As Republican leaders draft President Donald Trump’s big bill of $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and $1.5 trillion in spending cuts, dozens of more moderate Republicans from contested congressional districts have positioned themselves at the center of the negotiating table.

House Republicans appear to be backing off some, but not all, of the steep reductions to the Medicaid program as part of their big tax breaks bill

The announcement of the interim appointment comes after the president abandoned his original nominee for the role, Ed Martin, over Republican pushback.

US President Donald Trump has appointed Fox News host and former New York prosecutor Jeanine Pirro as interim US attorney for Washington DC. The announcement comes after Trump withdrew his first pick for the job after he lost key Republican support in the Senate,

President Donald Trump on Thursday appointed Fox News host Jeanine Pirro to serve as Washington, D.C.'s interim U.S. attorney, after Ed Martin, the current interim job holder and Trump's first pick to hold the job on a permanent basis,