State of the Union, Sundays 9am and Noon ET

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Hosted by CNN's Jake Tapper, State of the Union features interviews with top newsmakers on politics and policy -- covering Washington, the country and the world.

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Pence says Trump moving forward with Iran sanctions
In an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper, Vice President Mike Pence announced that President Trump planned to move forward with additional sanctions on Iran after he called off a military strike.
Tapper presses Pence on children's border facilities
Pence if offered foreign dirt: 'We will call the FBI'
Schiff: Border facilities not 'concentration camps'
Castro on whether Dems should give border money
Buttigieg: My DOJ would decide on charging Trump
Buttigieg: Start a family in WH? I don't see why not
O'Rourke: Not briefing Trump on Russia 'understandable'
O'Rourke: Dems enabling Trump by not impeaching

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Full Interviews

Tapper spars with Pence on Iran, border, climate

CNN's Jake Tapper asks Vice President Mike Pence about escalating tensions with Iran, the crisis at the southern border and the climate emergency.

Castro, O'Rourke split on decriminalizing border crossings

2020 Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro says he is disappointed in Beto O'Rourke's opposition to decriminalizing illegal boarder crossings.

Schiff slams Trump for treatment of children at border

Rep. Adam Schiff says the Trump administration is using the border crisis as "part of their policy" and "unethical and unacceptable."

Buttigieg: Trump interference remark 'morally wrong'

In a sit-down interview with Jake Tapper, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg discusses the President's remarks about foreign dirt, Iran, immigration and more.