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Ross Douthat sat down with Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on October 22 at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. This is an extended version of the interview that was broadcast on 60 Minutes on Sunday, November 1, 2026. This version was lightly condensed for clarity.
In this conversation, Abdul El-Sayed makes claims about the utility DTE Energy and his opponent, Mike Rogers, that require context. El-Sayed says DTE “buy[s] off almost every politician in our state.” DTE and its political action committee have made extensive, publicly reported contributions to Michigan politicians, including a large majority of state legislators, but 60 Minutes found no evidence that DTE made improper payments in exchange for votes or regulatory decisions. El-Sayed says Rogers “made 14 million bucks” after leaving Congress. Financial disclosures show Rogers’ household net worth rose substantially after he left office in 2015, to an estimated $7 million to $14 million or more, but those figures reflect net worth, not earnings, and 60 Minutes was unable to verify that Rogers made $14 million.
Listen to Ross’s interview with Mike Rogers: https://link.podtrac.com/2oydcqNY
For more context on both interviews: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fact-checking-el-sayed-rogers-60-minutes/

Ross Douthat sat down with Mike Rogers on October 20 at the Masonic Temple in Detroit, Michigan. This is an extended version of the interview that was broadcast on 60 Minutes on Sunday, November 1, 2026. This version was lightly condensed for clarity.
In this extended interview, Mike Rogers makes several claims about his opponent, Abdul El-Sayed, that require context. Rogers describes El-Sayed as a Democratic Socialist candidate. El-Sayed is not a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. Rogers says El-Sayed has a close relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood and wrote a letter in support of the group. In 2012, during the Arab Spring and years before the U.S. designated the Brotherhood a terrorist organization, El-Sayed signed a letter supporting Egypt’s newly elected, Brotherhood-backed government. He denies any ties to the group and has publicly disavowed it. Rogers also says El-Sayed has taken money from organizations that finance the Brotherhood and from supporters of Hamas and Hezbollah. El-Sayed has received donations from individuals affiliated with Muslim advocacy organizations, but 60 Minutes was unable to verify Rogers’ broader claims.
Listen to Ross’s interview with Abdul El-Sayed: https://link.podtrac.com/sznats26
And for more context on both interviews: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fact-checking-el-sayed-rogers-60-minutes/

Two days before Election Day, 60 MINUTES takes you to the battleground state of Michigan, where one of the most consequential, contentious, and closely-watched Senate contests in the country is playing out. Correspondent Ross Douthat speaks with Republican candidate Mike Rogers and Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed on the final stretch of their campaigns to talk about their platforms, how they’d represent Michigan voters in Washington and what it would mean if they win the seat that could decide which party controls the United States Senate. Keith Sharman is the producer.
For six decades, the island of Cuba has been under communist rule and a U.S. trade embargo. This year, the Trump administration imposed new economic sanctions that it says target the country’s corrupt communist regime, restricting its oil supply and access to global trade. As the humanitarian crisis deepens, each country blames the other. Caught in the middle are more than nine million Cubans. 60 MINUTES’ Matt Gutman travels to Havana to report on a country in freefall. Gabrielle Schonder, Ayesha Siddiqi and Christine Romo are the producers.
60 MINUTES' Jon Wertheim visited with San Antonio Spurs star center Victor Wembanyama this preseason. At 7-foot-4, 22-year-old Wemby is the reigning Defensive Player of the Year and the new face of the NBA. Wertheim talks to Wemby about playing the game with his unique combination of size and skill, forging a career without a blueprint, and what he took away from losing to the New York Knicks in the 2026 Finals. 60 MINUTES cameras followed Wemby back home to France, where he runs an annual tournament combining basketball with another one of his passions: chess. Nathalie Sommer and Kaylee Tully are the producers.

In an extended interview with 60 Minutes contributor Gianna Toboni, Department of Homeland Security General Counsel James Percival talks about third-country deportations.

As the Trump administration seeks to carry out the largest deportation operation in American history, it is removing more and more people to countries they are not from and often have no ties to. It's called "third country deportation," and a 60 MINUTES investigation reveals how some of these third countries are forcing deportees back to the nations they fled, places where U.S. immigration judges have ruled they could not be sent because they’d likely face persecution or torture. 60 MINUTES’ Gianna Toboni travels to West Africa, where she meets a man who says he was sent, against his will, to his home country, despite a U.S. judge’s ruling. She also interviews the top lawyer at the Department of Homeland Security, James Percival, about these kinds of deportations. Andy Court, Annabelle Hanflig, and Camilo Montoya-Galvez are the producers.
After one of the worst wildfires in Colorado history, Governor Jared Polis (D) asked the Trump administration for federal aid but was denied. The decision came as a top election official, Tina Peters, was serving a prison sentence after being convicted in connection with breaching her county’s election system in pursuit of President Trump's claim that rigged voting machines cost him the 2020 election. Governor Polis commuted Peters' sentence in May and saw the release of federal funding into his state. Correspondent Bill Whitaker interviews Governor Polis and Peters in Colorado about the case, conviction and commutation. Sarah Koch is the producer.
Last year, Australia became the first country in the world to force many social media companies to prevent children under the age of 16 from having accounts. 60 MINUTES' Holly Williams reports from Australia on how the ban is working, why other countries are now following its lead, and what the tech giants stand to lose if the Australian experiment succeeds. Jacqueline Williams and Erin Lyall are the producers.