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NYTIMES (Ben Hubbard) - Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan Sign Joint Defense Pact

The agreement treats an attack on any of the three countries as an attack on all. Saudi Arabia has recently faced drone and missile strikes that it has blamed on Iran’s allies in Yemen and Iraq.

AXIOS (Ben Berkowitz) - Murkowski will oppose Blanche, threatening his confirmation

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said Friday she will oppose the confirmation of Todd Blanche as attorney general. Why it matters: With two GOP holdouts — Murkowski and Susan Collins (R-Maine) — Blanche faces an increasingly difficult path to being confirmed. What they're saying: "The country needs an Attorney General who will check the worst impulses of this administration. I hope Mr. Blanche is able to achieve that, if confirmed, but I simply do not have confidence that will be the case," Murkowski wrote in a 6 a.m. ET Friday post to X. Zoom out: With Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) still absent, Blanche can only afford to lose two Republican votes, assuming McConnell does not return and all Democrats vote against him, Axios' Hans…