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1. Venezuelan soldiers fired tear gas at workers trying to cross into Colombia. At another crossing, three Venezuelan troops deserted their posts and sought help

   Three members of the Venezuelan National Guard deserted their posts Saturday on Venezuela's border with Colombia, the Colombian immigration department said.

   

   

2. Reports: Two dead in standoff over aid

   At least two people have died and 17 were injured Friday in a standoff between a local indigenous community and the Venezuelan military over deliveries of humanitarian aid, according to local authorities.

   

   

3. Congresswoman spars with Trump official in tense exchange

   Elliott Abrams, who was appointed by the Trump administration to oversee its Venezuela policy, was questioned by Democratic lawmakers, including a tense exchange with Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN).

   

   

4. More than 50 countries now recognize Venezuela's self-declared leader Juan Guaido

   Self-declared Venezuelan leader Juan Guaido's supporters and their US backers say he is gaining increasing military support, even as the political standoff with embattled President Nicolas Maduro erupted in violence Friday when security forces at the border killed at least two people.

   

   

5. Bolton cancels South Korea trip 'to focus on events in Venezuela'

   US national security adviser John Bolton has canceled his trip to South Korea next week, even as preparations ramp up for a second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

   

   

6. Why this nurse sells her body so family can survive

   They used to be working professionals in Venezuela, but the long-running crisis is forcing women to go to Colombia to find ways for their families to survive. CNN's Isa Soares reports.

   

   

7. They left Venezuela for a better life. Now they're selling their bodies

   The human toll of the Venezuelan crisis is evident in the women's faces.

   

   

8. Dianne Feinstein's climate change talk with a group of kids gets heated

   Sen. Dianne Feinstein clashed Friday with a group of children over climate change policy, criticizing their requests that she back the Green New Deal, accusing them of presenting an ultimatum and contrasting their inability to vote with her three decades in office.

   

   

9. Lindsey Graham changes tune on Trump's strategy

   President Donald Trump has agreed to keep about 400 US troops in Syria after the withdrawal of most US forces there this spring, a senior administration official said. CNN's Barbara Starr reports.

   

   

10. Analysis: Trump still shows some strength in the Midwest heading into 2020

    First things first: The theme song of the week is Thank You for Being A Friend from the show The Golden Girls written by Andrew Gold and sung by Cynthia Fee.

    

    

11. Mueller filing on Manafort still not public

    The public will have to wait a little longer to read Paul Manafort's sentencing memo from special counsel Robert Mueller.

    

    

12. Klobuchar ate salad with comb, told staffer to clean it, NYT reports

    The New York Times reports that Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) berated a staffer after they forgot her eating utensils, ate her salad with a hair comb then directed a staffer to clean it.

    

    

13. Opinion: What if Trump refuses to accept defeat in 2020?

    President Donald Trump's critics are increasingly focused on the question of which Democrat will challenge him for the presidency in 2020. It's an important question, but another one might be even more important: Regardless of who runs in 2020, if Trump loses, will he leave the Oval Office peacefully?

    

    

14. Brexit on the brink of being delayed

    Brexit could be on the brink of being postponed.

    

    

15. Trump responds to arrest of man who prosecutors say is a white supremacist

    President Trump responded to the arrest of Christopher Paul Hasson, who is alleged to be a white supremacist, that had a hit list that included prominent Democratic politicians as well as several journalists from CNN and MSNBC.

    

    

16. US is close to defunding Planned Parenthood

    The US Department of Health and Human Services issued its draft final rule to revise the Title X family planning program Friday, jeopardizing a decades-old program that serves millions of low-income people, critics say.

    

    

17. R. Kelly to appear in court today, after his arrest on sexual abuse charges

    Singer R. Kelly is scheduled to appear in court Saturday for a bail hearing after he was indicted on charges of sexual abuse spanning from 1998 to 2010.

    

    

18. Woman secretly records lawmaker she says abused her

    Rep. David Byrd, a Tennessee state legislator, has been accused of sexual assault by women he once trained as a basketball coach. CNN's Victor Blackwell speaks to one of Byrd's accusers who confronted the state lawmaker about the abuse.

    

    

19. A nun just read the riot act to Catholic bishops over clergy sex abuse

    Sister Veronica Openibo, a Nigerian-born nun, is one of only three women to address an unprecedented Vatican summit on clergy sexual abuse here in Rome.

    

    

20. Putin: Ready for another Cuban missile crisis if US wants one

    Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is ready for another Cuban missile crisis if the United States wants one. CNN's Frederik Pleitgen reports.

    

    

21. Toxic moonshine kills at least 94 in India

    At least 94 people have died and more than 150 have been hospitalized after consuming tainted alcohol in India, officials said.

    

    

22. NYPD hate crimes task force investigating Nazi drawings found at an elementary school

    The New York Police Department's Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating Nazi drawings found Friday morning at an elementary school yard in Queens, Detective George Tourovakas told CNN.

    

    

23. Analysis: Why teacher strikes are touching every part of America

    Urban, rural, suburban, red, blue and purple, American teachers from across the United States have been on strike. So far this year, teachers have picketed in one of the wealthiest states -- California, which has strong protections for public unions -- and one of the poorest: West Virginia, which has rolled back union protections in recent years.

    

    

24. Nigeria elections: Explosions heard hours before presidential vote

    Multiple bomb blasts rocked the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri just hours before presidential polls opened on Saturday.

    

    

25. You kept sending Amazon stories. We couldn't stop reading them

    What will they do in place of Amazon?

    

    

26. NFL team makes huge bet on QB

    

    

27. Colbert mocks Trump's Smollett tweet

    Late-night hosts Stephen Colbert and Trevor Noah take on the Jussie Smollett scandal.

    

    

28. NBAer: Being NBA's only Asian player 'kind of sucks'

    

    

29. Rooney wants NFL to take a look at the Rooney Rule

    

    

30. Teen's 50-foot fall leaves imprint on ground

    A teen fell more than four stories to the ground after he was attempting to take a selfie with his friends on a bridge in Dallas.

    

    

31. Super Bowl MVP may not get huge payday we thought

    

    

32. Opioid epidemic has hit these states hardest

    While there's early evidence that the explosive rate of opioid deaths has started to slow, opioids killed more than 49,000 people in the United States in 2017, according to preliminary data. A new study reveals which part of the country has been affected the most by the ongoing epidemic.

    

    

33. World's largest bee rediscovered

    A bee with a 2.5 inch wingspan and body roughly the size of a human thumb has been rediscovered after being thought by some to be extinct.

    

    

34. NBA denies report that ref fixed games

    

    

35. Colin Kaepernick Nike 'Icon Jersey' sells out

    

    

36. How Patriots owner Robert Kraft became a billionaire

    Robert Kraft bought the New England Patriots in 1994 from an owner who wanted to move the team to St. Louis and call them the Stallions.

    

    

37. See Trump's response to Kraft's charges

    President Trump responded to the news that New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is being charged with two counts of soliciting someone to commit prostitution, stemming from a raid in a day spa in Florida, police said.

    

    

38. Police say there's video of Kraft soliciting sex

    New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is being charged with two counts of soliciting someone to commit prostitution, stemming from a raid in a day spa in Florida, police said Friday.

    

    

39. Kraft denies police allegation

    

    

40. Here's what happens next in Kraft's solicitation case