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Washington — Senate Democrats sank a key procedural vote Thursday on a first-of-its-kind crypto regulation bill, after days of opposition amid growing ties between the digital asset industry and the Trump family. Known as the GENIUS Act, the legislation would create a regulatory framework for stablecoins, a type of cryptocurrency tied to the value of an…
Vatican City — Of the 266 popes who have led the Catholic Church, not one of them had been from the United States. Until Thursday. The cardinal electors gathered for the papal conclave elected an American from among their own ranks on Thursday to serve as the new pontiff. Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected and accepted his…
CBS News Live 2 Live Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is unveiling his plan for a new air traffic control system Thursday. The announcement comes as the international airport in Newark, New Jersey, continues to deal with disruptions following an outage last week. Air traffic controllers directing flights into Newark Liberty International Airport lost communications and…
Top D.C. prosecutor orders controversial demotions Acting U.S. attorney in D.C. stirs controversy with Justice Department demotions over Jan. 6 02:07 Washington — President Trump said Thursday he will announce a replacement for interim U.S. attorney Ed Martin, his controversial pick to be the top prosecutor in the District of Columbia. Mr. Trump told reporters…
Washington — The House on Thursday passed a bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America,” which would codify an executive order signed by President Trump on his first day in office. In a 211 to 206 vote, all but one Republican supporting the measure, which was introduced by GOP Rep….
New York, Dallas, Seattle and 25 other major U.S. cities are sinking, threatening the structural integrity of buildings, roads, dams and other forms of infrastructure, new research found. The study’s authors say it represents a looming threat to the infrastructure of these cities, which combined are home to some 34 million people. The study by…
An inmate put to death last month in South Carolina’s second firing squad execution was conscious and likely in extreme pain for up to a minute after the bullets missed their target and failed to quickly stop his heart, according to a pathologist hired by the inmate’s attorneys. An autopsy photo of Mikal Mahdi’s torso…
The Chattanooga Public Library is at risk of losing $435,000 in federal funding following an executive order by President Donald Trump that defunded the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a congressionally established agency that supports more than 123,000 libraries and 35,000 museums nationwide. “At this time, we have had no indication of when or…
Markets rallied Thursday as investors awaited a trade agreement between the United States and United Kingdom. Mr. Trump is set to announce the deal at 10 a.m. ET from the Oval Office. The S&P 500 rose 14 points, or 0.25%, to 5,645 in early trading, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 89 points, or…
A Florida man was gored by a bison after coming too close to the animal in Yellowstone National Park, officials said Wednesday. The man, 47, sustained minor injuries, the National Park Service said in a news release, and was treated by emergency personnel. The NPS did not say if the man, from Cape Coral, Florida,…