politics
Trump Signs Executive Order; Cornyn Deal Clears Path for Blanche's Attorney General Nomination
President Trump signed an executive order Monday afternoon. Separately, Sen. John Cornyn reached a Justice Department agreement ending an $1.8B fund, removing his hold on Todd Blanche's AG nomination.
Why We Ran This
This story runs to restore the institutional context around a nomination process that affects how federal law is enforced, context that fragments easily into partisan reaction without it.
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