President Trump nominates Todd Blanche for attorney general (opens in new tab)

President Trump on Monday formally nominated Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general, sending his former personal lawyer’s name to the Senate after Blanche led the Justice Department as acting attorney general since April. Blanche previously served as deputy attorney general from March 2025 to April 2026 and, before joining the administration, worked on Trump’s defense team in the New York hush-money case and two federal cases against Trump. The nomination starts a Senate confirmation fight...