{
  "id": 308472,
  "title": "Senate confirms Todd Blanche, Trump's former lawyer, as Attorney General",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/senate-confirms-todd-blanche-trumps-former-lawyer-as-attorney-general",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-08T12:54:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/senate-confirms-todd-blanche-trump-s-former-lawyer-as-attorney-general"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The US Senate has confirmed Todd Blanche, former personal lawyer to Donald Trump, as Attorney General. The confirmation vote was 50-49, with Republican Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski opposing him, and Senator Bill Cassidy casting the deciding vote.\n\nBlanche had served as acting Attorney General since April and previously ran day-to-day Justice Department operations as its second-ranking official. His nomination was met with opposition from Democrats, who accused Trump of politicizing the Department of Justice. Some Republican senators also raised concerns about Blanche's handling of Jeffrey Epstein-related documents and his role in establishing a $1.8 billion fund.\n\nAccording to the Jerusalem Post, Blanche overcame challenges by agreeing in writing to narrow a tax-immunity agreement and end payments from the fund, which critics called a slush fund for Trump's allies. All Democrats voted against his nomination to lead the Justice Department.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/senate-confirms-cameron-hamilton-to-lead-fema-and-clears-73-other",
        "published": "2026-08-07T20:47:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "US Senate narrowly confirms Trump loyalist Todd Blanche as attorney general",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/us-senate-narrowly-confirms-trump-loyalist-todd-blanche-as-attorney",
        "published": "2026-08-08T08:51:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Financial Times",
        "title": "US Senate narrowly confirms Todd Blanche as US attorney-general",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/us-senate-narrowly-confirms-todd-blanche-as-us-attorney-general",
        "published": "2026-08-08T09:16:56.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Trump's ex-lawyer Todd Blanche confirmed as US attorney general",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/trumps-ex-lawyer-todd-blanche-confirmed-as-us-attorney-general",
        "published": "2026-08-08T10:19:46.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}