{"id":76739,"date":"2026-07-30T05:55:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/30\/blanches-attorney-general-nomination-stalls-over-trumps-irs-lawsuit-us-politics-live\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T05:55:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:55:03","slug":"blanches-attorney-general-nomination-stalls-over-trumps-irs-lawsuit-us-politics-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/30\/blanches-attorney-general-nomination-stalls-over-trumps-irs-lawsuit-us-politics-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Blanche\u2019s attorney-general nomination stalls over Trump\u2019s IRS lawsuit \u2013\u00a0US politics live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lawmakers scrap planned committee vote and seek further assurances that president\u2019s \u2018anti-weaponization fund\u2019 is dead<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the US Breaking News email<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Todd Blanche\u2019s nomination to become attorney-general stalled last night as lawmakers scrapped a planned committee vote.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Barack Obama<\/strong>, the former president who installed basketball hoop on the White House tennis court, endorsed the US Senate campaign of Iowa Democrat <strong>Josh Turek<\/strong>, a state lawmaker who played wheelchair basketball in four Paralympic Games, winning two gold medals, in a new ad filmed as the two shot hoops.<\/p>\n<p>The US Senate unanimously passed a resolution declaring its opposition to any presidential pardon for <strong>Ghislaine Maxwell<\/strong>, the longtime <strong>Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong> associate who is currently serving a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sdny\/pr\/ghislaine-maxwell-sentenced-20-years-prison-conspiring-jeffrey-epstein-sexually-abuse\">20-year prison sentence <\/a>for sex-trafficking crimes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/strong>, the former Maga congresswoman, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mtgreenee\/status\/2082468596765364373\">announced<\/a> on Wednesday that she was married on Tuesday in Las Vegas to another recent exile from Trump\u2019s good graces, <strong>Brian Glenn<\/strong>, the self-described \u201cMaga mouthpiece\u201d who quit his job as White House correspondent for the far-right network Real America\u2019s Voice after his fiancee was cast out by the president for supporting the release of the Epstein files and criticizing his bombing of Iran in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers for former FBI director <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/james-comey\">James Comey<\/a><\/strong> have alleged that US Secret Service agents illegally surveilled him, Trump requested regular updates into the investigation, and law enforcement turned to ChatGPT and a known mafia killer as they scrambled to find justification for criminally charging Comey for posting a picture of seashells that spelled out \u201c8647\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/jul\/30\/donald-trump-todd-blanche-irs-justice-immigration-iran-latest-news-updates\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawmakers scrap planned committee vote and seek further assurances that president\u2019s \u2018anti-weaponization fund\u2019 is dead Sign up for the US Breaking News email Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Todd Blanche\u2019s nomination to become attorney-general stalled last night as lawmakers scrapped a planned committee vote. 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