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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 Progressive state representative Angie Nixon won the Democratic primary for Florida's U.S. Senate seat, defeating former army intelligence officer Alexander Vindman in an upset, according to Associated Press projections. She will face Republican incumbent Ashley Moody in November. The cluster also includes a profile of Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola, which is unrelated to the Florida race.
NPR – US Hurricane Lala skirted Hawaii over the weekend, weakening to a tropical storm without making direct landfall, but its outer bands brought flash flooding, mudslides, power outages and road closures to the Big Island. At least 100 homes were damaged or lost, one community was trapped after its road washed away, and residents have begun returning to survey the destruction.
NYTimes – US Byron Donalds, a Trump-backed Republican congressman, won the Republican nomination for Florida governor, while former Republican congressman David Jolly secured the Democratic nomination. Donalds aims to succeed Ron DeSantis and would become Florida's first Black governor. Jolly plans to appeal to voters disaffected with Trump and run on an affordability agenda.