President Donald Trump says he may withdraw and delay Todd Blanche’s nomination as attorney general until Republican senators who are seeking concessions from the top prosecutor leave office. Trump doubled down Thursday on choosing his former personal lawyer as the nation’s top lawman, calling him “a STAR” and saying he will keep him in the role as acting attorney general until Republican Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina leave office next year. Cornyn and Tillis have sought additional assurances in writing that the Justice Department will not revive an “Anti-Weaponization Fund” created to resolve Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service.
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Todd Blanche’s nomination to become attorney general has stalled as lawmakers scrapped a planned committee vote. Key Republicans have demanded more assurances about the settlement of President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service. The Senate Judiciary Committee had been scheduled to vote Thursday to advance Blanche’s nomination to the floor. But Republican Sens. John Cornyn and Thom Tillis have threatened to withhold their support without more answers from the Justice Department about the controversial settlement. A spokeswoman for the committee said in a statement Wednesday night that the vote would be postponed.
Supreme Court litigator gets 6 years in prison for tax evasion case after gambling millions on poker
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FILE - The headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service is in Washington, August 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
Republican Steve Hilton has kicked off his general election campaign for governor against Democrat Xavier Becerra. At an event in Los Angeles and in a series of ads on Wednesday, the former Fox News commentator railed against the state's punishing gas and utility prices and its failure to get control of a long-running homeless crisis. He also urged left-leaning voters who dominate the state to consider voting for him, even if they loathe President Donald Trump. The president has endorsed Hilton. “This election is not about who you hate in Washington,” Hilton says. Becerra is favored to hold the seat in the heavily Democratic state.
Britain's new prime minister must solve the old riddle of how to reinvigorate a slow-growing economy
Britain’s new leader, Andy Burnham, is facing the same old problem: How can he kickstart a sluggish economy so that growing companies and increased output generate enough additional revenue to boost defense spending and pay for everything else voters want without raising taxes? It’s a question that has bedeviled every prime minister since the financial crisis of 2008. And their failure to find an answer is a big part of the reason that the men and women who have taken up residence behind the famous black door at 10 Downing Street in that period have had an average tenure of two years.
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile’s Congress on Tuesday approved nearly all of the remaining changes to a sweeping tax and economic overhaul packag…
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s government announced an investigation Monday into a large foreign investment by Chinese automaker BYD negot…