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Senate Narrowly Confirms Todd Blanche as Attorney General After Bitter Justice Department Battle

The Senate confirmed Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump’s former criminal defense attorney, by a fifty-to-forty-nine vote, putting a staunch Trump ally in charge of the Justice Department after intense Democratic opposition.
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Russia’s A7 Builds a State-Linked Payments Network Beyond Western Sanctions
Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Democratic Senate Primary in Test of Party’s Progressive Wing
Trump Campaigns in California and Nevada to Support Vulnerable Republican House Candidates
Federal Judge Upholds End of Temporary Protected Status for South Sudanese Migrants
Federal Judge Orders Pentagon to Resume National Security Reviews of Wind Projects
Trump Administration Presses Congress to Ban Nationwide Mail-In Voting Ahead of Midterms
Senior Senate Democrats Prepare for AI-Driven Election Disruption and Federal Intervention Scenarios
Trump Renews Effort to Remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook in Fight Over Central Bank Independence
Senate Republicans Seek Defense Spending Deal as Interest Costs Complicate Reconciliation Plans
US Trade Representative Prepares Targeted Tariffs on Sixty Economies to Replace Global Baseline Duties
Trump Calls Off Planned Iran Strikes as Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan Agree on Mutual Defense Pact
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