What are stablecoins and how does the GENIUS Act regulate them? – CBS News Watch CBS News Last week, in a bipartisan vote, the Senate passed the GENIUS Act, creating a regulatory framework for stablecoins. Dante Disparte, chief strategy officer at the financial technology company Circle, joins “The Takeout” to explain how stablecoins work and … Read more
For Senator Lisa Murkowski, Alaska, the last frontier, is her favorite frontier. The third generation Alaskan is as familiar in the halls of Congress as she is on an Alaska Airlines flight (where even the flight attendants call her “Lisa”) as she flies home nearly every weekend to America’s northernmost state. Each day is packed … Read more
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski told CBS News senior correspondent Norah O’Donnell that she’s navigated President Trump’s Washington by staying focused on constituents in her home state of Alaska. In a wide-ranging interview for “CBS Sunday Morning,” O’Donnell spoke with the GOP senator about navigating a polarized Washington as a moderate, why she doesn’t feel allegiance … Read more
Proposed public land sale in GOP budget bill draws backlash – CBS News Watch CBS News Under the latest version of President Trump’s budget bill, more than 2 million acres of federally controlled land in western states would be sold off and redeveloped for various purposes. Benji Backer, founder and CEO of Nature Is Nonpartisan, … Read more