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Todd Blanche attorney general confirmation at risk of collapse

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

The Senate Judiciary Committee has delayed a vote on Todd Blanche’s nomination to become full-time attorney general with two Republican senators being the cause for the hold up.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young gets more from Andrew Desiderio, senior congressional reporter at Punchbowl News.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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