Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan
Face the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan delivers interviews with newsmakers, roundtable discussions, and analysis on the top issues of the day.
- 1954-2026
- 73 seasons
- CBS
- News, Talk & Interview
- TV-PG
Face the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan delivers interviews with newsmakers, roundtable discussions, and analysis on the top issues of the day.
Season 73 Episode Guide
32 Episodes 2026
Episode 1
Episode #73.1
Sun, Jan 4, 2026 60 mins
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R-FL); Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR); Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT); Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD).
Episode 2
Episode #73.2
Sun, Jan 11, 2026 60 mins
Secretary of Energy Chris Wright; Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va); Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota); Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla);
Episode 3
Episode #73.3
Sun, Jan 18, 2026 60 mins
Kristi Noem, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security secretary; Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va); Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio); Jacob Frey, mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota; Anthony Salvato, CBS News executive director of elections and survey;
Episode 4
Episode #73.4
Sun, Jan 25, 2026 60 mins
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La), U.S. House Majority Leader; Sen. Angus King (I-Maine); Kirsten Hillman, Canadian ambassador to the U.S.; Minneapolis Police Department Chief Brian O'Hara;
Episode 5
Episode #73.5
Sun, Feb 1, 2026 60 mins
Maria Corina Machado, Venezuelan opposition leader; Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX); IBM Vice Chairman Gary Cohn; panel discussion with Mark Freeman, Eileen Higgins, David Holt, and Quinton Lucas.
Episode 6
Episode #73.6
Sun, Feb 8, 2026 60 mins
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va); Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas); Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner; David Becker, CBS News election law contributor;
Episode 7
Episode #73.7
Sun, Feb 15, 2026 60 mins
Tom Homan, White House border czar; Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.); Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.); Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif).
Episode 8
Episode #73.8
Sun, Feb 22, 2026 60 mins
Amb. Jamieson Greer, U.S. Trade Representative; Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi; Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank; bipartisan panel with Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY), Gov. Mike DeWine (R-OH), Gov. Laura Kelly (D-KS) and Gov. Mike Braun (R-IN).
Episode 9
Episode #73.9
Sun, Mar 1, 2026 60 mins
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR); Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT); Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH); Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX); Karim Sadjadpour; retired Gen. Frank McKenzie.
Episode 10
Episode #73.10
Sun, Mar 8, 2026 60 mins
Secretary of Energy Chris Wright; Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va); Dr. Michael Leiter, Israeli ambassador to the U.S.; Olga Stefanishyna, Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S.
Episode 11
Episode #73.11
Sun, Mar 15, 2026 60 mins
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi; Kevin Hassett, director of the White House National Economic Council; Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.); Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas); Jonny Gannon, former CIA operative; Kevin Book, director of ClearView Energy Partners; Samantha Vinograd, CBS News contributor.
Episode 12
Episode #73.12
Sun, Mar 22, 2026 60 mins
Mike Waltz, U.S. representative to the United Nations; NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte; Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo); Rafael Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency; Fiona Hill, senior fellow at the Brookings Institute; CBS News correspondent Anthony Salvato.
Episode 13
Episode #73.13
Sun, Mar 29, 2026 60 mins
White House Border Czar Tom Homan; Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn), U.S. House Intelligence Committee ranking member; former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams; retired Gen. Frank McKenzie; Karim Sadjadpour, fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace;
Episode 14
Episode #73.14
Sun, Apr 5, 2026 60 mins
Gov. Wes Moore (D-Md); Archbishop of the Military Services Timothy Broglio; panel discussion with Amy Walter, David Sanger, and Jeff Mason.
Episode 15
Episode #73.15
Sun, Apr 12, 2026 60 mins
Dr. Michael Leiter, Israeli ambassador to the U.S.; Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va); Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio); Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund; Anthony Salvanto, CBS News director of elections and surveys;
Episode 16
Episode #73.16
Sun, Apr 19, 2026 60 mins
Mike Waltz, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations; former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder; Amos Hochstein, former White House advisor on global infrastructure; former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams;
Episode 17
Episode #73.17
Sun, Apr 26, 2026 60 mins
Investigation and analysis into Correspondents' Dinner shooting; Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche; Rep. Jamie Raskin (D,MD); Sir Christian Turner, British ambassador to the U.S..
Episode 18
Episode #73.18
Sun, May 3, 2026 60 mins
Kevin Hassett, director of the White House National Economic Council; Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga); Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colorado), U.S. House Intelligence Committee; Neel Kashari, CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis; Mike Wirth, Chevron CEO;
Episode 19
Episode #73.19
Sun, May 10, 2026 60 mins
Secretary of Energy Chris Wright; Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz); Rep. Ted Lieu (D-California); Janti Soeipto, CEO of Save the Children U.S; Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former Food and Drug Administration commissioner;
Episode 20
Episode #73.20
Sun, May 17, 2026 60 mins
U.S. Trade Representative Amb. Jamieson Greer; Taiwan's Representative to the United States, Amb. Alexander Yui; Rep. Brian Fitzgerald (R,PA); Rep. Tom Suozzi (D,NY); Robert Gates, former U.S. secretary of defense; Anthony Salvanto, CBS News director of elections and surveys.
Episode 21
Episode #73.21
Sun, May 24, 2026 60 mins
Director of the White House National Economic Council Kevin Hassett; Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D,MD), U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Dr. Deborah Birx; Rep. Mike Lawler (R,NY); Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D,NJ); Lt. Col. William Swenson and Command Sgt. Major Matthew Williams.
Episode 22
Episode #73.22
Sun, May 31, 2026 60 mins
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy; Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn), U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee; U.N. World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain; Mike Pence;
Episode 23
Episode #73.23
Sun, Jun 7, 2026 60 mins
Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn); Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb); Rep. Ro Khanna (D-California); Rye Barcott, CEO of With Honor; panel discussion on artificial intelligence with Chris Krebs and Ben Buchanan;
Episode 24
Episode #73.24
Sun, Jun 14, 2026 60 mins
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth; Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz); Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va); IBM Vice Chairman Gary Cohn.
Episode 25
Episode #73.25
Sun, Jun 21, 2026 60 mins
Mike Waltz, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations; Sen. Lindsey Graham (R,SC); Rep. Jason Crow (D,CO); Kevin Book, director of ClearView Energy Partners; Amos Hochstein, managing partner of Two Global; Anthony Salvanto, CBS News director of elections and surveys.
Episode 26
Episode #73.26
Sun, Jun 28, 2026 60 mins
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R,LA); Sen. Tim Kaine (D,VA); Jan Crawford, CBS News chief legal correspondent.
Episode 27
Episode #73.27
Sun, Jul 5, 2026 60 mins
NCAA President Charlie Baker discusses the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on transgender athletes; Jared Issacson, NASA administrator; Dr. Debra Houry, former CDC chief medical officer;
Episode 28
Episode #73.28
Sun, Jul 12, 2026 60 mins
Dr. Michael Leiter, Israeli ambassador to the U.S.; White House Border Czar Tom Homan; Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio); Rahm Emanuel, former ambassador to Japan; retired Gen. Frank McKenzie;
Episode 29
Episode #73.29
Sun, Jul 19, 2026 60 mins
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va); Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-N.Y.); Tom Homan, White House border czar; Brian Moynihan, Bank of America CEO; Chris Krebs, former U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency director; author David Becker ("Charting Your Own Course");
Episode 30
Episode #73.30
Sun, Jul 26, 2026 60 mins
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La), U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee; Sen. Bernie Sander (I-Vt); U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz; Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner; Anthony Salvanto, CBS News executive director of elections and surveys;
Episode 31
Episode #73.31
Sun, Aug 2, 2026 60 mins
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz); Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio); Clement Delangue, Hugging Face CEO; former Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.); Heather Manchin, Americans Together CEO;
Episode 32
Episode #73.32
Sun, Aug 9, 2026 60 mins
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La); Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt); Dr. Jay Brattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health;