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UPDATE, with the video: CBS News said that the White House broke an agreement by posting footage of an interview that President Donald Trump had with correspondent Lesley Stahl. “The White House's unprecedented decision to disregard their agreement with CBS News and release their footage will not deter 60 Minutes from…

UPDATE, 3:19 PM PT: President Donald Trump blasted 60 Minutes and correspondent Lesley Stahl after he abruptly cut short a planned series of appearances on the show. His latest tweets suggest that he did not think the interview went well. Trump wrote on Twitter, “I am pleased to inform you that, for the sake of…

As the United States inches closer to November 3 in one of the most crucial and history-making elections, stakes are high and the country is on their toes. Next Sunday, 60 Minutes will put a spotlight on the election next week with interviews featuring presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Lesley Stahl…

Lesley Stahl revealed on 60 Minutes on Sunday that she was hospitalized for coronavirus, having recovered enough to finish the broadcast and relay her experience. “One of the rules of journalism was don’t become part of the story,” she told viewers. “But instead of covering the pandemic, I was one of the more than one…

Maria Butina, the Russian woman charged with acting as a foreign agent, tells 60 Minutes on Sunday that she never “sought to influence” U.S. policies and that she only “wanted to learn from the United States and make Russia better." The CBS newsmagazine landed the first U.S. interview with Butina, who was released on…

UPDATED with video: Stephen Colbert turned Lesley Stahl’s interview with President Donald Trump –  in which POTUS snapped “I’m president and you’re not” among other idiotic remarks – into his interview with Donald Trump. This time, it made perfect sense: “Mr President, you’ve been president for two years,” Colbert…

During a 60 Minutes interview that aired on Sunday night, Lesley Stahl didn’t hold back, pressing Donald Trump about numerous issues including climate change, North Korea, his relationship with Kim Jong-un, Russia, Dr. Ford, Kavanaugh and a laundry list of other things looming over his presidency. The interview took…

UPDATE:  Saudi Arabia today vowed unspecified retaliation against anyone who imposes penalties on the kingdom related to its alleged role in the disappearance and presumed murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Saudi Arabia was responding to the revelation by President Donald Trump in an interview that Saudi Arabia…

Veteran television journalist Lesley Stahl said the sexual harassment allegations that have rocked CBS and resulted in the ouster of her own boss, 60 Minutes producer Jeff Fager, has been “very painful.” “It has been very painful, and as a woman, when it hits home, it's so confusing,” said Stahl in remarks this…

Donald Trump says he has a message for the thousands of people who are protesting in the streets since he won the Electoral College count, though not the popular vote on Election Night, and others who say they are afraid of a Trump presidency: “Don’t be afraid. We are going to bring our country back. But certainly…

Our next president says he will keep tweeting from the White House in order to battle the media. “It’s a modern form of communication. Between…Facebook and Twitter and, I guess Instagram, I have 28 million people,” he boasts to CBS News’s 60 Minutes. That, in answer to a question from Lesley Stahl as to whether he’s…

President-Elect Donald Trump will sit down with Lesley Stahl for his first extensive post-election interview, this Sunday, on 60 Minutes. The interview will be taped Friday. In addition to the 45th POTUS, the interview also will include members of the Trump family including his children Ivanka, Donald Jr. and Eric…