5/14: CBS Morning News 20:36 An Air Force instructor pilot died Tuesday morning from injuries sustained after an ejection seat activated during ground operations Monday afternoon.  The pilot was with the 80th Flying Training Wing at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas. The Air Force is withholding the pilot’s name until family members have been notified.  According to the base, the incident occurred around 1:55 p.m. on Monday, when the ejection seat of the trainer aircraft, a T-6A Texan II, activated during ground operations.  The pilot was transported to United Regional Hospital in Wichita Falls, Texas, before succumbing to injuries…

Michael Cohen testifies about Stormy Daniels payment at Donald Trump’s criminal trial – CBS News Watch CBS News Donald Trump came face-to-face with his former personal attorney Michael Cohen, who testified Monday in the former president’s New York criminal trial. The one-time fixer and inside man detailed how Trump personally approved the so-called “hush money” payouts to hide stories he believed would hurt his 2016 run for the White House. Robert Costa was inside the courthouse for the riveting testimony. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

In the summer of 2016, Karen McDougal, a former Playboy model, was trying to sell her story about an alleged sexual encounter she had with Trump, which he denies. Her attorney, Keith Davidson, approached the National Enquirer about a deal that June. Cohen said Pecker and Howard flagged the story to him. He said he thought it would have had a “significant” impact on Trump’s campaign and that he told Trump about it “immediately.” “I told him about what I had just learned. I asked him if he knew who Karen McDougal was, if he knew about the story. His…

5/12: Face the Nation – CBS News Watch CBS News This week on “Face the Nation,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken joins Margaret Brennan as America’s relationship with Israel faces a serious stress test this week, with a new U.S. report that says it is “reasonable to assess” that Israel violated international law in its war with Hamas. Plus, a story about how a group of special operations veterans helped a fellow service member’s family get their mother out of war-torn Gaza. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now…

Face the Nation: Cotton, Van Hollen – CBS News Watch CBS News Missed the second half of the show? The latest on…Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas tells “Face the Nation” that it is different from actions taken by President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s.” “Israel is fighting a war of survival against a terrorist group that committed the worst atrocity against Jews since World War II,” he added, Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland tells “Face the Nation” that the Biden administration has set a “very low bar for what’s acceptable” from Israel in a report on that…

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. once again reversed his stance on government limits for abortion access in a social media post Friday evening, prompted by criticism from within his own campaign. During an interview with podcaster Sage Steele, a former ESPN host, Kennedy Wednesday said he opposed any government restrictions on abortions, “even if it’s full term.”  But after facing pressure from his campaign staff, Kennedy walked back his previous statement, taking to social media to write that “abortion should be legal up until a certain number of weeks, and restricted thereafter.” The independent longshot said he now…

Leading up to Tuesday’s West Virginia primary, three of the Republican candidates for governor have been trying to outdo each other in proving their opposition to transgender rights.  In TV ads running in West Virginia, state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, Chris Miller and Moore Capito have been accusing each other of harboring transgender sympathies while touting their own efforts to restrict LGBTQ rights. “Unfortunately, these are not solutions-based campaigns,” the ACLU of West Virginia told CBS News in a statement. “They’re built instead on demonizing already vulnerable people to score cheap political points.” Morrisey’s campaign website describes him as “one…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered to Congress on Friday a highly anticipated report on the Israeli military’s operations in Gaza that accused Israeli forces of potentially violating international humanitarian law but did not formally find they had already done so, according to the document’s key findings.  The report states that though there are allegations that Israel violated international humanitarian law during the period covered by the report, Jan. 1, 2023 through late April of this year, the U.S. doesn’t have “complete information” on whether U.S. weapons were used in those actions. Its authors cite the difficulty of determining facts…

Former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York is resuming Friday, and the key witness in the case, his former attorney Michael Cohen, is expected to testify Monday.  Cohen’s testimony indicates the prosecution is reaching the home stretch of its case, nearly a month after this trial began. He’s expected to testify that Trump understood that records related to reimbursement checks to Cohen would be falsified in order to cover up the fact that they were tied to the purchase of Stormy Daniels’ story. This week’s testimony seesawed between sex and bookkeeping. Thursday saw the conclusion of a furious…

The Senate has passed a $105 billion bill designed to improve air safety and customer service for air travelers, a day before the law governing the Federal Aviation Administration expires. The bipartisan bill, which comes after a series of close calls between planes at the nation’s airports, would boost the number of air traffic controllers, improve safety standards and make it easier for customers to get refunds after flights are delayed or canceled. It passed the Senate 88-4. The legislation now goes to the House, which is out of session until next week. The Senate also passed a one-week extension…