This week on "Sunday Morning" (April 26)

Updated on: April 26, 2026 / 12:16 AM EDT / CBS News
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HEADLINES: Latest on White House Correspondents Association Dinner shooting
COVER STORY: The long history of America's conflict with Cuba The small island nation of Cuba, just 90 miles from Florida, has played an outsized role in America's foreign policy for close to 70 years.

Now, the Trump administration is blocking nearly all oil shipments from reaching the island, worsening its humanitarian crisis, with the president threatening he will be "taking Cuba." Correspondent Mo Rocca talks with history professor Jorge Malagon-Marquez about U.S.

interventions in the past, and how tensions between Washington and Havana have even outlived the late dictator Fidel Castro.

ARTS: Artist Jenny Saville on the body as landscape The curious gaze of artist Jenny Saville upon the female body, including her own, has made her one of the most celebrated of modern British portrait painters.

She talks with correspondent Elizabeth Palmer about figurative painting as "communication of the unspoken," and discusses her bold renderings of the female form.

SPORTS: It's finally sunny in Wrexham: Hollywood stars revive a Welsh soccer town In 2021, Hollywood A-Listers Ryan Reynolds (the Marvel superhero character "Deadpool") and Rob "Mac" McElhenney (the long-running comedy series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia") went all-in on a very different kind of franchise, when they bought a failing football club in the northern Welsh city of Wrexham.

Surprise and skepticism gave way to success, as Wrexham AFC went from losers to winners, and the club's value rocketed to nearly half a billion dollars.

Ramy Inocencio reports on how reviving a nearly-forgotten soccer team has resurrected the pride of a beleaguered city – and inspired underdogs around the world.

PASSAGE: In memoriam "Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including conductor Michael Tilson Thomas.

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Kacey Musgraves on her debut album (Video) In this April 7, 2013 "Sunday Morning" profile, rising country star Kacey Mugraves - who sings of more adult themes than conservative country radio is used to - talked to Anthony Mason about her acclaimed debut studio album, "Same Trailer Different Park"; her songwriting influences; and the family that inspired her.

To hear Kacey Musgraves perform "Dry Spell," from her album "Middle of Nowhere," click on the video player below:
POLITICS: Rep.

Jim Clyburn on protecting democracy In recent decades, South Carolina has become the Democratic Party's make-or-break proving ground for White House hopefuls - and Congressman Jim Clyburn, the state's sole Black Democrat in the U.S.

House of Representatives, is one of the party's most important voices.

The civil rights veteran talks with "Sunday Morning" national correspondent Robert Costa about his decision to seek re-election for an 18th term; fighting efforts to roll back voter protections established by the 1965 Voting Rights Act; and how President Trump might react if Democrats win back the majority in Congress.

READ AN EXCERPT: "The First Eight" by Jim Clyburn The South Carolina Democrat, the ninth Black man to represent his state in the House of Representatives, writes of his predecessors who helped direct the course of America during and after Reconstruction.

NATURE: Carnivorous plants in Texas
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas (YouTube Video) Michael Tilson Thomas, longtime music director of the San Francisco Symphony, died on April 22, 2026 at age 81.

In this 1984 "Sunday Morning" profile by Eugenia Zukerman, Thomas talked about his early entry into the music world; and about his enthusiasm for the works of both contemporary composers (by conducting the world premiere of Steve Reich's "Desert Music") and the masters of the classical repertoire.

FROM 2025: Maestro Michael Tilson Thomas (Video) Last year, the conductor led the San Francisco Symphony in his last scheduled conducting performance due to the return of his glioblastoma - an aggressive brain tumor.

He talked with "60 Minutes" correspondent Lesley Stahl about living a life in the arts.

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Extended interview - Michael Tilson Thomas (Video)
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Topiary artist Pearl Fryar (YouTube Video) Pearl Fryar, a self-taught topiary artist, had an irrepressible urge to trim trees and shrubs into remarkable shapes that were, by any measure, a cut above average.

In this May 15, 2005 "Sunday Morning" profile, correspondent Martha Teichner took a tour of Fryar's garden in Bishopville, S.C., and talked with him about the marvels he created with a hedge trimmer.

[Fryar died on April 4, 2026 at age 86.]
MARATHON: Masters of magic (YouTube Video) Seeing is believing in this "CBS Sunday Morning" marathon showcasing illusions, spectacular feats and the paranormal.

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Woodworker George Nakashima (YouTube Video) Japanese-American furniture maker George Nakashima was considered a giant of 20th century design.

Trained in architecture at MIT, he decided to devote his life to woodworking.

In this Feb.

19, 1989 "Sunday Morning" profile, correspondent Faith Daniels talked with Nakashima at his New Hope, Pa., workshop about his fascinating history; his aesthetics; and creating beauty from wood – what he calls "that relationship between natural things and the human psyche."
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