Trump Threatens to Withdraw Blanche as Attorney General, Dealing Blow to Nomination

Source: www.nytimes.com · Section: politics · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 22:27:44 GMT

President Trump’s threat followed a day of fruitless negotiations with two Republican holdouts, Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis.

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