Blanche sidesteps questions on federal agents at election sites

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche declined Wednesday to explicitly rule out deploying federal agents to polling places, saying only that he would "follow the law." Why it matters: Lawsuits challenging the Trump administration's use of federal agents near polling places are setting up a legal fight over whether those deployments violate federal protections against voter intimidation. What they're saying: When Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) asked whether Blanche would "commit to following…