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

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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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MAGA Republican abruptly ends presser rather than disavow son-in-law's Nazi posts

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MAGA Republican abruptly ends presser rather than disavow son-in-law's Nazi posts

A Senate candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump fled a rural Georgia press conference Thursday rather than answer questions about his son-in-law, white nationalist influencer David Alan Scheer II.Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) abruptly ended the event after reporters peppered him with questions about a CNN report that found Scheer had built a large online following promoting white nationalist ideology, sharing Nazi imagery, and posting antisemitic conspiracy theories.Collins is the Republican Senate candidate challenging Democratic incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) in November. "We fully addressed that, but Jon Ossoff refuses to disavow these Democrat socialist movements in our country," Collins said, according to Greg Bluestein of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, when reporters asked him to condemn his son-in-law's statements."Could you address the question regarding anti-Semitism?" a reporter asked.Collins deflected with a list of complaints about Ossoff's votes on spending, cash bail and immigration."These aren't Georgia values, y'all. That's what he needs to answer to," the candidate said.Then he packed up his notes, and a reporter followed him out."You don't want to talk about your son-in-law at all? Do you embrace him in the family? Share his views?" the reporter called out.Collins did not respond.CNN's reporting found that Scheer — who is married to Collins' daughter and lives on a Collins-owned property — promoted Patriot Front, the white supremacist group that marched through Washington, D.C., over the July 4th weekend. "There's nothing wrong with White Nationalism," Scheer wrote in YouTube comments, according to the CNN report.Scheer also warned in a podcast that white people faced extinction and called for "clearing our land of other people."Collins quietly removed Scheer's photo from his campaign website after the CNN story broke.Trump's pick for the Georgia Senate seat has not condemned his son-in-law's statements."Nobody speaks for me, and I don't speak for anybody else," Collins said when asked about the controversy last week.In a statement, Ossoff called Collins "a known bigot and antisemite" and said his ties to Scheer disqualified him from office."Mike Collins has always stood with the Jewish people and Israel, and condemns all forms of antisemitism, no matter the source," deputy communications director Sam Densmore said, not addressing Scheer directly.

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Limelight-loving Fauci all smiles as he’s surprised by flowers left by adoring fan — after getting savaged by Senate Republicans

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Limelight-loving Fauci all smiles as he’s surprised by flowers left by adoring fan — after getting savaged by Senate Republicans

Dr. Anthony Fauci beamed with delight Thursday as he collected flowers from an admirer placed on the front steps of his $2.4 million Washington, DC home.

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Florida AG threatens Fauci investigation after Senate hearing

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Florida AG threatens Fauci investigation after Senate hearing

James Uthmeier says his office is launching a Florida investigation into Anthony Fauci after the former NIAID director invoked the Fifth Amendment.

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‘Hammer of the Gods’ new secret weapon upgrades US Army power to blast enemy missile attacks

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‘Hammer of the Gods’ new secret weapon upgrades US Army power to blast enemy missile attacks

The US Army has debuted the "Hammer of Gods" -- a cutting-edge new weapon-disrupting system designed to trick precision-guided enemy projectiles into missing their targets.

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Trump says he 'may' pull Blanche AG nomination temporarily

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Trump says he 'may' pull Blanche AG nomination temporarily

The news comes as two key Republicans are withholding their support over concerns about the Justice Department's deal with President Trump.

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Trump says he's open to delaying Blanche nomination over GOP defectors

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Trump says he's open to delaying Blanche nomination over GOP defectors

President Trump said Thursday that he would have "no objection" to temporarily withdrawing acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination until his Republican opponents are out of office next January.The big picture: Trump's threat, directed at GOP Sens. Thom Tillis (N.C.) and John Cornyn (Texas), puts Blanche's critics on notice to what the president deemed "the right thing" after their concerns stalled his nomination.Driving the news: "Todd Blanche is a STAR," Trump wrote of his former personal attorney turned Justice Department loyalist.He added that Blanche would "remain, in any event, as Acting."Cornyn had demanded a written guarantee that the administration's controversial "anti-weaponization fund" was dead.What they're saying: "POTUS is mistaken if he believes concerns about the provisions in his tax lawsuit settlement are limited to me and Senator Tillis," Cornyn, who has broken from the president since losing his re-election primary bid to a Trump-backed challenger, quickly responded in a post on X.Reality check: Even if the president withdrew his name, Blanche could retain the vast power of the nation's chief law enforcement officer in an acting capacity, as he has since this spring.This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

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Trump Says He May Drop Blanche’s Attorney General Nomination, for Now

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Trump Says He May Drop Blanche’s Attorney General Nomination, for Now

President Trump’s threat followed a day of fruitless negotiations with two holdout Republicans, Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis.

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GOP senator snaps at 'mistaken' Trump as Todd Blanche turmoil heats up

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GOP senator snaps at 'mistaken' Trump as Todd Blanche turmoil heats up

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) fired back at President Donald Trump on Wednesday, saying opposition to his IRS tax settlement runs far deeper than just two senators.At 11:15 AM, Trump wrote on Truth Social that acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was "a STAR" with the potential to be "one of the Greatest Attorney Generals of All Time."He blamed Cornyn and Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) — "both of whom I refused to Endorse, and whose political careers have been ended by my action" — for blocking the confirmation.Just seven minutes after Trump backed down, Cornyn rubbed salt in the wound by responding to Trump on X."POTUS is mistaken if he believes concerns about the provisions in his tax lawsuit settlement are limited to me and Senator Tillis," Cornyn wrote on X.The standoff forced the Senate Judiciary Committee to scrap a scheduled Thursday vote on Blanche's nomination, a setback for one of Trump's top Cabinet picks, MS NOW reported."I have no objection to temporarily withdrawing Todd's name, if they do not do the right thing, and putting him back after Cornyn and Tillis are out of office," Trump wrote on Truth Social, threatening to pull the nomination entirely and resubmit it once both senators leave office.Earlier Wednesday, before Trump's post, Cornyn and Tillis had told Politico that someone inside the White House — not Trump himself — was blocking a deal."I don't know who it is — I'm just trying to get them out of the way so we can get the president his AG," Tillis said."If this were just between me and Todd Blanche, we would have worked this out, but, apparently, he's getting some pushback from higher ups at the White House," Cornyn said, adding that he did not know who was responsible. "I don't know who, but it doesn't need to be this hard.""Why don't you call over the DOJ and tell them they have one hour and 50 minutes to get me what I asked for," Cornyn told reporters Wednesday afternoon, as negotiations with the Department of Justice dragged on, MS NOW reported."What I've advised the chair, and I would assume Senator Cornyn said something similar, is that we're not prepared to vote yes yet," Tillis said Wednesday night, confirming neither senator had moved.

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

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