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Thursday, May 14, 2026 9:12 PM ET

CBS News - Politics

U.S. moving to indict Cuba's Ra l Castro, sources say -- The potential indictment - which must be approved by a grand jury - is expected to focus on Cuba's 1996 downing of two planes operated by a humanitarian group.

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Trump wraps up visit to China after talks on trade, stern words on Taiwan -- President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping conclude their summit in Beijing on Friday as both countries look to claim the visit as a win.

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CIA Director John Ratcliffe makes rare trip to Cuba as island faces energy crisis -- The meeting came as Cuba is contending with a massive power failure to its national energy grid amid U.S. sanctions that have caused an oil and gas shortage crisis.

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Bipartisan bill aims to help civilians exposed to toxic burn pits -- A bipartisan group of lawmakers unveiled a bill to help civilians, including law enforcement agents, receive workers' compensation for illnesses like cancer that are often associated with toxic exposure to burn pits.

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A Chinese community in New York City reacts to the Trump-Xi Beijing summit -- There has been palpable excitement about President Trump's state visit to China in the Queens neighborhood of Flushing, home to one of the largest Asian populations in the U.S.

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Supreme Court upholds mail access to abortion pill mifepristone for now -- The Supreme Court has maintained mail access to the abortion pill mifepristone, setting aside for now a lower court order that blocked abortion providers from prescribing the widely used drug through telehealth and shipping it to patients.

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FBI offers $200K for info on Air Force officer accused of spying for Iran -- The FBI said Thursday that it's still trying to locate Monica Witt, who is accused of defecting to Iran in 2013 and revealing highly classified U.S. intelligence.

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Will Trump ask Putin to bring these Americans home? -- Anastasia Antonov believes that her father, Aleksandr, was arrested by the Russian government last year because he is an American citizen. Now, she is appealing to President Trump to push Vladimir Putin's government to free her father.

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House vote on Iran war powers resolution fails for third time -- The vote on a Democratic resolution to rein in Mr. Trump's authority to strike Iran was 212-212, falling just short of a majority.

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Netanyahu says Israel will sue The New York Times -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government plans to file a defamation lawsuit against The New York Times.

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Trucking broker can face lawsuit over fatal crash, Supreme Court rules -- A CBS News investigation showed the broker had worked with dangerous "chameleon carriers," thousands of which evade federal safety enforcement by reincarnating under new names.

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Why are so many U.S. CEOs in China with Trump, and what do they want? -- More than a dozen American CEOs are accompanying President Trump on his trip to China. That's not unusual.

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CENTCOM chief says Iran's hold on strait has weakened, but threats remain -- Admiral Brad Cooper of U.S. Central Command told the Senate Armed Services Committee that U.S. forces have destroyed more than 90% of Iran's inventory of 8,000 naval mines.

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Bipartisan U.S.-Mexico congressional caucus launches amid diplomatic strain -- The launch is being backed by the American Mexican Leadership Council, a new national organization also debuting Thursday to elevate Mexican American leadership and advance U.S.-Mexico collaboration.

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U.S. Border Patrol chief resigns in latest immigration shakeup -- U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks, who was appointed to the role last year, told staff on Thursday that he is stepping down.

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