{"id":155793,"date":"2026-08-07T20:30:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155793"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:30:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:30:46","slug":"trump-pick-todd-blanche-clears-major-hurdle-in-bid-to-become-us-attorney-generalunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155793","title":{"rendered":"Trump pick Todd Blanche clears major hurdle in bid to become US attorney generalUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostRepublican Senator Bill Cassidy said on Friday he would back Todd Blanche for attorney general, clearing a path for Donald Trump\u2019s nominee after weeks of scrutiny over the Justice Department\u2019s independence from the White House.<br \/>\nCassidy emerged as the probable deciding vote after Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of \u200cAlaska said she would oppose Blanche for the top US law enforcement job, leaving the nomination on the brink.<br \/>\nCassidy\u2019s support for Blanche capped one of the most contentious cabinet&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3363368\/trump-pick-todd-blanche-clears-major-hurdle-bid-become-us-attorney-general?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostRepublican Senator Bill Cassidy said on Friday he would back Todd Blanche for attorney general, clearing a path for Donald Trump\u2019s&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155793"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155793\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}