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Trump Nominates Blanche for Attorney General, Setting Up Confirmation Fight
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Trump Nominates Blanche for Attorney General, Setting Up Confirmation Fight

NY Times · Jun 8, 2026, 9:29 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

As acting attorney general, Todd Blanche has shown a willingness to execute the president’s maximalist demands. Whether the Senate will confirm him remains unclear.

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