AP Top Headlines at 8:18 a.m. EDT

The Senate has confirmed Todd Blanche as the next attorney general of the United StatesSenators have headed for the exits in the predawn hours without having met President Donald Trump’s push to pass a strict proof-of-citizenship voting billThe UAE said one of its ships was targeted by an Iranian missile and Yemen’s military has attacked Houthi rebels, as the United Nations warns that fighting could escalateRussian attacks on Kyiv and its surrounding region have killed four people, including a childThe Senate has passed a short-term measure to keep federal agencies funded into early December and avoid a government shutdown during campaign seasonAuthorities in eastern China are shutting schools and tourist sites as Typhoon Dolphin heads for the coastA schoolgirl has died from critical wound