Ciudad Juárez, Mexico — Desperate and exhausted, the migrants gathered around a tree that offered them some shade from the unforgiving sun. They had traveled from countries throughout Latin America, including Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru and Venezuela. Some of them were parents traveling with small children, including toddlers. Others were young men. Some of the teenagers appeared to be unaccompanied minors traveling without their parents. All of them shared a common goal: entering the U.S., which was just a few yards away. But standing in their way were miles of razor wire and other barriers erected…

Daniels testified that her friend encouraged her to take Trump up on his dinner offer, telling her: “What could possibly go wrong?” She said she agreed to go and went to meet Trump at the hotel where he was staying.  “I arrived and went upstairs. Keith had given me very specific instructions to take an elevator going to the penthouse floor,” Daniels testified, referring to Trump’s bodyguard. She said the bodyguard told her that Trump was waiting for her inside. She entered and waited in a foyer with a “big, beautiful wooden table” with flowers. It was there where she…

A U.S. Army sergeant stationed in Korea has been detained in Russia, accused of stealing from a woman, two Pentagon officials said Monday.  Staff Sgt. Gordon D. Black was arrested on May 2 in Vladivostok. It is unclear how he got there but he was in the process of changing duty stations from Korea to Fort Cavazos (Ft. Hood) in the U.S. He was not there on official travel. The soldier’s mother, Melody Jones, said he was in Russia visiting his girlfriend. “Please do not torture him [or] hurt him,” Melody Jones said when asked about her message to the…

Prosecutor Matthew Colangelo questions Jeffrey McConney during former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial on Monday, May 6, 2024. Jane Rosenberg As much as this trial is about salacious headlines and tabloid drama, it’s also about general accounting. McConney explained how Cohen’s $130,000 wire to Daniels’ attorney in October 2016 led to a series of 12 monthly payments to Cohen of $35,000, for a total of $420,000. McConney recounted a conversation with former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg in January 2017, around the time that Trump assumed the presidency. McConney said Weisselberg walked in with a notepad and said…

5/5: The Takeout: David Sanger – CBS News Watch CBS News Journalist and author David Sanger joins Major Garrett to discuss his new book “New Cold Wars: China’s Rise, Russia’s Invasion, and America’s Struggle to Defend the West,” which details the myriad of challenges the U.S. faces in positioning itself as the leader of the free world amid conflicts around the globe. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Face The Nation: Fetterman, Khanna, Queen Rania – CBS News Watch CBS News Missed the second half of the show? The latest on…Democratic Sen. John Fetterman tells “Face the Nation” that although he knows his state will be “very competitive” in the 2024 election, “Joe Biden beat Trump in Pennsylvania and he’s going to do that again”, Rep. Ro Khanna, Democrat of California, tells “Face the Nation” that as some campus protesters have engaged in violence or antisemitism, “it is diminishing the thousands of young people who simply want the war to end”, and Queen Rania al Abdullah of Jordan…

Bipartisan coalition forming to protect IVF Bipartisan coalition forming to federally protect IVF 04:12 The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday declined to reconsider a controversial ruling that said frozen embryos are considered children under a state law. Justices in a 7-2 decision without comment rejected a request to revisit the ruling that drew international attention and prompted fertility clinics to cease services earlier this year. Alabama justices in February ruled that three couples could pursue wrongful death lawsuits for their “extrauterine children” after their frozen embryos were destroyed in an accident at a storage facility. The decision prompted a wave…

Rep. Henry Cuellar, wife federally charged in bribery scheme – CBS News Watch CBS News Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife were federally indicted Friday on more than a dozen charges alleging they accepted at least $598,000 in bribes from both an oil company owned by the Azerbaijan government and a Mexican bank. Nicole Sganga reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Washington — President Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, on Friday to 19 recipients, including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, former Vice President Al Gore and Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky.  Mr. Biden spoke briefly about each honoree, praising their “relentless curiosity, inventiveness, ingenuity and hope.”  Nodding to the criticism of his own age as he runs for a second term at age 81, Mr. Biden praised the 27-year-old Ledecky, arguably the greatest female swimmer of all time, as she prepares for the Paris Olympics this summer.  “Don’t let age get in your way,” Mr. Biden…