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

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

President Trump said Thursday that he may pull his nomination of Todd Blanche for attorney general until Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis leave office. CBS News' Taurean Small has more.

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

The news comes as two key Republicans are withholding their support over concerns about the Justice Department's deal with President Trump.

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 Trump on Thursday floated the possibility of temporarily pulling Todd Blanche’s nomination to serve as attorney general to circumvent the opposition of Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and then resubmitting Blanche’s name after Cornyn and Tillis leave Congress. “Todd Blanche is a STAR, and

US president’s former lawyer has been struggling to persuade some Republican senators to back his nomination Donald Trump has threatened to “temporarily” shelve a bid to permanently install his former personal lawyer Todd Blanche as US attorney general amid resistance in US Congress. Blanche, currently serving as actin

President vows to resubmit his ex-lawyer’s nomination once Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis are no longer in office next year

Government has proposed separating the Office of the Attorney-General from the Ministry of Justice as part of sweeping constitutional reforms aimed at strengthening the independence of criminal prosecutions and enhancing public confidence in the justice system.

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.

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

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appears at his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill July 15, 2026 in Washington, DC. Eric Lee | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on Thursday said he is open to "temporarily withdrawing" Todd Blanche's nomination as U.S. attorney general u

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

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

A lasting delay in the confirmation could send a deeper message.

Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein launch final effort to block Todd Blanche's nomination for Attorney General  CNN

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.

Texas’ outgoing senator has insisted on written assurance that President Trump’s “anti-weaponization fund” is dead as a condition for voting to advance Todd Blanche’s nomination.