAN: Thank you for speaking to us. I know that the Biden administration has reached out to you and your family. The FBI is analyzing that video released yesterday. What stood out to...

Dr Sam Attar from Chicago recently returned from Gaza, where the UN is warning of looming famine.

Oleksandr Syrskyi says Ukrainian forces have withdrawn from positions in eastern Donetsk.

Human Rights Watch says at least 56 children were killed by soldiers in Soro village.

Nicole Kidman becomes the first Australian actor to win the prestigious AFI Life Achievement Award.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he stands by comments he made in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol that former presidents, including Donald Trump, are "not immune" from criminal prosecution.

"Face the Nation" moderator and chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan asked McConnell if he still believes former presidents are not completely immune from prosecution, as he said in early 2021 a little over a month after rioters who supported former President Trump stormed the Capitol.

The Supreme Court is now...

Watch the full version of Margaret Brennan's interview with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell that aired on April 28, 2024, on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan."

Amid college protests over Gaza, the White House says Biden respects the right of demonstrators but they should be peaceful and "we don't want to see anybody hurt"