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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the USS Gerald R. Ford and its strike group to deploy to U.S. Southern Command area on Friday, which includes the Caribbean Sea, Central America and South America. This comes as the U.S. military conducted its 10th strike on alleged drug vessels in Latin America. CBS News national security coordinating producer James LaPorta reports.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro gives his side of the story as he engages Trump in a war of words over mounting U.S. boat strikes.
CBS News spoke exclusively with Colombian President Gustavo Petro about some U.S. military strikes on boats allegedly carrying drugs off the coast of his country. CBS News' Lilia Luciano reports.
President Trump took questions from reporters at a homeland security roundtable on Thursday, addressing his administration's recent strikes on alleged drug boats in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea.
The U.S. has now carried out two strikes against alleged drug vessels on the Pacific side of Latin America.
The U.S. struck another alleged drug boat on Wednesday, the 8th such strike since September 2 and the first in the Pacific Ocean. CBS News White House reporter Aaron Navarro has more.
Since early September, the Trump administration has struck at least seven alleged drug-carrying boats in the Caribbean. Colombia's president is now accusing the U.S. of murder, claiming one of the attacks hit a fisherman. In response, President Trump said he cut off aid to Colombia and will impose new tariffs. Margarita Rojas, director of internal information at Caracol Televisión, joins "The Daily Report" to discuss.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. struck a seventh alleged drug-carrying boat in the Caribbean on Friday. CBS News Pentagon reporter Eleanor Watson has the details.
The Department of Defense has released footage from Friday's deadly strike on an alleged drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean Sea. CBS News Pentagon reporter and producer Eleanor Watson has the details.
Tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela are at an all-time high over deadly U.S. strikes in Caribbean waters targeting suspected drug traffickers.
President Trump posted a video of a U.S. military strike on a submersible suspected of smuggling drugs on Saturday. Two people were killed in the Thursday strike but the two survivors were brought to a Navy ship. Mr. Trump says the U.S. will send the them back to their home countries for detention and prosecution. Willie James Inman has more.
Police in Trinidad and Tobago said they have received reports that two of the country's citizens were killed in a U.S. strike on an alleged drug boat.
President Trump says the U.S. has struck another small boat he accuses of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.
Fishermen in Trinidad and Tobago are fearing that a U.S. military strike in the Caribbean could kill them and their livelihoods.
The Coast Guard says it seized nearly 30,000 pounds of cocaine from alleged drug boats in recent weeks.
As he sends more troops to Venezuela's borders amid a standoff with Trump, President Nicolas Maduro says he's also rescheduling Christmas, to defend "the right to happiness."
The U.S. is strengthening its military presence in the Caribbean to combat drug trafficking. Meanwhile, Venezuela has pledged more troops to fight drug trafficking following the U.S. deployment of fighter jets to Puerto Rico and a strike against a Venezuelan boat allegedly carrying drugs. Retired Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, joins with more insight.
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio helped save a man who had fallen off a yacht in the Caribbean. It all unfolded after DiCaprio and his pals heard a distress call while on their rental boat. They rushed to the area to try to find the man, who had apparently been lost at sea off the small island of Saba and treading water for 11 hours.
A judge on the Caribbean island of Anguilla will decide Monday if a Connecticut man will go on trial for allegedly killing a hotel worker. Scott Hapgood was vacationing with his family in April when he says Kenny Mitchel tried to rob him. Mitchel died after a struggle, and Hapgood was charged with manslaughter. Errol Barnett reports.
Hurricane Irma smashed into southern Florida after leaving a path of destruction across the Caribbean. Tony Dokoupil in Puerto Rico has the story of Paradise Lost.
We leave you this Sunday Morning far from winter's cold -- in waters off the small island of Culebra, part of Puerto Rico. Videographer: Ziggy Livnat.
The plume is forecast to move northwest and reach Florida mid-week, then hit other states including Georgia, the Carolinas, Texas and Louisiana by Friday, radar shows.
A vibrant new mural project at the corner of Front and Susquehanna aims to honor the cultural significance of Philadelphia's Norris Square.
The places hardest hit with Zika are also some of the most popular tourist destinations across Latin America and the Caribbean. During 2015-2016 outbreak, tourism declined and traveler demographics changed in affected areas, while Zika-free destinations got a boost. Travel + Leisure magazine editor-in-chief Jacqui Gifford shared her insights and the latest information on CBSN.
The city of Revere, Massachusetts, said in a social media post that the three women were local residents.
Dozens of companies and wealthy individuals have given money toward President Trump's White House ballroom project. Many have also sought favorable policies.
A red and gray scrap truck carried remnants of the East Wing about six miles from the White House.
The deployment dramatically increases the number of U.S. service members and ships dedicated to countering narcotics traffickers.
The government shutdown hit Day 24 with no deal in sight as the Senate stands adjourned for the weekend. Follow live updates here.
The U.S. sanctioned the Colombian president, an escalation of the feud between President Trump and the South American leader.
President Trump said he's ending trade talks with Canada over an anti-tariff ad campaign by the province of Ontario that uses Ronald Reagan's voice — leading Ontario to pull the ads after this weekend.
The Trump administration's deportation flights to Venezuela have continued amid heightened U.S.-Venezuelan tensions, senior Department of Homeland Security officials say.
German businessman Alexander Böcker was reading the news with his wife when she told him about a robbery at the Louvre in Paris. They soon saw an opportunity.
Isabelle Tate previously shared she suffered from a progressive neuromuscular disease and her family requested memorial donations be sent to the the Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association.