This week on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,”a look at President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial decision to top Kash Patel to lead the FBI — although there isn’t a vacancy at the top of the FBI. Plus, in the closing days of the Biden administration, the White House tries to secure last-minute diplomatic breakthroughs. Source

Missed the second half of the show? The latest on…CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that “consumers are a little unnerved” by President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs, one day after Hamas released a propaganda video featuring Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that the Biden administration has been in touch with Alexanders’ family, andHistorian H.W. Brands, author of “America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War,” tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that a major question facing the U.S. was “should the United States, must the United States, take a leading role in the world?” Source

The National Weather Service said Sunday that “travel could be difficult to impossible” in places where ongoing snowfall is forecast through the beginning of the week. Source

The following is a transcript of an interview with Sen. Alex Padilla, Democrat of California, on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that aired on Dec. 1, 2024. Source

The following is a transcript of an interview with H.W. Brands, Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin and author of “America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War,” on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that aired on Dec. 1, 2024. Source

President Biden will travel to Angola this week, becoming the first sitting president to do so and following through on a years-long pledge to visit sub-Saharan Africa. Source

Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of California said there’s “a lot of reason for concern” for the second Trump administration “if the first administration is any indicator.” Source

Historian H.W. Brands, author of “America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War,” tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that a major question facing the U.S. was “should the United States, must the United States, take a leading role in the world?” — a question that the U.S. is also facing today. Source

Watch Major Garrett’s full interview with National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, a portion of which aired on Dec. 1, 2024 on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” Source

One day after Hamas released a propaganda video featuring Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that the Biden administration has been in touch with Alexanders’ family. “I do think that Hamas is feeling the pressure” to release the hostages, Sullivan said. Source