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Todd Blanche attorney general confirmation at risk of collapse

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published July 30, 2026 at 11:04 AM CDT
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)
Mark Schiefelbein/AP
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

The Senate Judiciary Committee has delayed a vote on Todd Blanche’s nomination to become full-time attorney general with two Republican senators being the cause for the hold up.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young gets more from Andrew Desiderio, senior congressional reporter at Punchbowl News.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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