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Here are 3 big things you need to know—

 

One — Another piece of Donald Trump’s cabinet is in place. The Senate has confirmed Kash Patel as the next Director of the FBI.  The vote was 51-to-49.  Senators Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins were the only Republicans who voted against Patel. 

 

Two ---- Unlawful crossings at the U.S. southern border are down 94% from the same period last year, Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks told CBS News. He credits the Trump administration's government-wide crackdown on illegal immigration.

Over the past seven days, Banks said, Border Patrol agents have apprehended an average of 285 migrants per day along the entire southern border, compared to roughly 4,800 during the same time last year.

 

 

And number three —   Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell will not seek reelection next year.  The Republican lawmaker made the announcement in a speech on the Senate floor on his 83rd birthday Thursday.  McConnell was first elected to the Senate in 1984.  McConnell broke the record for longest-serving Senate party leader before stepping down in November.