The Takeout with Major Garrett, 4/30/26
The Takeout with Major Garrett
CBS News
4.6 • 586 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Congress has finally funded the Department of Homeland Security, ending the partial government shutdown that lasted over 70 days concerning the agency. Nikole Killion is on Capitol Hill with more. Maine Governor Janet Mills suspends her Senate campaign, clearing the path for Graham Platner to become the Democratic nominee. Major speaks with New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham about what this means for the state of the Democratic Party. Pam Bondi is set to face the House Oversight Committee on May 29 regarding her involvement with the Epstein Files. Virginia Democrat James Walkinshaw, who serves on that committee, discusses what questions he would ask the former Attorney General. The redistricting battle between Democrats and Republicans continues, with Florida's legislature passing new maps that would grant Republicans four additional seats in the House. Florida GOP Party Chair Evan Power joins to discuss that and how Wednesday's Supreme Court decision would impact future elections in his state. All that and more on "The Takeout."
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| 0:00.0 | The Department of Homeland Security funding shutdown ends. |
| 0:03.6 | We examine the toll of 76 days of gridlock, uncertainty, and financial hardship. |
| 0:10.0 | The war in Iran, the ceasefire, it's holding, but negotiations are stalled. |
| 0:14.0 | The ripple effects, tight energy supplies, price spikes, recession risks. |
| 0:19.5 | Yes, there's an angry AI trial going on featuring Elon Musk and Sam Altman. |
| 0:24.9 | But what about a potentially bigger AI story? |
| 0:28.5 | Widespread and unstoppable job losses. |
| 0:41.8 | I love when I'm Major Garrett in New York. |
| 0:42.9 | Welcome to the takeout. |
| 0:46.7 | The Department of Homeland Security funding shutdown is over. |
| 0:49.4 | The House today passed a Senate bill. |
| 0:51.9 | It could have passed almost a month ago, but for internal GOP squabbles that stalled that bill and many other |
| 0:56.8 | pieces of legislation. Paralysis, we should observe, is now a worrisome hallmark of the disorganized |
| 1:02.7 | House GOP majority. Now, it would be wrong to say the standoff over DHS funding was over |
| 1:09.3 | nothing or that it was a result of standard partisan division. |
| 1:14.0 | It was not. |
| 1:15.7 | Democrats demanded changes to immigration enforcement tactics after the shooting deaths at the hands of federal agents of Renee Good and Alex Pretty in Minneapolis. |
| 1:25.7 | The Trump administration under mounting political pressure, |
| 1:28.3 | made some administrative changes to those tactics. |
| 1:31.3 | Democrats wanted those changes and other stiffer reforms written into law. |
| 1:36.3 | And there, the standoff began. |
| 1:38.3 | And as it progressed, other things occurred. |
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