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Murphy: U.S. needs "two parties" negotiating

Sen. Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that as Republicans have accused Democrats of refusing to come to the table on the shutdown, "Republicans are boycotting negotiations" with the House on recess. "The only way you can solve a shutdown is to have two parties that are in Washington negotiating," he said.

• Oct 12
• 08:25

Egyptian official "confident" on Gaza plan

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that he is "confident the first phase of the Trump peace plan will be implemented," adding that Egypt is in "full contact with the Palestinians, with Hamas, because it's all about, of course, releasing the hostages and for Israel, releasing some of the Palestinian detainees."

• Oct 12
• 08:20

Hostages set to be released Monday

An estimated 400,000 Israelis crammed into Hostage Square in Tel Aviv to celebrate as Trump administration officials announced the 20 hostages, believed to be alive, are set to be released. The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel is still holding and 48 hostages — living and dead — are set to be exchanged for 250 Palestinians serving life sentences and 1,700 detained since Oct 7, 2023. Debora Patta reports from Tel Aviv.

• Oct 12
• 04:21

Vance: Layoffs part of shutdown "chaos"

Vice President JD Vance told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Sunday that the layoff notices that were sent around this weekend — some of which were rescinded — happened because the "government shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos." Vance accused Democrats, particularly Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, of taking "the entire federal government hostage over a health care policy dispute."

• Oct 12
• 13:11

Open: "Face the Nation," Oct. 12, 2025

This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Vice President JD Vance joins as President Trump heads to the Middle East amid the critical moment in the Israel-Hamas peace deal and at home, as the ongoing government shutdown drags on. Plus. Egyptian foreign minister Badr Abdelatty joins.

• Oct 12
• 01:28

Ret. Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges on Hegseth remarks

Ret. Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's remarks about fitness standards to his military generals were "completely unnecessary." Hodges called it "almost a medieval approach, that doesn't reflect the requirements that we have for women and men who are intelligent, able to operate in a modern battlefield environment."

• Oct 5
• 07:33

Schumer: Meeting "only way" to resolve shutdown

As the government shutdown threatens to stretch into a second week, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that he has encouraged his Democratic members to sit down with Republicans. "The only way this will ultimately be solved is if five people sit together in a room and solve it," and he said those five people are President Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Minority Leader John Thune, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Schumer himself.

• Oct 5
• 07:55

Johnson on GOP's temporary funding measure

As the government shutdown threatens to stretch into a second week, House Speaker Mike Johnson told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that Democrats are refusing to negotiate on the "bootstrap measure" the GOP has put forward to fund the government for seven weeks. It's a "very simple, very conventional thing that's been done here all the time," he added.

• Oct 5
• 07:41