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May 26, 2019

  • Beto O’Rourke
  • Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas
  • Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc.
  • Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont.
  • Panelists: Ed O’Keefe, Joel Payne, and Molly Ball

May 19, 2019

  • Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan
  • Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.
  • Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.
  • Author David Maraniss
  • Panelists: Peter Baker, Kristen Soltis Anderson, Jamelle Bouie, and Edward Wong

May 12, 2019

  • Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.
  • Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo.
  • Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates
  • Former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson
  • Panelists: Susan Glasser and David Nakamura

May 5, 2019

  • Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
  • Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.
  • Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga.
  • Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif.
  • Panelists: Byron York, Shawna Thomas, Michael Crowley, and Rachael Bade

April 28, 2019

  • Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
  • Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La.
  • Trump Campaign Manager Brad Parscale
  • Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif
  • CBS News Correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti
  • Panelists: Lanhee Chen, Jamal Simmons, Amy Walter, and Mark Landler

April 21, 2019

  • Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. 
  • Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah
  • Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J.
  • Book panel: Lynne Olson, Susan Page, Evan Thomas
  • Robert Caro
  • CBS News Senior Foreign Correspondent Elizabeth Palmer

April 7, 2019

  • Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y.
  • Rudy Giuliani
  • Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio
  • Larry Kudlow
  • Panelists: Ben Domenech, David Nakamura, Molly Ball and Amy Walter

March 31, 2019

  • Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont
  • Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida
  • 2020 Panelists: Ed O’Keefe, Jamal Simmons, Caitlin Huey-Burns, and Jamelle Bouie
  • Political Panelists: Jamelle Bouie, Jonah Goldberg, Anna Palmer, and Kelsey Snell

March 24, 2019

  • Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. 
  • Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio
  • Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.
  • Panelists: Susan Davis, Ed O’Keefe, Jonathan Turley, Paula Reid
  • Retired Gen. John Allen, president of the Brookings Institution
  • Charlie D’Agata, CBS News foreign correspondent

March 17, 2019

  • Mick Mulvaney, acting White House chief of staff
  • Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va.
  • Preet Bharara, former U.S. attorney and author of “Doing Justice”
  • Ed O’Keefe, CBS News political correspondent
  • Panelists: Jamal Simmons, Amy Walter, Ramesh Ponnuru, Mark Landler
  • James Brown, CBS News special correspondent

March 10, 2019

  • Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. 
  • Ed O’Keefe, CBS News political correspondent
  • Sen. John Kennedy, R-La.
  • John Hickenlooper, former governor of Colorado
  • Andrew McCabe, former FBI deputy director
  • William Burns, former deputy secretary of state
  • Panelists: David Frum, Susan Glasser, Toluse Olorunnipa, and Gerald Seib

March 3, 2019

  • John Bolton, White House national security adviser
  • Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.
  • Charlie D’Agata, CBS News correspondent
  • Hoda Muthana, 24-year-old former “ISIS bride”
  • Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala.
  • Panelists: Jeffrey Goldberg, Paula Reid, David Sanger, David Nakamura

February 24, 2019

  • Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo. 
  • Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass. 
  • Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-N.M., and Gov. Jay Inslee, D-Wash.
  • Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill.
  • Panelists: Ben Domenech, Susan Page, Jamal Simmons, Edward Wong
  • Seth Doane, CBS News correspondent

February 17, 2019

  • Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. 
  • Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del.
  • Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas
  • Panelists: Rachael Bade, David Nakamura, Leslie Sanchez, and Eugene Scott
  • Former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, author of “Beyond Charlottesville”

February 10, 2019

  • Gov. Ralph Northam, D-Va.
  • Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Va.
  • Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va.
  • Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C.
  • Adel Al-Jubeir, Saudi minister of state for foreign affairs
  • Panelists: Jamelle Bouie, Jonah Goldberg, Margaret Talev, and Ed O’Keefe

February 3, 2019  

  • President Donald Trump 
  • James Brown, CBS News special correspondent 
  • Panelists: Jason Gay, Dana Jacobson, and Jarrett Bell 

January 27, 2019 

  • Mick Mulvaney, acting White House chief of staff 
  • Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine 
  • Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. 
  • Panelists: Ramesh Ponnuru, Molly Ball, David Sanger, Shawna Thomas 
  • Mayors Michael Passero and Dee Margo 

January 20, 2019 

  • Vice President Mike Pence 
  • Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. 
  • Sen. John Kennedy, R-La. 
  • Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. 
  • Charlie D’Agata, CBS News foreign correspondent 
  • Brett McGurk, former special presidential envoy 
  • Jason Rezaian, author of “Prisoner”

January 13, 2019 

  • Mike Pompeo, secretary of state
  • Kevin McCarthy, House minority leader
  • Julián Castro, Democratic presidential candidate 
  • Jeh Johnson, former homeland security secretary 
  • Panelists: Michael Crowley, Jeffrey Goldberg, David Nakamura, Seung Min Kim

January 6, 2019 

  • Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.
  • Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
  • Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
  • Reps. Colin Allred, D-Texas; Jahana Hayes, D-Conn.; Max Rose, D-N.Y.; and Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J.
  • Panelists: Dan Balz, Ed O’Keefe, Shannon Pettypiece, Mark Landler 

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