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President Trump showed video at the Oval Office during his meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa that he says shows the attempts at genocide by the South African government against White farmers. Pumza Fihlani, a senior journalist at BBC World News, breaks down Trump’s claims, and CBS News’ Natalie Brand has more about the intense moments between the two leaders.
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This week on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” as Americans prepare for Memorial Day, Margaret Brennan speaks to some veterans serving in Congress about the value of public service and honoring those who’ve protected us. Plus, House Speaker Mike Johnson talks about the House’s passage of President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”
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The following is the transcript of an interview with Navy veteran Jack McCain that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on May 25, 2025.
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In 2011, Scott Pelley reported on a therapy program in which soldiers who were wounded in the Iraq war were brought back to Iraq in an effort to provide emotional closure for them by returning to the battlefield where they were injured.
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A man on the flight attempted to open the plane’s exit doors during the flight, a spokesperson for the Port of Seattle Police Department told CBS News.
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Dr. Timothy Johnson says that by cutting more than $1.8 billion in grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Trump administration risks destroying America’s medical research infrastructure and prompting a “brain drain” of scientists to other countries.
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The Pulitzer Prize-winner’s tales of lives shattered and mended by love have broken countless hearts. In her latest, “Three Days in June,” Anne Tyler details a weekend in the life of a divorced school administrator, bookended by the loss of her job and her daughter’s wedding.
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Trump delivers commencement address to West Point graduates; Famous for its waves, California’s Mavericks draws visitors for a different kind of contest
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Memorial Day Weekend marks the start of the summer travel season, and AAA projects that a total of about 45 million Americans will travel by air or on the roads this weekend. Ali Bauman has the latest.
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The creatives behind Broadway’s “Buena Vista Social Club” sit down with Martha Teichner to discuss how a Grammy Award-winning album turned into a Broadway show. Then, Seth Doane travels to London to learn how gaslight enthusiasts are fighting to keep gas lamps in the city. “Here Comes the Sun” is a closer look at some of the people, places and things we bring you every week on “CBS Sunday Morning.”
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