Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 7.15.26

Today’s edition of quick hits. * Quite a day on Capitol Hill, Part I: “Todd Blanche faced tough questions today from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, including Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who excoriated Blanche over his handling of President Donald Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund.” * Quite a day on Capitol Hill, Part II: “Jay Clayton, Trump’s nominee to replace Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence, also faced an intense grilling today by members of the Senate Intelligence Committee to replace Bill Pulte. Clayton defended subpoenas he issued to several New York Times journalists last week. He would not answer when asked who won the 2020 presidential election, but he said he was ‘not an election denier.’” * Quite a day on Capitol Hill, Part III: “Despite being regard