Texas defies federal demand that it abandon border area
"Because the facts and law side with Texas, the State will continue utilizing its constitutional authority to defend her territory," Attorney General Ken Paxton wrote.
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Texas agents begin arresting migrants
Texas state agents began arresting migrants at the southern border Wednesday night. The state defied federal officials who demanded Border Patrol agents' access to a migrant-processing area be restored. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.
Merrick Garland meets with Uvalde families before federal report on police response
Attorney General Merrick Garland met with families affected by the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on Wednesday ahead of the Thursday release of the report.
Texas defies threat to vacate border area
Texas' attorney general defied federal officials who demanded authorities abandon a public park along the U.S.-Mexico border that state National Guard soldiers seized last week. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.
Texas' floating border barrier can remain, court rules in reversal
Wednesday, a federal appeals court reversed an order requiring Texas to move a floating barrier on the Rio Grande.
Texas lawmaker decries actions at border
The Biden administration has warned it will take action if Texas National Guard soldiers do not stop blocking federal agents from a border area in Eagle Pass. Democratic congresswoman Sylvia Garcia from Texas' 29th district joined CBS News to discuss the situation.
3 migrants drowned near area Texas blocked federal agents from entering
Last week, Texas National Guard soldiers abruptly seized control of a public park in Eagle Pass that Border Patrol had been using to hold migrants
Poll: GOP voters say border is a top issue
A new CBS News poll shows immigration is a top issue for Republican voters. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang has more.
Biden admin., Texas at odds over border
The Biden administration has warned Texas officials it will take action if they continue to bar Border Patrol agents from a park near the U.S.-Mexico border. Texas National Guard troops have taken control of the park and erected barriers, preventing federal agents from entering. Weijia Jian reports.
White House warns Texas over border area
A park that has been commandeered by Texas National Guard soldiers is becoming a point of tension between the state and the Biden administration. Federal officials say Texas National Guard soldiers prevented Border Patrol agents from attempting to rescue three migrants who drowned in the Rio Grande on Friday while trying to enter the U.S. Texas officials denied the claims. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang reports.
U.S. blocked from saving migrants, DHS says
Texas authorities physically barred Border Patrol agents from trying to rescue drowning migrants, the Department of Homeland Security says. Mexican authorities recovered the bodies of a woman and two children Saturday across the border from Eagle Pass, Texas. Texas officials claim the drownings had already happened when Border Patrol requested access. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has more.
Texas mother Kate Cox on the outcome of her legal fight for an abortion: "It was crushing"
In her first TV interview since the Texas Supreme Court decision, Kate Cox, who was pregnant with a girl with the genetic condition trisomy 18, discusses being forced to leave Texas to obtain the medical procedure.
Kate Cox on her legal fight for an abortion in Texas
Last August, tests revealed that Kate Cox, a mother of two in Texas, was pregnant with a child that had Trisomy 18, a genetic condition that causes severe developmental problems. According to Cox's doctors, the prognosis for the baby was death before or shortly after birth, and Cox's future fertility was at risk. She sued to receive an abortion under Texas law which bans the procedure in nearly all cases, but found herself caught in a legal battle with the state's attorney general. Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with Kate Cox, her husband Justin and with their lawyer, Molly Duane, about the court decisions that forced Cox to leave Texas for the medical procedure.
8 decades after a woman was driven off her land by a racist mob, she owns it again.
In 1939, when Opal Lee was just 12, her family moved into a house that stood in an all-White neighborhood. They had lived at the home for just five days when a mob showed up and "tore it asunder."
Texas blocking feds from processing migrants
Texas National Guard troops deployed by Gov. Greg Abbott are blocking U.S. Border Patrol agents from processing migrants in a public area of Eagle Pass, just a mile away from the U.S.-Mexico border. The federal government previously used the space to hold migrants in a staging area before further processing. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.
Kate Cox on her struggle to obtain an abortion in Texas
In this preview of her first TV interview since the Texas Supreme Court ruled that she did not qualify under that state's abortion law, Kate Cox talks with "Sunday Morning" correspondent Tracy Smith about why she sought an abortion in Texas, and the risks she and her unborn baby faced. Watch the complete interview on "CBS News Sunday Morning" January 14.
"48 Hours" on the murder of a Texas jeweler
"48 Hours" investigates the murder of Texas jeweler Ted Shaughnessy. He was shot by intruders in the middle of the night in the home he shared with wife, Corey. Investigators wondered if it was a random attack, a robbery gone wrong or a targeted assassination. CBS News Chief Investigative Correspondent and 48 Hours Contributor Jim Axelrod joins "CBS Mornings" with a preview of his report.
Texas blocks federal border agents from processing migrants in public park
After seizing control of Shelby Park, Texas National Guard units deployed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott have prevented Border Patrol agents from entering the area.
Kate Cox on her struggle to obtain an abortion in Texas
Preview: In a January 14 "Sunday Morning" interview – her first TV interview since the Texas Supreme Court ruled that she did not qualify for an abortion – the Texas mother talks about her legal fight, the outcome, and her family's future.
Texas accused of stymying help for migrants
CBS News has learned that Texas officials are being accused of purposely making it harder to coordinate its migrant busing operation to Democratic-led cities. National correspondent Manuel Bojorquez reports.
Winter storms hit U.S. from coast to coast
Severe storm conditions across the United States are affecting travel, with heavy snow hitting parts of the central U.S., and rain and flooding targeting the Northeast. CBS News teams in Chicago, New York and Boston are following the weather and storm relief efforts.
Powerful winter storm moves across Plains
Thunderstorms slammed the south and knocked down trees in Texas while a blizzard rages in the plains. CBS News' Dave Malkoff reports.
Inside "Operation Lone Star"
As an unofficial network of migrant advocates worked to bring organization and efficiency to bus arrivals in cities around the U.S., Texas officials quietly tried to thwart them, maximizing chaos for the Democratic-led cities where the buses were sent, a CBS News investigation has found. CBS News' Manuel Bojorquez reports on these findings from Miami.
Severe storms slam Southeast
Severe storms across the Southeast caused damage and flooding in multiple states, including Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The same storm system created blizzard conditions in Nebraska. CBS News correspondent Dave Malkoff reports.
How Texas officials stymied nonprofits' efforts to help migrants bused north
Operation Lone Star was initiated two years ago to draw attention to the failure of the federal government to come up with policies to stem the flow of migrants across the southern border.
Israeli forces kill 4 aid seekers near Gaza City, hospital and witnesses say
A U.N.-backed initiative on Friday declared a famine in Gaza City.
Maps show Tropical Storm Fernand's path and forecast in Atlantic
Fernand is the sixth named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season.
Cargo Dragon heads for space station
The cargo Dragon is the first equipped with a add-on thrusters to periodically raise the space station's altitude.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be deported to Uganda, official says
The Trump administration may try to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda days after he was released from pre-trial detention, according to a DHS official.
Boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. to stand trial in Mexico over alleged cartel ties
Since 2019, Mexican prosecutors have been investigating Julio César Chávez Jr. following a complaint filed by U.S. authorities against the Sinaloa Cartel for organized crime, human trafficking, arms trafficking and drug trafficking.
Abbott says he will approve contentious GOP redistricting bill
The Texas Senate approved the measure after a heated debate, marking a major step in a mid-decade redistricting effort backed by President Trump.
Some international postal services suspend shipment of packages to U.S.
Multiple postal services, including in India and around Europe, say they are suspending the shipment of many packages to the United States amid a lack of clarity over new import duties.
North Korea test fires 2 new antiair missiles
The test coincided with new South Korean President Lee Jae Myung 's trip to Tokyo for a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
U.S. scientists work to preserve vulnerable species at a Smithsonian lab
Experts at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute care for endangered species on 32,000 sprawling acres in Northern Virginia.