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The following is the transcript of the interview with Gary Cohn, IBM vice chairman and former director of the U.S. National Economic Council, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Sept. 21, 2025.MARGARET BRENNAN: We turn now to a look at the U.S. economy. Gary Cohn was the head of the White House National Economic Council in the first Trump administration. Good morning. Great to have you back. GARY COHN: Good morning. Thanks for having me. MARGARET BRENNAN: So, it finally happened. The Federal Reserve lowered interest rates by quarter point, which was expected. So, rates are now in…

Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk’s widow, speaks at the memorial service for the right-wing activist at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., on Sunday. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images Erika Kirk, widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, said she forgives her husband’s alleged killer. “That man, that young man … I forgive him,” Kirk said, wiping away tears as the audience at Kirk’s memorial at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., erupted in applause on Sunday. “I forgive him because it was what Christ did and is what Charlie would…

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French President Emmanuel Macron said it was out of line for Charles Kushner, the U.S. ambassador to France and the father of President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, to publicly accuse him of taking insufficient action to combat antisemitism, and for him to link France’s foreign policy positions to domestic incidents of violence against Jews in France. In a letter he published in the Wall Street Journal to Macron in August, Kushner wrote that he had “deep concern over the dramatic rise of antisemitism in France and the lack of sufficient action by your government to confront it.” “Public statements haranguing Israel and…

Attendees await the start of the memorial service for political activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium on Sunday in Glendale, Ariz. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images Early Sunday, people started lining up outside the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., for the memorial for right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. People wore “I am Charlie Kirk” hats and T-shirts, “Make America Great Again” baseball caps and carried American flags. The line extended for over a mile outside the stadium, according to Glendale Police. The memorial service features Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, who on Thursday was named…

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The Taliban government on Sunday rejected U.S. President Trump’s bid to retake Bagram Air Base, four years after America’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan left the sprawling military facility in the Taliban’s hands.Mr. Trump on Saturday renewed his call to reestablish a U.S. presence at Bagram, even saying “we’re talking now to Afghanistan” about the matter. He did not offer further details about the purported conversations. Asked by a reporter if he’d consider deploying U.S. troops to take the base, the president demurred.”We won’t talk about that,” Mr. Trump said. “We want it back, and we want it back right away.…

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney meet before the start of the G7 summit at Parliament Hill on June 15, 2025 in Ottawa, Canada. Suzanne Plunkett/WPA Pool/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Suzanne Plunkett/WPA Pool/Getty Images Canada, the U.K., Australia and other countries on Sunday announced they will formally recognize Palestine as a state — a move that has long been opposed by the U.S. and Israel. “We recognized the State of Israel more than 75 years ago as a homeland for the Jewish people. Today we join over 150 countries who recognize a Palestinian…

Washington — Gary Cohn, IBM vice chair and former National Economic Council director in President Trump’s first term, said Sunday that “we’ve seen the job market degrade,” though he noted that it may be “temporary.””The Federal Reserve itself and the board of governors admitted that we are having a declining job market. And we see that,” Cohn said on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”Last week, the Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points, in the first rate cut since December, amid slower economic growth and a stalling labor market. Fed Chair Jerome Powell, who has…

  8m ago Trump calls it a “very tough day” ahead of memorial service Mr. Trump told reporters that it’s a “very tough day” as he departed the White House on his way to Glendale, Arizona Sunday morning for Kirk’s memorial service.”We’re going to celebrate the life of a great man today,” the president said, adding, “that something like this could have happened is not even believable.”Mr. Trump said of Kirk’s wife and family that he plans to continue to “give them my love.””There’s nothing much you can say,” the president said. “You talk about the great things he’s done.…