{"id":134122,"date":"2026-08-07T21:52:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/07\/cassidy-backs-blanche-for-attorney-general-appearing-to-clear-way-for-confirmation-washingtonpost-com\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:52:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:52:28","slug":"cassidy-backs-blanche-for-attorney-general-appearing-to-clear-way-for-confirmation-washingtonpost-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/07\/cassidy-backs-blanche-for-attorney-general-appearing-to-clear-way-for-confirmation-washingtonpost-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Cassidy backs Blanche for attorney general, appearing to clear way for confirmation &#8211; washingtonpost.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxOX3VhXzB1WWt6V01LY2xSdllURVBSeUFDZ1ZRck1PWURsSTRZVTJYUnVKcl9qSmExY3c5UzAyM2laNno0Ml83VEhlcVBDR0FIaDBPUFc0eEd1U0hXdnZIejUyU3hzNEZZTWdmRGVjUWUyeTQ1WEFNUVpsM1R4ZHJ1YmlRS01VbkJrOVZhX2RVcE1aLVQwdkpRaWl3MW9DRjNqUjFMVUxUcnBCd204dUhaSXF2YTlXOWNoM05TWg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Cassidy backs Blanche for attorney general, appearing to clear way for confirmation<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">washingtonpost.com<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxNYUg4dWlscW52Qnc2ZFpnY25ObEFwMDdsSkQzaWlCYUJxMzlHdGVZQWYxbUlRbzR2RnUwU1IwVlZRNXN6OC1saGw5MGRfTW1wcUw5NXZ6SGFCVmxRMjZIVWlVOVBUajNnV2pvWmc1VUVsYnlER0dXN0tuSkJkV2xKM3gzYw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Cassidy Will Back Todd Blanche as Attorney General, Salvaging His Confirmation<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiygFBVV95cUxNdFlBdjdKclZVdE1uQ01mS19Gdl9ueFQ1UW1RQkR3dnZjQzdrLW4xTWRjTnhsRU9XcjUtR2ozVE5oZzlMN0lsalBhVmpuaVl5YU9fSlJSR29TQmF4R0lEV25LelJqMHZyZWpvc3o1V0pFRVV3V1JrOUdJdGJNeFVaQVROMVJ4R01PZmJYMzV3d2JGSXdoblNJQ0FxbERFWVBSTjZqQnRaYjc5NEpDSmwwRWlSNTkyYkxqeUJsNUxIRHVfQUI5ZzRNbmxR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Blanche has likely path to AG confirmation after Cassidy voices support<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">KATU<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxQeGhJVlJ0ckRWUEF5aWRiS1R5LUxVMUFyVHBqV2JKYzQ4aGpzY09HYlg4ZmJsNnIzUDlOS01rSVUtTTJ3aFF5NXhzWXE4OG4wVi1PSnVrMU82NHRPeDRvLXJMWnlwTGJpcE1GX3N4X0dJckQxVmpNOElDWi1tZjFJVVJn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Blanche wins votes for Senate confirmation<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi5gFBVV95cUxOaEdfWEI1Xzd1NjBZQU52Wjk0a0ZQRUw5ektDUTBiaGtEUzZQMUs1eGtnbkZjc1NaMkF3N3VoSmRnel95MzZSSk1sQzRUaUZVV0dzdEpSX0ZCWVFUOXpPQWNiNUVHQnhmT2tzUkpzNG05SnF0VXNUUW9sRFlUOWE4ME5tZTdfR1lBaEpIM0RrWER0ZDFEUTlRdEJpQV9JOXNWWWV2d1k1WkFySEdOWVNEQUtJM3JnajVRNVhLQVJQZ0VSWmFoaTJlaVFRLUNranNJWHkwcHRDWlB1MnBCZkc1NkRqaHJhZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Blanche rescinds fund for Trump allies after GOP senators threaten to block his attorney general bid<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">ap.org<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cassidy backs Blanche for attorney general, appearing to clear way for confirmation&nbsp;&nbsp;washingtonpost.com Bill Cassidy Will Back Todd Blanche as Attorney General, Salvaging His Confirmation&nbsp;&nbsp;The New&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/07\/cassidy-backs-blanche-for-attorney-general-appearing-to-clear-way-for-confirmation-washingtonpost-com\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134122\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}