Vote to take place on Blanche nomination after GOP senators drop opposition – US politics live

Todd Blanche, President Trump's former personal lawyer, is on track to become the next US attorney general after Republican senators dropped their opposition to his nomination, according to The Guardian. The reversal came after a deal to withdraw the anti-weaponization fund—a proposal critics characterize as a Trump political slush fund. With key opposition cleared, Blanche's nomination is headed for a vote.

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