Blanche confirmation allows Trump to continue ‘pervasive, breathtaking corruption’, says Schumer – US politics live

Trump's former defense attorney, Todd Blanche, was confirmed as attorney general in a fifty to forty-nine Senate vote. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer condemned the confirmation, saying it allows Trump to continue what he called pervasive, breathtaking corruption. Separately, the U.S. embassy in London is offering grants up to half a million dollars for public education programs on shared civilizational values and freedom of speech—a move criticized as interference in British domestic politics.

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