Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the limited scope of the military operation that captured Nicolás Maduro, calling a CBS host's questions about broader regime arrests "absurd."

The following is the transcript of the interview with Secretary of State Marco Rubio that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Jan. 4, 2026.

This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Secretary of State Marco Rubio joins to discuss the U.S. military operation in Venezuela that led to the capture of Nicolás Maduro and his wife. Rep.

Marco Rubio was visibly irritated to be reminded that despite the capture of former president Nicolás Maduro, the dictator’s regime is still in power in Venezuela. “I’m curious why the Trump administration decided to leave [Maduro’s regime] intact and only arrest Nicolás Maduro and his wife,

The following is the transcript of the interview with Sen. Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Jan. 4, 2026.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) spoke with Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation Sunday about the strike against Venezuela and President Nicolas Maduro's arrest, resources in the country and more.

Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan is facing backlash for what many viewers described as a “hostile” interview with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday (October 26). On Sunday’s edition of CBS News’ Face the Nation, Brennan fired ...

At an emergency UN meeting on Monday, UN ambassador Mike Waltz repeated the Trump administration's argument​ that the air and ground assault was not an attack.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared to have little patience for CBS anchor Margaret Brennan saying she was "confused" about the nature of the raid that captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro.