The following is the transcript of an interview with Sens. Chris Coons, Democrat of Delaware, and James Lankford, Republican of Oklahoma, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Sept. 14, 2025.
We leave you this Sunday with signs of new life within burned-out areas of Lincoln National Forest near Ruidoso, New Mexico. Videographer: Scot Miller.
"Breaking the News" writer James Fallows says that when political violence erupts, there are lessons we can take – about cycles of political violence, and our reactions to it.
"Breaking the News" writer James Fallows says political gun murders have written too much of the American story. But when political violence erupts, and we are aware that "history is happening around us," there are two lessons we can take – about cycles of political violence, and our reactions to it – that will shape how our nation moves forward.