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Legendary horse trainer D. Wayne Lukas dies – CBS News Watch CBS News D. Wayne Lukas, the Hall of Fame horse trainer with 15 Triple Crown race wins, has died. He was 89. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., announced Sunday that he will not run for reelection following a series of attacks by President Trump over Tills’ decision to vote against a massive GOP-written tax and spending bill. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina announced on Sunday that he would not seek reelection next year. Tillis was one of the most high-profile Republicans to say he could not support President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” Republicans’ massive tax and spending bill, in its current form. Trump on social media had attacked him as “a…

Washington — The Senate is debating President Trump’s massive tax bill Sunday ahead of what’s expected to be a marathon overnight session as the chamber efforts to pass the centerpiece legislation of Mr. Trump’s second term agenda.The House narrowly passed the bill last month, and Senate Republicans have since been working to put their mark on the legislation, treading carefully so as not to throw off the delicate balance in the lower chamber. The House will need to approve the Senate’s changes to the bill before it can head to the president’s desk for his signature. And lawmakers are moving…

Every day, The Nation exposes the administration’s unchecked and reckless abuses of power through clear-eyed, uncompromising independent journalism—the kind of journalism that holds the powerful to account and helps build alternatives to the world we live in now.  We have just the right people to confront this moment. Speaking on Democracy Now!, Nation DC Bureau chief Chris Lehmann translated the complex terms of the budget bill into the plain truth, describing it as “the single largest upward redistribution of wealth effectuated by any piece of legislation in our history.” In the pages of the June print issue and on The…

Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, on Sunday condemned what he described as an “outrageous” pressure campaign by the Trump administration amid a federal investigation into the University of Virginia, which led to the resignation of its president, Jim Ryan.”This is the most outrageous action, I think, this crowd has taken on education,” Warner told “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” “We have great public universities in Virginia. We have a very strong governance system, where we have an independent board of visitors appointed by the Governor. Jim Ryan had done a very good job; just completed a major capital…

On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of VirginiaRep. Michael McCaul, Republican of TexasScott Gottlieb, former FDA commissionerRafael Mariano Grossi, director general of International Atomic Energy AgencyAmir-Saeid Iravani, Iran’s ambassador to the United NationsClick here to browse full transcripts from 2025 of “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”   MARGARET BRENNAN: I’m Margaret Brennan in Washington.And this week on Face the Nation: Putting last week’s dramatic military strikes aside for a moment, President Trump turns his focus to getting his Big Beautiful Bill through Congress.President Trump warned his party Saturday that refusing…

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Moscow, Russia, Saturday, June 28, 2025. Gavriil Grigorov/Pool Sputnik Kremlin/AP hide caption toggle caption Gavriil Grigorov/Pool Sputnik Kremlin/AP KYIV — Russia launched the largest aerial assault on Ukraine overnight since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, according to the Ukrainian Air Force, which added that one of its F-16 fighter jet pilots was killed in the attack. Air force spokesman Yurii Ihnat told NPR on Sunday it was the largest air attack in terms of the number of weapons used. In a statement on social media, the air force said Russia used 537 drones and missiles…

Open: This is “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” June 29, 2025 – CBS News Watch CBS News This week on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Democratic Sen. Mark Warner joins as President Trump turns his attention to his “one big, beautiful bill.” Plus, taking a look at what comes next for Iran with the head of the IAEA, the watchdog agency who monitors nuclear capabilities in Iran, Rafael Mariano Grossi, and Iran’s ambassador to the UN, Amir-Saeid Iravani. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On…

Jon Wiener: From The Nation magazine, this is Start Making Sense. I’m Jon Wiener. Later in the show: The leading autopsies on the 2024 defeat of Democrats are missing two big things, Steve Phillips argues: the centrality of racial hostility, and of gender resentment, as central organizing forces in American politics.  But first: Donald Trump owes E. Jean Carroll 88 million dollars.  She’ll explain why – in a minute.[BREAK]One person has sued Trump twice and won both times. Of course, that is E. Jean Carroll. He sexually assaulted her in 1996 in a dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman in Manhattan.…

The following is the transcript of an interview with Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, that will air on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on June 29, 2025. The interview was taped on June 27, 2025.MARGARET BRENNAN: And we go now to the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, or the IAEA. Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, welcome to the program.DIRECTOR GENERAL RAFAEL MARIANO GROSSI: Thank you very much, Margaret. Good to talk to you again. MARGARET BRENNAN: Director General, there is so much happening. I’m hoping you can walk us through…