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Updated on: August 24, 2026 / 7:24 AM EDT / CBS News

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Aug. 23

Neel Kashkari, Minneapolis Fed president and CEO
Dr. Mehmet Oz, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner
Rep. Byron Donalds, Republican of Florida and candidate for governor
Rep. Seth Moulton, Democrat of Massachusetts and Senate primary candidate

Aug. 16

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat
Rep. Don Bacon, Republican of Nebraska
Anthony Salvanto, CBS News executive director of elections and surveys
Pennsylvania state Rep. Chris Rabb
Wall Street Journal reporter Sabrina Rodriguez, NOTUS reporter Paul Kane, The Atlantic staff writer Toluse Olorunnipa and Anthony Salvanto, CBS News executive director of elections and surveys

Aug. 9

Sen. Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana
Sen. Bernie Sanders, Independent of Vermont
National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya
Nicole Sganga, CBS News homeland security and justice correspondent

Aug. 2

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona
Republican Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio
Clément Delangue, CEO of Hugging Face
Independent former Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia
Heather Manchin, founder and CEO of Americans Together

July 26

Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana
Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz
Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb
Anthony Salvanto, CBS News' executive director of elections and surveys

July 19

Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia
CBS News contributors Chris Krebs and David Becker
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat
Border czar Tom Homan
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan

July 12

Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina
Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Leiter
Amb. Rahm Emanuel, former ambassador to Japan, White House chief of staff and mayor of Chicago
Republican Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio, former chair of the House Intelligence Committee
Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, president of The Citadel and former commander of U.S. Central Command

July 5

Reps. Adriano Espaillat, Democrat of New York, and Carlos Gimenez, Republican of Florida
NASA administrator Jared Isaacman
NCAA President Charlie Baker
Former CDC chief medical officer Dr. Debra Houry

June 28:

Sen. Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana
Sen. Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia
Jan Crawford, CBS News chief legal correspondent

June 21

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina
Democratic Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado
Anthony Salvanto, CBS News director of elections and surveys
A panel with Amos Hochstein, former White House adviser on global infrastructure and energy security, and Kevin Book, managing director of ClearView Energy Partners

June 14

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia
Sen. Mark Kelly, Democrat of Arizona
Gary Cohn, IBM vice chairman and former National Economic Council director

June 7

Rep. Ro Khanna, Democrat of California
Rep. Jim Himes, Democrat of Connecticut
Rep. Don Bacon, Republican of Nebraska
Chris Krebs, CBS News cybersecurity contributor, and Ben Buchanan, Biden adviser and now a professor at Johns Hopkins and an adviser to Anthropic
Rye Barcott, Marine veteran and With Honor founder

May 31

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Sen. Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut
Former Vice President Mike Pence
Cindy McCain, U.N. World Food Programme executive director

May 24

Kevin Hassett, director of White House National Economic Council
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland
Reps. Josh Gottheimer, Democrat of Maine, and Mike Lawler, Republican of New York
Dr. Deborah Birx, former White House coronavirus response coordinator
Lt. Col. William Swenson (Ret.) and Master Sgt. Matthew Williams (Ret.), Medal of Honor recipients

May 17

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer
Ambassador Alexander Yui, Taiwan's Representative to the U.S.
Anthony Salvanto, CBS News executive director of elections and surveys
Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Republican of Pennsylvania, and Tom Suozzi, Democrat of New York
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates

May 10

Energy Secretary Chris Wright
Sen. Mark Kelly, Democrat of Arizona
Rep. Ted Lieu, Democrat of California
Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner
Save the Children President and CEO Janti Soeripto

May 3

White House Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett
Minneapolis Fed president and CEO Neel Kashkari
Chevron CEO Mike Wirth
Rep. Jason Crow, Democrat of Colorado
Sen. Raphael Warnock, Democrat of Georgia

April 26

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche
CBS News White House correspondent and White House Correspondents Association President Weijia Jiang
CBS News national security contributor Sam Vinograd and former deputy director of the Secret Service and now a CBS law enforcement analyst AT Smith
Rep. Jamie Raskin, Democrat of Maryland
Sir Christian Turner. U.K ambassador to the U.S.

April 19

U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz
Amos Hochstein, Biden administration senior energy adviser and Middle East negotiator
Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder

April 12

Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Leiter
Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia
GOP Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio
Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund

April 5

Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, former commander of U.S. Central Command
Democratic Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland
Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who heads the Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA
A panel with Amy Walter, publisher and editor-in-chief of the Cook Political Report; David Sanger, a White House and national security correspondent at The New York Times; and Jeff Mason, a White House correspondent at Bloomberg
Jared Isaacman, NASA administrator

March 29

Tom Homan, Trump administration border czar
Rep. Jim Himes, Democrat of Connecticut
Jerome Adams, former U.S. Surgeon General
Iran policy analyst Karim Sadjadpour and former CENTCOM commander and CBS News contributor and retired Gen. Frank McKenzie

March 22

Mike Waltz, U.S. ambassdor to the United Nations
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte
Rep. Jason Crow, Democrat of Colorado
International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi
Siamak Namazi, Emad Shargi, Roger Carstens and Neda Sharghi

March 15

Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi
Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett
Rep. Dan Crenshaw, Republican of Texas
Former CIA executive and operative Jonathan Gannon, CBS News national security contributor and Biden administration top counterterrorism official Sam Vinograd and energy policy expert and analyst Kevin Book

March 8

Energy Secretary Chris Wright
Michael Leiter, Israel's ambassador to the U.S.
Robert Costa, CBS national correspondent and chief Washington analyst
Sen. Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia
Olga Stefanishyna, Ukraine's ambassador to the U.S.

March 1

Sen. Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas
Sen. Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut
Rep. Mike Turner, Republican of Ohio
Sen. Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas
Karim Sadjadpour from the Carnegie Endownment for international peace and former CENTCOM commander and CBS News contributor Ret. Gen. Frank McKenzie

Feb. 22

Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer
Christine Lagarde, European Central Bank president
Govs. Laura Kelly of Kansas, Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Mike Braun of Indiana and Mike DeWine of Ohio

Feb. 15

Tom Homan, Trump administration border czar
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York
Rep. Robert Garcia, Democrat of California
Sen. Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina

Feb. 8

Sen. Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia
Rep. Tony Gonzales, Republican of Texas
David Becker, executive director of the Center for Election Innovation and Research and a CBS News election law contributor
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner

Feb. 1

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado
Rep. Michael McCaul, Republican of Texas
Trump economic adviser Gary Cohn
Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt; Mesa, Arizona Mayor Mark Freeman; Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas; and Miami Mayor Eileen Higgins

Jan. 25