This week on Face the Nation, Vice President Vance and Iranian officials meet face to face in Switzerland to kick off a 60 day period of talks to resolve the nuclear issue, but the Trump administration is finding that their path to peace is complicated. 

Saying he wanted to avert "economic catastrophe," due to the shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz, the President negotiates an agreement with Iran that's far short of the goals he's set in the nearly 4 month conflict. Did the president wind up with the short end of the deal?  We’ll discuss the latest with UN Ambassador Mike Waltz, South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, and a key democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, Colorado's Jason Crow. It's all just ahead on Face the Nation.

This week on Face the Nation, the U.S. and Iran might be on the brink of a preliminary peace deal. As the nation's capital gets ready for a UFC fight night on president Trump's birthday, officials say a deal to end a war in the Middle East is imminent. 
We get the latest in an exclusive interview with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Plus, we hear from two key Democrats on committees with oversight on national security, Senators Mark Warner and Mark Kelly.
Then, despite a sharp jump in the inflation rate, now at its highest level in three years, President Trump is optimistic the end of the war will also mean the end of surging energy prices.      

We get a reality check from one of Trump's top economic advisers from his first term, IBM Vice Chairman Gary Cohn. 

Margaret Brennan interviews Rye Barcott, Co-Founder and CEO of With Honor, about his new book Courage Can Save Us.

President Trump's grand plan for the Washington DC skyline isn't the only thing shaking up the city this summer.  Last week he appointed a man with NO intelligence experience to head up the top agency in the intelligence community.

 Bill Pulte, who serves as the director of the federal housing finance agency, is the heir to a building fortune and close to the President.  He's rubbed some cabinet members the wrong way.

And his appointment has sparked concern among even Republicans trying to reauthorize a surveillance program that's due to expire this week.   The top Democrat on the House Intel committee Jim Himes will be here today.  Nebraska Republican Congressman Don Bacon also joins us.

Meanwhile, Democrats are keeping close watch on Tuesday's Maine Senate primary as their candidate faces some alarming allegations of past aggressive behavior.  We talk with a top Graham Platner supporter, California Democrat Ro Khanna.

Finally...should the government have more control over the exploding field of Artificial Intelligence?  Plus a conversation about the virtue of courage in public service

In her final interview as World Food Programme Executive Director, Cindy McCain spoke with Margaret Brennan about the global hunger crisis.

Margaret Brennan interviews Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about the latest in the war in Ukraine.

This week on Face the Nation, the diplomatic dance between the US and Iran continues as Ukraine makes an impassioned plea for more help from the US.  We spoke exclusively with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who issued a warning. and made an urgent request for anti-ballistic missile weaponry from the US, whose supply is already stretched thin by with the war with Iran.

Back home, as midterm match ups prepare for their November contests, does character count anymore when it comes to politics?  We talk with former Vice President Mike Pence as well as Connecticut Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, they both have new books out and they both have thoughts on the future of their respective political parties.

We also hear from the outgoing head of the UN's World Food Programme, Cindy McCain on the difficulty of feeding the world in challenging times.

Negotiations to move towards ending the war with Iran intensify, we have the latest on what we know so far. 

Sources familiar with the negotiations have told CBS News that the latest proposal to move towards ending the war, now in its 13th week, includes a process to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the unfreezing of some Iranian assets held in foreign banks, and a continuation of negotiations over Iran's nuclear program.

We talk to the President's top economic adviser, Kevin Hassett about the impact of the war on the economy. 

We take a closer look at the outrage on both sides of the aisle with the creation of a 1.8 billion dollar "anti weaponization' payout fund.  Maryland Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen will be with us, and we also hear from a bipartisan duo working to fight antisemitism in politics, New York Republican Mike Lawler and New Jersey Democrat Josh Gottheimer.

Plus, as the World Health Organization warns that Ebola is "spreading rapidly" in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, we learn more from Dr. Deborah Birx, who helped coordinate the international response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak. 

And finally, a special Memorial Day conversation with two Medal of Honor recipients about the significance of service.

Margaret Brennan interviews Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates about President Trump's trip to China, conflict in the Middle East, and more.

This week on Face the Nation. Back in the US following a whirlwind diplomatic mission to China, President Trump faces backlash here at home when it comes how he's handling the economy While the reviews for the President's trip to China -- and details about the deliverables from the meeting of the world's two biggest economic superpowers -- are still coming in, it's Mr. Trump's efforts on the domestic economy that are getting panned at home.The administration’s messaging on the economy and new numbers showing the fastest increase in the inflation rate in three years have Republicans increasingly concerned about the party's chances in the midterm electionsWe hear from the President's top trade representative, Jamieson Greer, plus Taiwan's Representative to the US as well as the heads of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus in the House, Pennsylvania Republican Brian Fitzpatrick and New York Democrat Tom Suozzi.  Plus, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates also joins us to discuss the threats America faces.

This week on Face the Nation, global energy markets remain tied in knots by the conflict with Iran as ships in the Strait of Hormuz remain at a standstill.

As the administration awaits a response to the latest U.S. offer to end the war with Iran, President Trump attended a golf tournament at his golf club in Virginia Saturday, and last week settled on a new label for the military conflict, which has persisted despite a previous declaration that the war had been "terminated".

With critical energy trade routes through the Strait of Hormuz still near-frozen, gas prices continue their march toward higher, we ask Energy Secretary Chris Wright what the plan is going forward. We also hear from Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly, and we have a preview of an interview with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Then, Democrats are dealt a stinging defeat in the latest round of redistricting whiplash. We ask the vice chairman of the House Democratic caucus, California Congressman Ted Lieu, whether his party can still retake the chamber in November's elections.

Plus, passengers from the Hantavirus-infected cruise ship have disembarked off the coast of Africa this morning. We get the latest from former FDA Commissioner Doctor Scott Gottlieb.

Finally, on this Mother's Day weekend, we check in with Janti Soeripto, the president and CEO of Save the Children U.S., on the push to provide humanitarian assistance to children in need worldwide.