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Margaret Brennan

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Face the Nation Moderator, CBS Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, Boy Mom & USMC wife, UVA alum, retired 🇮🇪 dancer, contact: margaret.brennan@protonmail.com

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1Dec 1, '24Former National Security Advisor John Bolton compares Kash Patel, President-elect Trump's pick to head the FBI, to one of Stalin's feared secret police chiefs: "Trump has nominated83.7×3.9M2.5k501145
2Jan 20, '2530,000 people just had their appointments for immigration interviews - legal pathway - cancelled as CBP one app taken offline by Trump admin. A campaign vow.37.2×1.7M10k1.6k190
3Oct 26, '24US intelligence assesses that Russia was behind fake video of individual tearing ballots in Pennsylvania. US intel warns Russia plans more media content in coming weeks to erode tr34.1×1.6M7.2k3.5k474
4Jan 15, '25I spoke with House intel chair Mike Turner (R-OH) who told me that Speaker Johnson has fired him as chair of the committee overseeing the intelligence community. Johnson cited "con30.9×1.4M11k3.4k654
5Aug 20, '20From CBS' Pat Milton: Steve Bannon was taken into custody today by US Postal Service agents. He's expected to be arraigned today before a US magistrate. @SDNYnews alleges he had a 26.7×013k3.5k127
6Jul 15, '22President Biden while standing in East Jerusalem: “…the background of my family is Irish American. And we have a long history not fundamentally unlike the Palestinian people, with 22.2×012k1.4k559
7Apr 12, '17If you're wondering why the US press doesn't have pictures of Secretary Tillerson at the Kremlin, that's because he ditched his press pool20.5×07.8k5.6k0
8Feb 16, '25The full transcript of our ⁦@FaceTheNation⁩ interview with ⁦@SecRubio⁩19.1×890k1.1k257245
9Jul 13, '24"The former president is safe. We have implemented protective security measures. This is being investigated further." Sr Govt official tells CBS News regarding shots fired at Trump18.7×870k1.2k48936
10Oct 10, '20"Trump might be ridiculous for the rest of the world, but he is sane and wise man for the Taliban," a Sr Taliban member told @Samiyousafzai of hope for a Trump 2020 win. @TimMurtau18.1×06.1k3.4k218
11Apr 4, '20"The American public owe a phenomenal debt of gratitude to these people," Dr. Fauci says of healthcare workers. He calls them "brave warriors" against the #coronavirus who put them16.2×011k2.3k23
12Feb 14, '21We offered invitations to 2 dozen Senate Republicans following their votes to acquit former President Trump. No one accepted.15.7×08.8k2.7k81
13Dec 11, '22Notable: Fiona Hill confirms that Russia asked the Trump administration to swap Viktor Bout & another Russian for Paul Whelan following the 2018 arrest of the US Marine vet. Sh11.7×06.3k2.5k166
14Jan 16, '21This is the last weekend of the Trump presidency.9.2×08.3k3731
15Apr 17, '25"We are all afraid,” Sen Murkowski told constituents. “It’s quite a statement. But we are we’re in a time & place where I don’t know I certainly have not, I have not been here befo7.6×354k1.6k47982
16Nov 24, '24"He was a pretty low ranking guy in the military, and he never had a command position. He was a platoon leader, I think, once or twice, but he never even commanded a company. And s7.2×335k1.1k28545
17Dec 23, '18Breaking - our David Martin reports that @realDonaldTrump will order SecDef Mattis to leave his Pentagon post immediately rather than work through the February 28 date he cited in 7.1×02.2k1.6k11
18Feb 26, '25The FDA vaccine committee meeting on how to update next season's flu vaccine was abruptly cancelled today with no explanation, CBS confirms via Dr Paul Offitt7.1×330k1.1k688151
19Aug 1, '24Families will be reunited today. Wonderful news.6.7×313k1.2k19510
20Mar 1, '24Retired US Ambassador Robert Ford.6.4×299k2.6k843169
21Dec 17, '22I just had GW medical call at 815am to tell me they cannot honor an 830am appointment. Advice was to find a CVS minute clinic. No help at all. My primary care doctor office is wipe5.5×257k76610727
22Jun 23, '24NYT: "An influential member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition told settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank that the government is engaged in a stealthy effort to 5.5×254k831366116
23Jun 14, '17Qatar just signed a $12B deal with the US to buy F-15 fighter jets - 5 days ago @POTUS accused it of funding terrorism at the highest levels5.4×01.6k1.7k0
24Aug 9, '25There was a U.S. directive in recent weeks that all Russia-Ukraine peace negotiation information not be shared with the Five Eyes, the intelligence alliance comprised of the U.S., 5.4×252k1.7k832172
25Feb 14, '25Glad to be safely on firm ground back at Joint base Andrews. We were on board Secretary Rubio's plane about 90 minutes into our flight to Germany when we had to turn around due to 5.3×245k1.7k27499
26Feb 3, '19In my view, @realDonaldTrump is a president who you need to HEAR deliver his views. Tone, inflection, and unique rapid fire delivery are part of understanding context. Transcript i5.2×01.7k31826
27Feb 1, '20“Mr. Trump is the only president in the history of Gallup polling who has never had the support of a majority of Americans for even a single day, a troubling indicator for re-elect5.0×03.3k82814
28Jun 13, '24In April Leader McConnell told me on @FaceTheNation that he stood by his 2021 remarks that Donald Trump was "practically and morally responsible" for January 6th attack on the US C4.9×229k72827821
29May 8, '22Obama AG Eric Holder tells me that while he initially thought indicting former President Trump would be too divisive, he now thinks there is evidence enough that he should be held 4.8×03k64326
30Nov 17, '24RFK Jr with a McDonalds meal and a Coke.4.7×220k86415261
31Jul 10, '20"I have never seen a virus or any pathogen that has such a broad range of manifestations,” Fauci tells the @FT. “Even if it doesn’t kill you, even if it doesn’t put you in the hosp4.7×02.4k1.1k38
32Nov 19, '19Volker’s testimony essentially describes @RudyGiuliani as the most influential person shaping the views of @realDonaldTrump regarding Ukraine.4.6×03.4k6173
33Dec 22, '18Breaking - Brett McGurk, the President’s envoy to the coalition against ISIS, has resigned his post effective December 31. He had planned to exit in 2019 but accelerated the depart4.5×01.8k1.2k9
34Jan 20, '25Panama's President rejects Donald Trump's inauguration speech claim that he's going to retake the Panama Canal which POTUS Trump said is controlled by PRC.4.5×208k1k50746
35Dec 17, '23The Pope himself weighs in on the sniper who killed two women sheltering inside a Catholic Church in Gaza. He calls it terrorism. Yesterday the Latin patriarchate said it was an ID4.3×202k97837555
36Dec 7, '23The best thing to happen on Capitol Hill.4.3×200k1.2k9716
37Feb 28, '22“They used the vacuum bomb today which is actually prohibited by Geneva convention, so you know the devastation Russia is trying to inflict on Ukraine is large,” @OMarkarova Ukrain4.3×02.4k87533
38Feb 9, '25President Trump's approval rating is at 53%, a better approval number than he ever achieved during his first term. We'll have details ahead on @FaceTheNation4.2×196k1.9k26750
39Jan 19, '24Per WH press pool: Reporter: "Do you believe that the border is secure?" POTUS: "No, It is not. I haven't believed it for the last 10 years, and I've said it for the last 10 years.3.9×181k1.3k27527
40Dec 24, '18This funding was put together by @brett_mcgurk. While @realDonaldTrump says he never met the lead anti-ISIS diplomat, it was McGurk who negotiated the $ from Saudi & UAE for Sy3.8×01.9k88821
41Feb 10, '17“He’s had a full day,” a Trump official said to how @POTUS could be unaware of the Flynn-Russia story. Flynn was with him on board AF One3.6×01.2k8610
42May 28, '24That was CBS' @edokeefe with the straight forward question.3.4×158k1.6k30568
43Jul 22, '22.@RepLizCheney on Cassidy Hutchinson: “She knew all along she would be attacked by President Trump, and by the 50, 60, 70 year old men who themselves hide behind Executive Privileg3.4×02.6k41514
44Oct 7, '21#Climate change provisions in Dem spending bill are non-negotiable from @AOC point of view. She told me on @facethenation that “we cannot afford to increase carbon or just fossil f3.3×02.2k32515
45Feb 22, '24Flashback to fmr VP Mike Pence sharing how he & his wife struggled with fertility & started their family through IVF. We discussed in 2022 on ⁦@FaceTheNation⁩ risk of IVF b3.2×151k1.6k69791
46May 12, '20I find that our testing rate is nothing to celebrate whatsoever - @MittRomney sharply rebukes Adm. Giroir & says he would not expect an admiral to use political spin. #COVID193.2×02.4k3925
47Jun 7, '20Here's the transcript of our @FaceTheNation interview with Attorney General Bill Barr.3.1×095651274
48Mar 3, '22“We have credible information that indicates Russian forces are creating lists of identified Ukrainians to be killed or sent to camps following a military occupation.,” @usosce @US3.0×01.2k75844
49Oct 21, '23In Cairo, Jordan’s King Abdullah says Islam, 1000 years before the Geneva Conventions, ordered soldiers not to kill a child, a woman or old person, destroy a tree, harm a priest or2.9×135k83321833
50Jun 5, '2244% of Republicans say mass shootings are something we have to accept in a free society.2.9×074641441
51May 21, '24Stunning. The AP is a source of information and reporting for massive numbers of news organizations around the world.2.9×133k1.2k44954
53Sep 9, '18I will not be in the @FaceTheNation chair next week as I take some time with an expected newborn baby boy. The program is in good hands as a familiar face- my colleague @jdickerson2.6×02.2k723
54Jul 27, '17Members of the band Journey were just spotted in the White House briefing room. That is all.2.5×08032730
55Mar 10, '17Press outlets reimburse the USG for their seats on the AirForce aircraft.2.3×08826740
56Mar 13, '20The CEO of Wal-Mart, the world's largest brick & mortar retailer, says the company will make its parking lots available for testing facilities. Target's CEO says they'll keep s2.3×01.4k40424
57Mar 13, '22.@StateDept: “There is no damage or casualties at any U.S. Government facility. The incident is being investigated by the government of Iraq & the Kurdish Regional Government &2.2×093939323
58Dec 24, '21Venting here for all of us who have unvaccinated kids, vulnerable family members including those undergoing chemo or just with immunocompromised status….this is painful…I’m so glad2.2×02k1115
59Nov 22, '19This is the theory that Dr Fiona Hill described yesterday as fictional2.2×01.4k3658
60Mar 2, '22The stinger anti aircraft missiles that @POTUS approved Saturday as part of that $350m military aid package have begun arriving in Ukraine. 200 have been delivered & “hundreds 2.2×01.4k3467
61Jul 3, '20ENDORSE.2.1×01.7k2602
62Jan 12, '20Are you saying there wasn't one [a specific piece of evidence]? @EsperDoD: "I didn't see one with regard to four embassies. What I'm saying is I share the president's view that pro2.1×01k3978
63Dec 8, '22.@CBSNews learned last Thursday that the Griner-for-Bout swap was underway but agreed to a White House request not to report it because officials expressed grave concern about the 2.1×01k1978
64Aug 13, '21February 23 2020.2.0×01.1k27797
65Nov 1, '17"Visa records are confidential under U.S. law. We are not able to comment on any specific visa application.” - @StateDept1.9×09994610
66Feb 25, '22As the EU freezes Putin's assets, the US & UK look to put sanctions on the Russian President himself. Watch this space. It appears opposition is shifting...1.9×01.4k2257
67Dec 8, '22David Whelan, brother of imprisoned Paul Whelan: "How do you continue to survive,day after day,when you know that your government has failed twice to free you from a foreign prison1.7×098332313
68Apr 18, '20The President just seemed to casually float the incredible accusation that China may have deliberately released #COVID19. "Was it a mistake that got out of control or was it done d1.7×090924710
69Nov 24, '20.@realDonaldTrump has authorized the sharing of intelligence reports with the President-elect @JoeBiden 3 sources tell @CBSNews1.7×01.1k1901
70Mar 4, '22This is the Ukrainian Embassy’s English language translation of @ZelenskyyUa statement on nuclear power plant.1.7×061145237
72Aug 21, '21No words to describe this…1.7×01.2k21613
73Jan 3, '21“I could never have imagined seeing these things in the greatest democracy in the world. Has ambition so eclipsed principle?” @MittRomney1.7×01.1k2248
74Nov 7, '20Ireland's @RTENewsNow signs off the broadcast with a mention that the President-elect is a "proud Irish American" & plays a recording of him reciting the beautifully tragic &am1.6×01.1k22028
75Aug 12, '20“70% of mothers with children under 18 participate in the labor force, with over 75% employed full-time. Mothers are the primary or sole earners for 40% of households with children1.6×01k25811
76Dec 1, '20#COVID19 was in the US in December 2019.1.5×067920236
77May 30, '20Minnesota's Governor @GovTimWalz adds that 20% of those arrested are Minnesotans but 80% are from outside the area. MN Dept of Public Safety's Harrington says white supremacists ma1.5×068038210
78May 7, '20For the record1.5×072933515
79Dec 8, '22CBS News has learned that WNBA player Brittney Griner is now in US custody. A US official confirms the prisoner swap this morning. Details on @CBSMornings now…1.4×06452280
80Nov 21, '19There seems a desire to avoid having Dr Fiona Hill answer questions....1.4×01.1k1363
81Feb 26, '22Where & when to begin…1.4×0888954
82Jan 17, '21Following Senator Harris’ resignation, there will be no black women in the Senate but as VP @KamalaHarris will hold the power to cast a tie-breaking vote in the soon to be Democrat1.3×083716517
83Oct 27, '19God bless the Mueller family.1.3×01.1k1216
84Sep 1, '18Former SecState Henry Kissinger 95 years old - negotiated the end of combat in Vietnam in 1973. In eulogizing @SenJohnMcCain, he remembers his decision to turn down the Vietnamese 1.2×08421913
85Jan 7, '21Former SecDef Jim Mattis: “Today’s violent assault on our Capitol, an effort to subjugate American democracy by mob rule, was fomented by Mr. Trump. His use of the Presidency to de1.2×07562208
86Aug 26, '18“I’ve know great passions, seen amazing wonders, fought in a war, & helped make a peace...I’ve suffered the deepest despair & experienced the highest exultation. I made a s1.2×09031592
87Oct 2, '22VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis on Sunday appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop “this spiral of violence and death,” and decried the risk of a nuclear war.1.1×08591364
88Feb 27, '22"We are aware of President Zelenskyy’s location and are in close contact with him and his team. We continue to provide support to him and the democratically-elected government of U1.1×08661466
89May 2, '21🍼🍼🍼👨‍👩‍👧‍👦1.1×0973351
90Apr 27, '22I find this detail so touching: “Albright’s pallbearers will be former members of her protective detail & of her diplomatic security service when she served as U.S. ambassador 1.1×08571257
91Feb 18, '18A public rebuke of the National Security Advisor for speaking only of the national security threat to the US.1.1×05922300
92Jan 20, '21Today @amazon sends an offer letter to @Potus @JoeBiden offering to help with distribution of a vaccine to help meet his goal of reaching 100m shots by 100 days - @caroljoynt confi1.1×06941356
93Jan 16, '25President Biden using his farewell address as a warning. He speaks of a dangerous concentration of power - an oligarchy - and a 'tech industrial complex.' He says the free press is1.1×49k1.3k40553
94Oct 27, '19Thinking this morning of the families of Peter Kassig, James Foley, Kayla Mueller, and Steven Sotloff as well as ISIS' other victims whose names we do not know as well the Yazidis 1.1×07801522
95Dec 2, '17New timeline from @POTUS who says he knew Gen Flynn lied to the FBI when he fired him.1.0×06151780
97Jan 7, '21“We the People will come together again in our never-ending effort to form a more perfect Union, while Mr. Trump will deservedly be left a man without a country.” Former SecDef Jim1.0×06181675
98Apr 1, '18Mexico’s Foreign Minister seems to respond to @POTUS tweet.0.9×05961880
99Jan 17, '21Thank you to all of the correspondents in the field who continue to document the crisis in our democracy. The U.S. Attorney for D.C. is asking the public to report any assault of a0.9×05761782
100Dec 11, '22DOJ spox: “The United States has taken custody of alleged Pan Am flight 103 bombmaker Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi. He is expected to make his initial appearance in th0.9×05981544

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