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Washington — Director of the National Economic Council Kevin Hassett, who President Trump has said is on his shortlist to become the next chair of the Federal Reserve, said Sunday that the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy “needs to be fully independent of political influence — including from President Trump.””The fact is that we’ve looked at countries that have allowed the leaders to take over the central banks, and what tends to happen is that it’s a recipe for inflation and misery for consumers,” Hassett said on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”The comments came after Mr. Trump said Friday that…

President Trump and Rolex CEO Jean-Frederic Dufour arrive in the Rolex suite prior to the men’s singles final match between Jannik Sinner of Italy and Carlos Alcaraz of Spain on Sunday in New York City. Matthew Stockman/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Matthew Stockman/Getty Images President Trump attended the U.S. Open men’s tennis finals on Sunday in Rolex’s luxury box, stepping out of the suite briefly for an on-camera appearance during the national anthem. He drew mixed cheers and boos from the half-empty stadium. Due to enhanced security for the president’s attendance, many ticketholders stood in long lines outside the…

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Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an Illinois Democrat, said Sunday that President Trump “essentially just declared war on a major city in his own nation” referring to his recent remarks about Chicago. But she outlined that “we don’t have any indications” that the administration is getting ready to send troops into the nation’s third-largest city, despite signals in recent weeks that he is preparing to do so. “This is not normal,” Duckworth said of Mr. Trump’s statements on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” “This is not acceptable behavior.”In a Truth Social post on Saturday, Mr. Trump shared a screenshot that read “Chicago…

President Trump on Sunday is attending the U.S. Open men’s finals in New York to watch the match between Jannik Sinner of Italy and Carlos Alcaraz of Spain — in his first appearance at the event in a decade and first since being elected president. Mr. Trump waved to the crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium, sitting alongside Rolex CEO Jean-Frederic Dufour upon his arrival in a luxury suite. Joining the president in the suite are Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt,…

The following is the transcript of an interview with Sen. Roger Marshall, Republican of Kansas, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Sept. 7, 2025.MARGARET BRENNAN: Welcome back to Face the Nation. We turn now to Republican Senator Roger Marshall, who joins us this morning from Wichita, Kansas. Welcome to Face the Nation.SENATOR ROGER MARSHALL: Margaret, great to be with you. I know it’s going to be a great discussion.MARGARET BRENNAN: I know you were an OB-GYN in practice for decades before you ran for office. This past week, the HHS Secretary underwent intense questioning from both…

A man from Mexico in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody died last week at a hospital in Arizona, the federal agency said.He had been detained at the Central Arizona Correctional Complex, in the town of Florence, and was pronounced dead by a doctor at the Mountain Vista Medical Center, near Phoenix, on the morning of Aug. 31, according to ICE. The agency said his cause of death was unknown and remained under investigation.Lorenzo Antonio Batrez Vargas, 32, was a citizen of Mexico who had been arrested by Flagstaff police on Aug. 2 and charged with possession and use of…

Amy Coney Barrett had been teaching full-time for nearly two decades, at Notre Dame’s campus in South Bend, Indiana, until she was selected by President Donald Trump, in 2020, to serve on the Supreme Court. Now, she’s traded the classroom for the courtroom, although she continues to teach a weeklong seminar on Constitutional Law. In her first television interview since she filled the seat left by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Barrett was asked whether she believed the Court has shifted to the right. “I think shifting to the right, or shifting to the left, I think those are other…

Smoke rises from the Cabinet of Ministers building after a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP hide caption toggle caption Evgeniy Maloletka/AP KYIV, Ukraine — Russia hit Ukraine’s capital with drone and missiles Sunday in the largest aerial attack on the country since the war began, killing at least two people and leaving smoke rising from the roof of a key government building. Russia attacked Ukraine with 805 drones and decoys, officials said. Yuriy Ihnat, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s Air Force, confirmed to The Associated Press that Sunday’s atta ck was the largest Russian…

The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.8 billion for Saturday night’s drawing and winning jackpot tickets were sold in Texas and Missouri.Saturday’s jackpot was the second-largest in U.S. lottery history, with an estimated cash value of $826.4 million. The record jackpot was $2.04 billion, won on Nov. 7, 2022, according to Powerball. The CBS News data team looked into Powerball data to see where winners take home the most and least, how often numbers are drawn, and the timing and size of every jackpot so far this year. Here’s how the numbers break down: What are the odds? The…