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Todd Blanche AG nomination in limbo as holdout Republicans vow ‘we won’t cave’ over weaponization fund

Jul 30, 2026Right

WASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination to run the Justice Department hung in the balance Thursday as a handful of Senate Republicans vowed not to give him their votes until a nearly $1.8 billion so-called “weaponization” fund — formed as a result of President Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS — is permanently scrapped....

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