Todd Blanche sworn in as US attorney general after bruising confirmation fight ⊕
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Blanche won Senate confirmation by 50 votes to 49 after the White House persuaded a handful of Republican holdouts to join the "yes" column.
Todd Blanche, Trump’s former personal lawyer, sworn in as US attorney general ⊕
Loyalist sworn in after Senate voted narrowly in favor of his confirmation on Saturday morning
Todd Blanche has been sworn as US attorney general, cementing Donald Trump’s installation of his former p…
Bernie Sanders calls on Silicon Valley to ‘pause AI development’ in interest of humanity ○
Progressive US senator urges Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic to ‘stop building machines that humans cannot control’
Senator Bernie Sanders has called on Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic executives to halt their …
Trump admits ‘some contractor error’ in DC reflecting pool renovation – but still blames ex-Olympian for vandalism – live ⊖
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
US president says the mishandled work ‘was a very small area’ of the pool and ‘was relatively inconsequential’
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How the US far-right weaponised ‘inshallah’ against Abdul El-Sayed ⊕
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a story from Al Jazeera 🚨 › Al Jazeera English
After his Senate primary win in Michigan, the Egyptian American doctor faced a coordinated digital smear campaign.
Centrist Democrats dismiss Abdul El-Sayed as a freak radical. Do they want to win in 2028 or not? | Nesrine Malik ⊕⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Americans want someone on their side in the fight against vested interests – that means politicians like the Michigan primary winner and Zohran Mamdani
Abdul El-Sayed’s win in the Michigan Senate prim…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez freezing her eggs and hasn't 'ruled out' presidential run ⊕
The popular Democratic congresswoman also said "anything was possible" when asked about a possible Senate bid.
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