The Pentagon’s No. 2, Kathleen Hicks, was informed of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization two days after she assumed some of his duties. Source

Three years after the attack on the Capitol, former President Donald Trump called on President Biden to “release the J6 hostages.” Source

This week on “Face the Nation,” Margaret Brennan interviews House Speaker Mike Johnson in the Texas border town Eagle Pass. Plus, former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney joins Brennan in Washington. Source

Missed the second half of the show? The latest on…Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney tells “Face the Nation” that “we have to be prepared” to defeat the former president at the ballot box, 2024 Republican presidential hopeful Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis tells “Face the Nation” that if the upcoming election is about former President Trump or “religating the past elections,” it will be a “really nasty election”, and Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, who recently took an official trip to the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza, tells “Face the Nation” that there needs to be a “24/7 operation” getting aid into Gaza because it’s a “24/7 humanitarian crisis.” Source

Liz Cheney believes former President Donald Trump should be disqualified from the ballot, but said “we have to be prepared to ensure that we can defeat him at the ballot box.” Source

At a shelter in Eagle Pass, Texas, along the U.S.-Mexico border, “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan reports on the “vexing challenge” the U.S. faces of balancing “national security risk of a hemisphere in crisis” with “keeping our humanity and staying a nation of immigrants.” Source

On this “Face the Nation” broadcast, House Speaker Mike Johnson and former Rep. Liz Cheney join Margaret Brennan. Source

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is gearing up for a major test in Iowa, where he’s staked his presidential ambitions. Source

As the Supreme Court has decided to take up former President Donald Trump’s appeal on the Colorado high court’s decision to bar him from the 2024 ballot, former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney tells “Face the Nation” that “we have to be prepared” to defeat the former president at the ballot box. Source

Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, who recently took an official trip to the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza, tells “Face the Nation” that there needs to be a “24/7 operation” getting aid into Gaza because it’s a “24/7 humanitarian crisis.” Source