Republican Nirav Sheth advances to the general election for U.S. House in Washington's 7th Congressional District

Republican Nirav Sheth advances to the general election for U.S. House in Washington's 7th Congressional District

US senators voted along party lines on Tuesday to advance US President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer as attorney general after he formally scrapped a controversial US$1.8 billion fund created through the administration’s settlement of a lawsuit brought by the president. Todd Blanche, who became deputy attorney

Trump threatened to “push hard” to keep a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund active, amid an ongoing feud between two Republican senators and the Trump administration over Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general.

Trump Threatens To Keep Todd Blanche As Acting Attorney General, Push Ahead Slush Fund  HuffPost

After declaring ‘anti-weaponization’ fund ‘dead’, Trump reverses and says he’ll revive it despite Senate opposition The US Senate judiciary committee has scheduled a meeting early next week to consider Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general, as Donald Trump promised to revive the controversial $1.8bn “anti-weap

Trump threatens to keep Blanche as acting attorney general, revive 'anti-weaponization' fund  Reuters

President Trump threatened to keep Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche in his position if lame duck Republicans don’t confirm his nomination in the Senate.

The confirmation standoff with Republican Sens. Cornyn and Tillis is over two grotesque provisions, not how the Justice Department has operated under Blanche.