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The Fox News host will serve as the top prosecutor in the nation's capital for the time being.
A key procedural vote Thursday on a first-of-its-kind crypto regulation bill fell short in the Senate, facing opposition from Democrats amid ties between the crypto industry and the Trump family have threatened to tank the vote.
Acting U.S. attorney Ed Martin was a "Stop the Steal" activist and he defended Jan. 6 rioters.
The bill would codify the name change, though it would carry no authority outside the U.S.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is urging other Democrats not to support a bipartisan crypto regulation bill, as Democrats warn about President Trump's ties to crypto.
House GOP leaders stressed early this week that the budget package central to President Trump's agenda remains on track even as they acknowledged a delay.
The move is the latest escalation of the Trump administration's battle with Harvard.
Lowell has hired several attorneys who left firms that cut deals with the Trump administration.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem discussed the Trump administration's immigration tactics in an interview with CBS News at the border this week.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told "CBS Mornings" if the mistakenly deported Maryland man was returned to the U.S., the Trump administration would begin proceedings to remove him again.
Administration officials including Marco Rubio and Kristi Noem championed the law during President Trump's first term.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem does not believe she was targeted when her purse was stolen at a Washington restaurant, she told CBS News in an interview.
Most of the progress President Trump has made on his promises were achieved through executive orders.
First lady Melania Trump made a rare public appearance to advocate for the bill's passage earlier this year.
Attorney General Pam Bondi reversed a Biden-era policy that restricted federal prosecutors from seizing reporters' communications records, according to an internal memo obtained by CBS News.