Cornyn and Tillis react to Trump saying he may pull Blanche's attorney general nomination

Republican Senators Thom Tillis and John Cornyn are reacting to President Trump saying he may pull Todd Blanche's attorney general nomination as it stalls among Senate lawmakers. CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.

President Trump says he's willing to hold his nomination of Attorney General Todd Blanche until January, when he says he'll have an easier political calculation in the Senate.

JVL and Andrew Egger discuss Todd Blanche’s stalled attorney general confirmation, as Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis seek assurances that the Trump administration will not revive a proposed “anti-weaponization” fund for allies and January 6 defendants.

President Trump’s threat to withdraw the nomination of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is raising questions about the future of the anti-weaponization fund as well as the power of the Senate GOP.   Blanche faced a singular roadblock in winning GOP backing for his nomination: a call by many in the party to put in w

Republican senators sought written limits on settlement, but president held firm despite risk to attorney general pick US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump’s refusal to officially end a hugely controversial agreement giving him broad tax immunity and creating a 1.8bn slush fund underscored how the US presid

Two Republicans are seeking written assurances that the Justice Department will not set up Trump’s $1.8-billion ‘anti-weaponization’ program

The president suggested Cornyn was holding up Todd Blanche’s nomination because he endorsed Ken Paxton over the senior senator. Cornyn said it has nothing to do with their political history.

President Donald Trump says he may withdraw and delay Todd Blanche’s nomination as attorney general until Republican senators who are seeking concessions from the top prosecutor leave office

President Donald Trump floats pulling Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general to avoid conceding to GOP demands  Chicago Tribune

Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., have a lot in common. Both are soon to be unemployed, and both have a serial hatred for the people who elected them to public office. That disdain has never been more apparent than it has throughout Todd Blanche’s Senate confirmation process to become America’s next

Trump Threatens to Pull Blanche Pick in Clash With ‘Wounded Bear’ Senators  WSJ

Trump says he could withdraw, then renominate Blanche as attorney general  Reuters

Democratic Rep. Garcia says GOP Sens. Cornyn and Tillis are doing ‘the right thing’ with Blanche nomination  CNN

Trump says he may pull Blanche attorney general nomination – for now  USA Today

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

President Donald Trump said Thursday he may pull acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination for the full-time post to avoid making concessions to Senate Republicans demanding limits to a sweeping tax immunity agreement and potential payouts for Trump allies that the president negotiated with his own Department o

The Republican president said he will keep Todd Blanche in the role as acting attorney general until Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina leave office.

In a post on social media, President Trump threatened to pull acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination to serve permanently in the role until two Senate Republicans who are withholding their support leave office next year. NBC News' Julie Tsirkin reports from Capitol Hill on why the senators oppose advancing B

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he may pull acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination for the full-time post to avoid making concessions to a few Senate Republicans who want him to scale back protections for his family business and potential payouts for his allies that the president negotiated with hi

President Donald Trump said Thursday he may pull acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination for attorney general, looking to avoid concessions to holdout Republicans.

rump says he may pull Blanche's attorney general nomination until dissenting senators leave office  AP News

President Donald Trump floated the possibility of temporarily withdrawing Todd Blanche’s nomination as attorney general amid opposition from two Republican senators, suggesting he could renominate his pick after those lawmakers departed office.

rump says he may pull Blanche's attorney general nomination until dissenting senators leave office  Toronto Star

President Donald Trump urged two Republican holdouts to do the “right thing” and stop blocking his nominee for attorney general, threatening on Thursday to renominate Todd Blanche next year, when both will have retired from office. Trump said on Truth Social that Blanche, who once served as his personal lawyer, was a “

Republican Sen. John Cornyn continues to block Todd Blanche's path to confirmation as attorney general, telling reporters Thursday there were "new complications."

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump suggested Thursday that he might pull the confirmation of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche until two Republicans blocking Blanche’s confirmation have departed the Senate. Blanche would remain as acting attorney general, the president shared on Thursday morning, slamming Sens. Joh

Republican Senators postponed a vote on Todd Blanche's nomination as attorney general amid concerns over his handling of the Trump-IRS settlement.

The US Department of Justice said in a statement after the vote was postponed that it remains ready to work productively with senators Cornyn and Tillis to advance Blanche’s confirmation.

Blanche met with survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse earlier this month after a Republican senator called for it

Sen. John Cornyn says the DOJ has failed to satisfy his concerns about a deal to shield President Donald Trump and others from IRS tax audits.