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Todd Blanche's nomination for attorney general is up in the air after concerns from two Republicans on the committee that must advance his nomination.
The Senate Judiciary Committee delayed an expected Thursday vote on Todd Blanche's nomination for U.S. attorney general after two Republican senators withheld support, throwing his confirmation into doubt.
NPR – US Todd 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 nomination for attorney general is up in the air after concerns from two Republicans on the committee that must advance his nomination.
NPR – US The Senate Judiciary Committee had been expected to vote Thursday on whether to advance Todd Blanche's nomination. But resistance from two Republican senators threw his confirmation into doubt.
NYTimes – US Andrew Bailey, a deputy director of the FBI, is stepping down after about a year in the role. Bailey was part of a three-person leadership team and had overseen some election-related investigations. He was originally brought in to help ease tensions between former Attorney General Pam Bondi and former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino.
NPR – US One of the youngest women sent to death row is set to be executed in Tennessee. If carried out as scheduled Wednesday, it would be Tennessee's first execution of a woman in 200 years.
NYTimes – US Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. had faced pressure to recuse himself from the climate case because he owns stock in oil companies.
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