{"id":134364,"date":"2026-08-08T08:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/08\/senate-confirms-todd-blanche-as-attorney-general-after-weeks-of-uncertainty-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:33:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:33:00","slug":"senate-confirms-todd-blanche-as-attorney-general-after-weeks-of-uncertainty-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/08\/senate-confirms-todd-blanche-as-attorney-general-after-weeks-of-uncertainty-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate confirms Todd Blanche as attorney general after weeks of uncertainty &#8211; NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixAFBVV95cUxObUVXaVpmeE9NWWMyRldDZzJucnRjREZvaXZacWtxb3dxN2k5Z1lfdWI5QXJudlhhQS1xQ09Qb0plTkNqNnJPcGFtU3dXUjg0c2xOUmpxc296am9fZ2phcV9OSjczMVV1TjRuS2FPTFNEOExTcU1HbTZzbU9FMUxqMDNkNEppMnVqdU05cnEwY2lvdkU0cjEyUXZZVm1PdEtIdGNnb0F1R1ZOaWxfODd2b1BGOUFHOEtFSUg5V0dESGlwQjRv?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Senate confirms Todd Blanche as attorney general after weeks of uncertainty<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxOMmVpNHRNcTA5WENJOW9pR19kb0oyOW0xRTdjeHhJMDhGVVlhQWRQcTd0VUVhcmxYbXh4RVJsMjZOZ1NiZmxBaVU4bE15eUxWZEVPcVJzdThPWXY1RWoxT0o3MExBOHotSUlXNWU0Nnd0SHItQjJxVUZZa3g0VEx6R3lB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Blanche confirmed as attorney general at a Justice Department shaped to serve Trump<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxQNUFFdU40bEtQWlBwM3l5U3ZPSEFTM3B3NnFVU3RQOS1hRGFpaWhuclhCSVpyQmpQd2NzbklIVEhqS3YzcDZya0kyeGh3QTZXQ1d2VGxWemZVcE9helFzN3ZJaE1SWVhfYklQVUtNNEk2OXEtbE9tX0FhUm5JZ0xVZzZQSmozc3V1SjhPa2FNYXQ3dnA1a21HWmdtbjd0Wjg1MnBDTThobU44MjZhMy1v?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Senate Republicans narrowly confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/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<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxOU3ZFa1Z4cjJMZnc3aEswWEFFZHBEOWJvMFhXU3VoSGN1OEc3YU5OMzNwUmM2TDFtbGFSUFJTWEJuTThOa2hFYTJVVW54WGF2SFJpcGd2LTFNSVEyaEtCMHNXQUJmVUxJeVJvWXkwZ0lFVTdXN3Vxd21MVGtzV3M2QXF2TUJ2T3Ja0gGOAUFVX3lxTFBpNjJHaENWaUpqbEViejhkOFRLalVfZXhxdW85aWhPd0xTaVNGa3lDQnhoSjFTQU9tbXV6NFdCaGQ3OS1WSy1pZk5td3pDUmJEaWtrRncxUVFkTFVCQ1dGN3JsNHVUeDlzSmZtazFIZ2ZOMVU5a012VTVKYk5CVTlIRVpOWHRmUHJoZXY1ZFE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Cassidy supports Todd Blanche, rescuing Trump&#8217;s embattled attorney general pick<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNBC<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate confirms Todd Blanche as attorney general after weeks of uncertainty&nbsp;&nbsp;NBC News Blanche confirmed as attorney general at a Justice Department shaped to serve Trump&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/08\/senate-confirms-todd-blanche-as-attorney-general-after-weeks-of-uncertainty-nbc-news\/\" 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-134364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134364","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=134364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134364\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}