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Who was confirmed as the new Attorney General and how did the Senate vote?
The nation has a new top law enforcement official on Angelo Bavaro Fox News. President Trump's nearly doomed attorney general pick Todd Blanch squeaked through Senate confirmation overnight after a last minute Republican lifeline.
His narrow confirmation comes after Senator Bill Cassidy backed him, and it was a key vote after Republicans Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski sided with Democrats to oppose him.
On this vote, the yeas are fifty, the nays are forty-nine. The nomination is confirmed.
Blanche is reacting saying, I am deeply honored by the trust and confidence President Trump has placed in me to lead the Department of Justice as our great nation's eighty-eighth attorney general.
Fox is Madeline Rivera. The Senate also advanced a bipartisan interim spending bill, which helps avoid a government shutdown. President Trump says he's planning to appeal to the Supreme Court after a lower court ordered the halt of construction on the White House ballroom.
Why is the White House ballroom construction facing a Supreme Court appeal?
Federal Appeals Court affirming two to one that whether quote a massive ballroom should be constructed is for Congress to decide and not a matter for executive self help. And it cites the Constitution as assigning Congress, not the executive, the responsibility to decide proposed changes to the physical design of the White House and that in order to move forward the Trump administration must obtain Congress's authorization. Well President Trump blasted the ruling on truth. Social saying, in part, quote, We are presidents elected by the people of the United States of America and have many rights, including the right to fix, renovate, secure, protect, and beautify the White House grounds, which has been built and rebuilt and renovated and re renovated, prepared, and simply made better.
Fox is Chenley Painter. Former President Joe Biden's prostate cancer has spread to other parts of his body. That's according to his son Hunter in a new interview with the BBC. Hunter also said the cancer is causing his father pain, even as he continues to speak out on public issues. America is listening to Fox News.
What is the latest update on President Biden’s health according to his family?
Talks continue between the US and Iran.
President Trump is speaking more realistically about the peace talks. He's not saying things are going great. He's saying things are going fine, and that the reason the United States has not hit Iran again is because he's trying to give peace a chance. It's not because we're out of ammo.
We have certain types of munitions that are very powerful. That we have unlimited virtual unlimited supply. We have others where it's a little bit tighter.
We have been led to believe earlier in the week that the conflict could be over.
How are the US‑Iran peace talks progressing and what is the US stance on military options?
By now, it hasn't happened yet.
Fox is Peter Ducey, a spokesperson for Iran's IRGC, says the straight-of harmuz will reopen if the US accepts Iran's terms, adding the reopening is independent of talks between Iran and Oman. Several high profile democrats are rallying around Senate candidate Abdul El Sayed after his primary victory in Michigan.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris is the latest high profile democrat to endorse progressive Michigan Senate nominee Abdul al Sayed.
These elections will help determine. What our government does is On a whole lot of issues.
Sayed, who was critical of the Biden Harris administration's handling of Gaza, supported the uncommitted movement against their renomination in twenty twenty four. When Harris became the nominee, he called her campaign's effort to sell Joy, quote, nauseating.
What are the recent developments in the Ukraine conflict and Russian attacks?
Now he's thanking Harris for the support, writing, She understands the key role control of the U.S. Senate plays in lowering prices for Michiganders and holding Trump accountable. Pete Butch and Gavin Newsom will rally for El Sayat in Michigan.
Fox is Mark Meredith. Four people, including a child, were killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine's capital and the surrounding region. This has Ukraine hit another oil refinery in Russia, according to local officials. Residents are enduring regular drone and missile barrages that Kyiv's depleted air defenses are struggling to counter.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Who was confirmed as the new Attorney General and how did the Senate vote?
0:02–0:56
2
Why is the White House ballroom construction facing a Supreme Court appeal?
0:56–2:01
3
What is the latest update on President Biden’s health according to his family?
2:01–2:32
4
How are the US‑Iran peace talks progressing and what is the US stance on military options?
2:32–3:23
5
What are the recent developments in the Ukraine conflict and Russian attacks?
3:23–3:54