Todd Blanche, who has served as acting attorney general since April, eked out Senate approval, despite growing unease about his willingness to rein in President Trump.Todd Blanche, President Trump’s nominee for attorney general, at a Senate committee hearing last month.
The move came more than a month before the spending deadline, reflecting an eagerness in both parties to avoid a messy fight before the midterm elections.The passage of the interim spending legislation was a departure from the last-minute funding votes that have become the norm in Congress.
The party is racing to get behind Dr. Abdul El-Sayed after a Senate primary that was “spirited,” as Pete Buttigieg diplomatically put it at a unity rally on Friday night, but tensions remain.At a unity rally on Friday night in Detroit, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the new Democratic nominee for Senate in Mic
Republican attacks have focused on terrorism and illegal immigration, while Democrats have sought to capitalize on the unpopularity of President Trump’s cuts to Medicaid.Former Representative Mike Rogers, Senator Jon Husted and Troy Jackson.
Brian Poindexter, an ironworker, is in the spotlight in Ohio’s 7th Congressional District, where Mr. Miller faces multiple calls to step aside.Brian Poindexter, a Democrat challenging Representative Max Miller in Ohio, is suddenly seen as more viable in the wake of abuse allegations against the incu
While the Middle East waits to hear whether a deal can be reached to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the Yemeni government’s conflict with Iran-backed Houthi rebels escalated overnight.Damage at the Mail al-Saila camp for internally displaced people, on the outskirts of Marib, Yemen, on Friday.
The inhabitants of the Chagos Islands were expelled by the British 60 years ago. Refugees were anxious to return this year, but their hopes have been caught in a morass of geopolitics.Roseline Rabouine, who was forced to leave Chagos Islands when she was 8, attending mass in Port Louis, Mauritius, l
A New York Times analysis details the July 20 crackdown on unarmed protesters in New Delhi that has provoked public outrage and accusations of excessive force.
As Ukraine repeatedly strikes warehouses of the e-commerce site Wildberries, Tatyana Kim, its billionaire co-founder, faces her biggest test yet.Tatyana Kim, the billionaire co-founder of Wildberries, Russia’s largest online marketplace, in June.
Ukrainian drones have increasingly targeted warehouses belonging to Wildberries, which many Russians rely on as the country’s largest e-commerce business.An advertisement for Wildberries in Moscow. Several of the company’s warehouses have ceased operations after attacks from Ukraine.
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The state attorney general said that her office had issued subpoenas and would investigate whether employees at the migrant detention center had violated civil rights.The federal detention center has been a persistent target of criticism from protesters and Democratic lawmakers since it reopened las
