The Senate early Saturday morning confirmed Todd Blanche as the next attorney general, with the nominee narrowly securing sufficient GOP backing after making a number of promises about how he would ha...

The Senate confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general in a vote early Saturday, cementing the command of President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer.

In a narrow 50-49 vote, Blanche, President Trump's former personal attorney, moves from being the Justice Department's second-highest-ranking official to its official leader.