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NPR - 48 min 37 sec agoThe news comes as two key Republicans are withholding their support over concerns about the Justice Department's deal with President Trump.
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Todd Blanche testifying at his confirmation hearing earlier this month.
President Trump's extraordinary protection from the I.R.S. is expected to be a central issue in the confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
In a post on social media, President Trump threatened to pull acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination to serve permanently in the role until two Senate Republicans who are withholding their support leave office next year. NBC News' Julie Tsirkin reports from Capitol Hill on why the senators oppose advancing Blanche's nomination to the full Senate.
Unwilling to make any concessions to two key senators, President Trump is thinking about temporarily pulling his attorney general nominee.
President Trump on Thursday floated the possibility of temporarily pulling Todd Blanche's nomination to serve as attorney general to circumvent the opposition of Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and then resubmitting Blanche's name after Cornyn and Tillis leave Congress. "Todd Blanche is a STAR, and everyone knows it! He has the potential...
President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to withdraw Todd Blanche's nomination to be attorney general until two Republican senators who have expressed concerns about Blanche leave office in January.
US president's former lawyer has been struggling to persuade some Republican senators to back his nomination Donald Trump has threatened to "temporarily" shelve a bid to permanently install his former personal lawyer Todd Blanche as US attorney general amid resistance in US Congress. Blanche, currently serving as acting attorney general, has been struggling to persuade a handful of Republican senators to back his nomination for the role. Continue reading...
The scope of the seemingly broad immunity agreement has become a sticking point in Todd Blanche's confirmation as attorney general.
WASHINGTON Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination to run the Justice Department hung in the balance Thursday as a handful of Senate Republicans vowed not to give him their votes until a nearly $1.8 billion so-called “weaponization” fund — formed as a result of President Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS — is permanently scrapped....
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) has not changed his mind on Todd Blanche, telling reporters Thursday morning that he was still leaning against advancing his nomination for attorney general in the Judiciary Committee. It comes amid a standoff between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Cornyn and Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), both of whom want assurances...
President Trump is dangling an unusual solution to a Senate roadblock of his attorney general pick . In a Truth Social post Thursday, the president said he might "temporarily" pull Todd Blanche's nomination and resubmit it after two Republican skeptics, Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis, leave office in January, reports...
In today's issue: Blanche confirmation vote postponed Paul threatens Fauci with contempt Trump announces Dulles renovations Michigan Senate poll released Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) are showing no signs of backing down on their demands concerning Todd Blanche's nomination to become permanent attorney general, throwing his confirmation into...
Lawmakers scrap planned committee vote and seek further assurances that president's anti-weaponization fund' is dead Sign up for the US Breaking News email Most Americans say the war in Iran has not been worth fighting and president Donald Trump's approval rating on Iran has fallen slightly since last month, according to a new AP-NORC poll. The results are a stark repudiation of Trump's approach to the conflict, which has dragged on far longer than he originally predicted. Continue...
NPR - 6 hours 42 min agoTodd Blanche's nomination for attorney general is up in the air after concerns from two Republicans on the committee that must advance his nomination.
Todd Blanche's path to becoming attorney general just hit a procedural wall. Texas Sen. John Cornyn is stalling a committee vote on Blanche's confirmation, insisting the Justice Department put in writing that its controversial "Anti-Weaponization Fund" is finished for good, as well as clarify who exactly is shielded from future...
The postponement comes amid opposition from GOP Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis over Blanche's role in the controversial Trump-IRS settlement.
Republican Senators postponed a vote on Todd Blanche's nomination as attorney general amid concerns over his handling of the Trump-IRS settlement.
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, says the DOJ has failed to satisfy his concerns about a deal to shield President Donald Trump and others from IRS tax audits.
This blog is now closed. You can read our latest story here Sign up for US Breaking News email Gary Peters, the Democratic ranking member on the homeland security committee, said that the committee has a long history of bipartisan inquiry and oversight, and the subject matter of risky research and the origins of covid-19 are a legitimate area to study. But today's hearing with Anthony Fauci was not an example of that, Peters said. Continue reading...
Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, has said the Justice Department dropped its plan for a $1.8 billion fund to pay purported victims of government weaponization, but the department can make such payouts even without a formal fund structure.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) late Wednesday evening canceled a scheduled meeting to consider the nomination of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to lead the Justice Department amid opposition from some GOP senators on the panel. "Chairman Grassley works to set President Trump's nominees up for success in committee, not failure. Senators Cornyn...
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said Wednesday he is launching a probe into Dr. Anthony Fauci after the longtime health official invoked the Fifth Amendment 100-plus times during a Senate hearing on the COVID-19 pandemic. "Fauci's lack of candor to Congress is unbelievable," Uthmeier wrote on social platform X. "My office is launching an investigation...
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