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Senate panel delays critical vote to advance Blanche attorney general nomination

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s confirmation process to permanently remain in the position was set back on Wednesday when a key Senate committee postponed a key vote advancing his nomination. A spokesperson for the Senate judiciary committee, which is led by Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), suggested Wednesday’s vote was pushed back because Blanche lacks the […]

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Senate committee postpones vote on Todd Blanche’s nomination over disagreements with GOP senators

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Senate committee postpones vote on Todd Blanche’s nomination over disagreements with GOP senators

Two Republicans on the Judiciary Committee said they have not received the assurances they’re seeking from the Justice Department regarding the Trump-IRS settlement.

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'Oh my God!' Todd Blanche's 'slippery' escape from near-certain rebuke stuns onlookers

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'Oh my God!' Todd Blanche's 'slippery' escape from near-certain rebuke stuns onlookers

The delayed vote to advance the confirmation of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is drawing sharp online reactions.On Wednesday, reporters revealed that the Senate Judiciary Committee planned to delay the markup and vote on Blanche's nomination to be President Donald Trump's attorney general, with Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the committee chair, saying he's working to help shore up votes to advance the nomination.Online, reactions ranged from surprise to condemnation of the move by the Republican-led committee. Blanche's confirmation had been complicated by his handling of the Epstein files as deputy attorney general and his refusal to put in writing that Trump's anti-weaponization fund is dead."Republicans just took down the Blanche vote for tomorrow," Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) reacted on Bluesky. "Shows how truthful Blanche was about the slush fund deal being dead, that he couldn't even convince Republicans. He's a slippery weasel, and that was a slippery deal.""Simply have to lmao," wrote Max Steele, the senior director of communications for the gun-control advocacy group Everytown.Capitol Hill reporter Scott MacFarlane shared a quote from Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), saying, "Republicans were forced to postpone Todd Blanche's confirmation vote because they knew he was too corrupt and untrustworthy to get enough votes."Garcia's quote continued, "Blanche went from being Trump's personal lawyer to running the Epstein files cover-up and orchestrating billion-dollar slush funds."Eric Michael Garcia, the Washington bureau chief at The Independent and MS NOW columnist, reacted on Bluesky by simply writing, "Oh my god!""What's really stunning here is that they went ahead with hearings when they didn't have the votes," noted Noah Berlatsky, a writer for the legal and political Substack Public Notice. "Everybody desperately tries to avoid this happening usually. If they don't have the votes, they don't hold hearings.""Republicans just took down the Blanche vote for tomorrow. Shows how truthful Blanche was about the slush fund deal being dead, that he couldn’t even convince Republicans. He’s a slippery weasel, and that was a slippery deal," Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) posted on Bluesky.

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Graham's Swan Song Makes Senate Headway

As his final act in Washington, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina got President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky all under one roof. And then he got a stalled bill "unjammed" in the Senate.

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Todd Blanche’s rocky road: From the Politics Desk

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Todd Blanche’s rocky road: From the Politics Desk

In today’s edition, we dig into the uncertain paths forward for Todd Blanche’s attorney general nomination and the Iran war.

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Republicans postpone Todd Blanche committee vote as questions swirl

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Republicans postpone Todd Blanche committee vote as questions swirl

The Senate Judiciary Committee is delaying the vote to advance Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, according to breaking news.Andrew Desiderio, the senior congressional reporter for Punchbowl News, shared the news on a post on X alongside a copy of a Senate Judiciary Committee agenda with Blanche's nomination on it. The copy also had the red letters "POSTPONED" across the top.The committee was initially scheduled to vote on Blanche's confirmation on Thursday, which is a key procedural hurdle the acting attorney general needs to cross before he is confirmed. The news comes after speculation swirls about whether Blanche will secure the job as President Donald Trump's attorney general, with some GOP senators leaving it uncertain how they'll vote. Blanche can't afford to lose even one GOP vote on the Judiciary Committee if every Democrat votes against him.Fox News chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram wrote in a post on X that a spokesperson for Sen. Chuck Grassley, the Judiciary Committee chair, said, "Chairman Grassley works to set President Trump's nominees up for success in committee, not failure." The statement from Grassley's office mentioned Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), who left it unclear whether they'll vote to advance Blanche."Senators Cornyn and Tillis want written assurances from the Department of Justice regarding the Trump-IRS settlement," according to the statement shared by Pergram. "Tomorrow’s markup is postponed as work continues to secure sufficient support in committee to favorably report Attorney General-nominee Todd Blanche, who is highly qualified for the job."

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Judiciary Committee cancels vote on Blanche AG nomination amid GOP opposition

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Judiciary Committee cancels vote on Blanche AG nomination amid GOP opposition

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) late Wednesday evening canceled a scheduled meeting to consider the nomination of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to lead the Justice Department amid opposition from some GOP senators on the panel. “Chairman Grassley works to set President Trump’s nominees up for success in committee, not failure. Senators Cornyn…

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GOP Resistance Stiffens to Trump Attorney General Pick

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GOP Resistance Stiffens to Trump Attorney General Pick

Holdouts want “anti-weaponization fund” formally killed and changes to no-audits language before they will vote for Todd Blanche.

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'Can’t prove that': Critics howl as Fox News shuts down a Tuberville lie

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'Can’t prove that': Critics howl as Fox News shuts down a Tuberville lie

Fox Business is not universally known for holding Republican or MAGA sources accountable for falsehoods when they’re in front of cameras. That’s why a quick correction of bloviation from Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) was such a shock.On Wednesday, armed with thousands of pages of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s private pandemic diaries, Senate Republicans had planned to grill Fauci over alleged inconsistencies as the science of the COVID-19 pandemic continued to evolve over the pandemic’s history.But Fauci, the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, pleaded the Fifth and refused to answer questions as he squared off square off with committee Chairman Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and the hearing devolved into a letdown for Paul and Republicans. Paul indicated during the hearing Wednesday that he plans to hold a committee vote next week to declare Fauci in contempt of Congress. And other Republicans ranted their frustration before reporters later that day.“He put this country in a tailspin,” Tuberville told Fox Business. “He almost bankrupted our country worth what they did. Between Obama and Biden this guy get’s ‘Weasel of the Year’ award.”Tuberville went on to vow Fauci would “eventually end up broke or in prison [because] I’m eventually gonna be governor of Alabama … and we’re gonna sue the heck out of this guy.”“He’s going to court everyday of his life for the rest of his life … because the pardon doesn’t cover state government. And we’re gonna go after him with everything we got because the guy killed or had something to do with the killing of 9 million people.”“Yeah, we can’t prove that,” the Fox Business anchor immediately countered. “That’s yet to be determined how many people are due to that.”“Oh, yeah. We can determine it,” Tuberville insisted. “… He was the guy that funded this.”You said you can determine it. We understand that. We understand that you want to move to do that,” the host corrected.“Just another day on Capitol Hill,” said reporter Jamie Dupree on X.Another critic raged: “9 MILLION?! The official Covid-19 death toll stands at ~1,123,000.”“This is such an utterly insane thing to say,” said another. “This has gotten way out of hand. Trump should honestly speak up for Fauci at this point if he has any goodness in him whatsoever.”Other hecklers pointed out that the Fox anchor’s instant fact check only happened because the network has lost very expensive lawsuits for past lies.“Thank God Fox News has lost a few very expensive lawsuits recently, otherwise you know damn well her response would be more along the lines of "and some say it's even double that,” said the critic on X.

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