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Blanche struggles to win Republican support at Senate confirmation hearing (opens the original)
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WASHINGTON (CN) — Todd Blanche on Wednesday embarked on a crucial step toward becoming President Donald Trump’s next attorney general as he sought to sway the Senate Judiciary Committee and win over a group of key Republican lawmakers skeptical of his leadership. But it was an uphill battle from the start for Blanche — deputy attorney general and the Justice Department’s acting head since the spring — as Democrats dialed in on his loyalty to the president, his oversight of a controversial govern
AG nominee Blanche told top Democrat he ‘made a mistake’ with $1.8B anti-weaponization fund (opens the original)
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WASHINGTON (CN) — Attorney general nominee Todd Blanche told Senator Dick Durbin that he “made a mistake” championing a billion-dollar “slush fund” for victims of so-called government weaponization, the top Senate Democrat said Tuesday afternoon. The expression of remorse from President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department comes just a day before he’s expected to testify before Senate lawmakers in a hearing where he is sure to face sharp questions from both sides of the aisle over
Congress mum as ICE pumps brakes on vehicle stops after Maine shooting (opens the original)
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WASHINGTON (CN) — Top lawmakers in Congress had little to say Tuesday as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement barred its agents from stopping vehicles during enforcement operations, just hours after immigration officers were involved in yet another controversial shooting of a person behind the wheel. But while Republican leaders largely said they’d not been briefed on Monday’s deadly shooting in Maine or ICE’s remarkable policy shift, Democrats argued the move was far from groundbreaking. Th
Justices make rare personal plea to Congress for more security funding (opens the original)
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WASHINGTON (CN) — In a rare moment on Capitol Hill, a pair of Supreme Court justices on Tuesday implored congressional appropriators to greenlight millions more in government funds for high court security, including expanded personal protection for the justices themselves. The unusual testimony from members of the Supreme Court bench — the first such occasion since 2019 — proved another opportunity for the justices to sound the alarm over an increased threat environment against the court that ha
Lindsey Graham's sister picked to take over Senate seat (opens the original)
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WASHINGTON (CN) — Senator Lindsey Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone, will replace the late lawmaker in Washington after he died suddenly over the weekend, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster announced Monday. The temporary appointment will only last until the end of Graham’s term in November, and an official Republican candidate will be selected later this summer. But the late senator’s younger sister vowed to use her time on Capitol Hill to finish Graham’s work and support President Do
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