Caitlin Yilek

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Caitlin Yilek |Madeleine May

Washington — Senate Democrats are rebelling against a crypto regulation bill, putting the first-of-its-kind legislation in jeopardy ahead of a possible key vote on it later this week. The bill, known as the GENIUS Act, would create a regulatory framework for stablecoins, a type of cryptocurrency tied to the value of an asset like the U.S. dollar.

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Caitlin Yilek

Washington — Abbe Lowell, a criminal defense attorney who has represented a number of high-profile political clients, is launching a new law firm to push back on President Trump's crusade against several major practices. Lowell & Associates has hired multiple attorneys who left firms that cut deals with the Trump administration as the president sought to punish prominent practices to settle his long-held grievances against his political opponents.

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2 hours agoAsian American voters backed Trump in Nevada. Here's how they feel about him nowPauline Lee is the daughter of immigrants who came to the United States as teenagers, with nothing. "When they came here they were dirt poor," she recalled. They worked entry-level jobs at first, before they both went on to study and build successful careers in California.

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Tony Dokoupil |Caitlin Yilek

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a CBS News interview that the Trump administration is focused on "going after the worst of the worst and doing it the right way," as questions are raised about the vetting process for migrants deported to a maximum security prison in El Salvador.

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Tony Dokoupil |Caitlin Yilek

El Paso, Texas — Immigration officials flew a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras last week because her mother, who faced deportation, "wanted her child with her," Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says. Noem spoke about the case, which drew alarm from a federal judge, in a wide-ranging interview with CBS News at the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday, covering President Trump's immigration crackdown and some of the ensuing legal controversies.