Todd Blanche narrowly confirmed as Trump's attorney general in overnight vote

Per PBS NewsHour, Todd Blanche, Donald Trump's former personal attorney, has been narrowly confirmed as attorney general by the Senate in a fifty-to-forty-nine vote. He is the second attorney general confirmed under Trump's current term, as the president pursues his stated desire to use law enforcement to investigate his political enemies.

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