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  "id": 139974,
  "title": "Trump’s former lawyer advances in attorney general bid after deal with Republican holdouts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/trumps-former-lawyer-advances-in-attorney-general-bid-after-deal-with",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-04T17:24:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3362976/trumps-former-lawyer-advances-attorney-general-bid-after-deal-republican-holdouts"
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  "summary": "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 general after Trump took office, has been serving as acting attorney general…",
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        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "Trump’s former lawyer advances in attorney general bid after deal with Republican holdouts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/trumps-former-lawyer-advances-in-attorney-general-bid-after-deal-with-140022",
        "published": "2026-08-04T17:24:13.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Senate panel approves Trump’s ex-lawyer as US attorney general",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/senate-panel-approves-trumps-ex-lawyer-as-us-attorney-general",
        "published": "2026-08-04T21:06:59.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Blanche deal leaves loopholes on 'anti-weaponization' fund, Trump immunity",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/blanche-deal-leaves-loopholes-on-anti-weaponization-fund-trump",
        "published": "2026-08-04T21:27:25.000Z"
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