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Dec. 31

  • Camilo Montoya Galvez, CBS News immigration and politics reporter
  • Sen. Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina 
  • Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Denver Mayor Mike Johnson 
  • David Becker, founder of the Center for Election Innovation & Research and CBS News election law contributor 
  • Jo Ling Kent, CBS News senior business and technology reporter
  • Ben Tracy, CBS News senior national and environmental correspondent

Dec. 24

  • CBS News correspondents roundtable featuring Jan CrawfordDavid MartinRobert CostaCatherine Herridge and Jeff Pegues
  • CBS News political correspondents roundtable featuring Robert Costa, Major Garrett, Nikole Killion and Ed O'Keefe
  • CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann

Dec. 17

  • 2024 Republican presidential hopeful former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie 
  • Rep. Tony Gonzales, Republican of Texas 
  • Sen. Chris Coons, Democrat of Delaware
  • Austan Goolsbee, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
  • Oksana Markarova, Ukrainain ambassador to the U.S.   

Dec. 10

  • Sen. Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont 
  • Sen. James Lankford, Republican of Oklahoma 
  • White House Office of Budget and Management director Shalanda Young
  • Janti Soeripto, Save the Children president and CEO  

Dec. 3

  • House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Mike Turner, Republican of Ohio
  • 2024 Republican presidential hopeful and Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie 
  • Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis 
  • National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby 
  • Former FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb 

Nov. 26

  • Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister  
  • National security adviser Jake Sullivan 
  • Phillippe Lazzarini, commissioner general of United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees
  • World Food Programme director Cindy McCain
  • Sen. Michael Bennet, Democrat of Colorado
  • Rep. Ken Buck, Republican of Colorado

Nov. 19, 2023

  • House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Mike Turner, Republican of Ohio
  • Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer 
  • Dina Kawar, Jordanian Ambassador to the U.S.
  • Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland 
  • Reps. Mike Gallagher, Republican of Wisconsin, and Raja Krishnamoorthi, Democrat of Illinois

Nov. 12, 2023

  • Dr. Christos Christou, Doctors Without Borders International president 
  • National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan 
  • Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, chair of the Senate Intelligence committee 
  • Rep. Michael McCaul, Republican of Texas, House Foreign Affairs committee chair 
  • Isaac Herzog, President of Israel 

Nov. 5, 2023

  • Jon Finer, deputy National Security Adviser 
  • Michael Herzog, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. 
  • Palestinian ambassador to the U.K. Husam Zomlot
  • Reps. Jason Crow, Democrat of Colorado, and Tony Gonzales, Republican of Texas
  • Oksana Markarova, Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S.

Oct. 29 

  • National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan
  • General Joseph Votel   
  • Sen. J.D. Vance, Republican of Ohio   
  • Robert Mardini, director-general of the International Committee of Red Cross  

Oct. 22

  • Secretary of State Antony Blinken 
  • Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney 
  • Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell 
  • Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees  

Oct. 15

  • White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan 
  • Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis 
  • House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Mike Turner, Republican of Ohio 
  • Ret. Gen. Frank McKenzie

Oct. 8

  • Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Michael Herzog
  • Secretary of State Antony Blinken 
  • Rep. Nancy Mace, Republican of South Carolina
  • Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams
  • Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker
  • 2024 GOP presidential hopeful Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina

Oct. 1

  • House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Republican of California 
  • Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul 
  • Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina 
  • Mark Esper, Trump administration Secretary of Defense 
  • Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Republican of Pennsylvania, and Josh Gottheimer, Democrat of New Jersey

Sept. 24

  • Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York
  • Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas
  • Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona
  • Robert O'Brien, former White House national security adviser
  • Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine

Sept. 17

  • United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain 
  • Rep. Debbie Dingell, Democrat of Michigan
  • House Intelligence Committee chair Mike Turner, Republican of Ohio 
  • Senate Intelligence Committee chair Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia
  • Sean Penn, co-director of "Superpower" 

Sept. 10

  • Vice President Kamala Harris 
  • Rep. French Hill, Republican of Arkansas 
  • Ed O'Keefe, CBS News senior White House and political correspondent
  • Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie 
  • David Sanger, New York Times White House and national security correspondent, and Josh Rogin, Washington Post columnist

Sept. 3

  • Nikki Haley, former U.N. ambassador and 2024 presidential candidate 
  • Sen. Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont 
  • Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan
  • Ashley Etienne, CBS News contributor and Democratic strategist, and Terry Sullivan, Republican strategist
  • Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo

Aug. 27

  • Former Vice President Mike Pence
  • Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie 
  • Reps. Nancy Mace, Republican of South Carolina, and Ro Khanna, Democrat of California 
  • Robert Costa, David Becker, Scott MacFarlane and Nikole Killion 
  • Fiona Hill, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and former White House Russia expert.

Aug. 20

  • Hawaii Gov. Josh Green 
  • Grace Garner, mayor of Palm Springs, California
  • Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass
  • FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell 
  • Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner

Aug. 13

  • U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda, Democrat of Hawaii
  • Abbe Lowell, attorney for Hunter Biden 
  • U.S. Rep. Mike Tuner, House Intelligence Committee chair 
  • Neda Sharghi, sister of Emad Shargi  
  • University of Chicago professor Robert Pape  

Aug. 6

  • Former Vice President Mike Pence
  • Former Attorney General William Barr
  • Former Rep. Will Hurd, a Republican from Texas
  • John Lauro, an attorney for former President Donald Trump
  • Rep. Dean Phillips, a Democrat from Minnesota
  • Chris Krebs, former director of CISA

July 30

  • Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley
  • Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson
  • Neel Kashkari, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
  • San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg

July 23

  • Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego
  • U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, Republican of Texas 
  • Former New Jersey Gov. and 2024 hopeful Chris Christie 
  • New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy 
  • Dr. Marci Bowers, president of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health

July 16

  • Meteorologist Paul Goodloe of The Weather Channel 
  • Mesa, Arizona, Mayor John Giles 
  • Barry Diller, chairman and senior executive of IAC
  • "Pivot" podcast host Kara Swisher 
  • Rep. Michael McCaul, Republican of Texas and chair of House Foreign Affairs Committee

July 9

  • Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen 
  • U.S. Sen. Chris Coons, Democrat of Delaware
  • Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova
  • Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican 
  • NASA chief scientist and climate adviser Kate Calvin

July 2

  • Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg 
  • Former Vice President and 2024 presidential candidate Mike Pence 
  • Former Attorney General Eric Holder 
  • University of California president Michael Drake
  • Lindsay Gorman of the German Marshall Fund 

June 25

  • U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken 
  • House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Mike Turner 
  • CBS News national security correspondent David Martin and former U.S. ambassador to Russia John Sullivan
  • U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, Democrat of Texas
  • World Food Programme executive director Cindy McCain 

June 18

  • Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a 2024 GOP presidential hopeful 
  • Former Attorney General Bill Barr 
  • Former National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster 
  • Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut 
  • CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge, CBS News political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns and CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion 

June 11

  • CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa 
  • Rikki Klieman, CBS News legal analyst, and Catherine Herridge, CBS News investigative correspondent
  • CBS News elections and surveys director Anthony Salvanto
  • New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu
  • North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum 
  • Anthony Salvanto, CBS News elections and surveys director, Amy Walter, Cook Political Report editor-in-chief, and Ed O'Keefe, CBS News senior White House correspondent.

June 4

  • Rep. Garret Graves, Republican of Louisiana
  • Sen. Joe Manchin, Democrat of West Virginia
  • Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan
  • Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova

May 28

  • House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York 
  • Rep. French Hill, Republican of Arkansas 
  • Austan Goolsbee, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago president and CEO
  • CBS News cybersecurity expert Christopher Krebs 

May 21

  • Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Republican of Pennsylvania, and Josh Gottheimer, Democrat of New Jersey
  • New York City Mayor Eric Adams
  • Miami Mayor Francis Suarez
  • Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates 
  • Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb

May 14

  • Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley, Republican presidential candidate
  • Rep. Tony Gonzales, Republican of Texas  
  • El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser  
  • Laredo, Texas, Mayor Victor Trevino
  • Rep. Lauren Underwood, Democrat of Illinois
  • National Economic Council Director Lael Brainard   

May 7

  • Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas 
  • Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, Independent of Arizona 
  • Rep. Patrick McHenry, Republican of North Carolina 
  • North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat 

April 30

  • Rep. Ro Khanna, Democrat of California 
  • Rep. Nancy Mace, Republican of South Carolina
  • Rep. Tony Gonzales, Republican of Texas
  • Gary Cohn, former top economic adviser in the Trump White House and now vice chairman of IBM

April 23

  • Sen. Chris Coons, Democrat of Delaware
  • Former Vice President Mike Pence 
  • Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas 
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

April 16

  • 2024 Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson 
  • Sen. Mark Kelly, Democrat of Arizona
  • New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat
  • U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, Republican of Ohio
  • European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde

April 2

  • Sen. Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut
  • Preet Bharara, former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York 
  • John Bolton, former national security adviser 
  • Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief Emma Tucker

March 26

  • Rep. Tony Gonzales, Republican of Texas
  • Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia
  • National Security Council spokesperon John Kirby
  • Rikki KliemanBill Bratton and Robert Costa 
  • Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

March 19

  • Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Democrat of Massachusetts
  • Rep. Patrick McHenry, Republican of North Carolina
  • Gary Cohn, former top economic adviser in the Trump White House and now vice chairman of IBM
  • Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway, co-hosts of "Pivot" podcast
  • H.R. McMaster, former national security adviser in the Trump White House and a CBS News contributor

March 12

  • Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen
  • Rep. Ro Khanna, Democrat of California
  • Rep. Michael McCaul, Republican of Texas
  • Christopher Krebs, cybersecurity expert and analyst
  • New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy

March 5

  • Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan speaks to Robert Costa 
  • Sen. Joe Manchin, Democrat of West Virginia 
  • Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois
  • Rep. Brad Wenstrup, Republican of Ohio
  • Former FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb

Feb. 26

  • CIA director William Burns
  • Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
  • Reps. Mike Gallagher, Republican of Wisconsin, and  Raja Krishnamoorthi, Democrat of Illinois
  • Drew Findling and Jennifer Little, attorneys for former President Donald Trump in the Fulton County, Georgia, investigation  

Feb. 19

  • Secretary of State Antony Blinken
  • Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont
  • Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki of Poland
  • Fiona Hill, the former senior director for European and Russian affairs on the National Security Council, and John Sullivan, the former U.S. ambassador to Russia
  • Dr. Joshua Gordon, the director of the National Institute of Mental Health

Feb. 12

  • Democratic Sen. Jon Tester of Montana
  • Republican Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas
  • Govs. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire, Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Doug Burgum of North Dakota and Wes Moore of Maryland

Feb. 5

  • Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas
  • Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey
  • Gary Cohn, former top economic adviser in the Trump White House and current vice chairman of IBM
  • Reps. Robert GarciaMike LawlerSummer Lee and Zach Nunn

Jan. 29

  • House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
  • Sens. Mark Warner of Virginia and Marco Rubio of Florida
  • Democratic Rep. Val Demings of Florida

Jan. 22

  • Rep. Mike Turner, Republican of Ohio

  • Sen. Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia

  • Mayors Francis Suarez of Miami, LaToya Cantrell of New Orleans, Andre Dickens of Atlanta and John Giles of Mesa, Arizona

Jan. 15

  • Democratic Rep. Daniel Goldman of New York
  • GOP Rep. Chris Stewart of Utah
  • Lucius Outlaw III, associate professor of law at Howard University School of Law
  • Chris Whipple, author of "The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden's White House"
  • Director of the Hayden Center at George Mason University Larry Pfeiffer
  • Former CIA deputy director Michael Morell, CBS News national security contributor

Jan. 8

  • GOP Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina
  • GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas
  • Democratic Rep. Victoria Escobar of Texas
  • Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine
  • Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova

Jan. 1

  • Michael Gapen, chief economist for Bank of America
  • Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund
  • Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan, CBS News national security contributor Michael Morell, former Obama administration undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy, and former Trump administration National Security Adviser General H.R. McMaster
  • Ben Tracy, CBS News senior national and environmental correspondent, and Kevin Book, an energy analyst and currently the managing director of ClearView Energy Partners  
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