Uncertainty shrouds Blanche’s nomination to be Trump’s next attorney general as key Republicans postpone vote – live

Todd Blanche's nomination to serve as attorney general faced uncertainty as key Republican senators postponed his confirmation vote on Thursday. According to The Guardian, senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis sought further assurances about settling Trump's ongoing lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service. Meanwhile, Americans are facing mounting economic pressures — gas prices have risen nearly a dollar a gallon since Trump took office, mortgage rates reached their highest level in nearly a year, and an economist estimated the cost of the Iran conflict to the average American household at over twelve hundred dollars.

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