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AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Trump floats pulling Blanche AG nomination until GOP holdouts leave office

President Trump said he would consider temporarily withdrawing Todd Blanche's attorney general nomination rather than bow to two Republican senators blocking the confirmation, a standoff that now threatens to drag past the August recess. Trump posted on Truth Social Thursday that he has "no objection" to shelving Blanche's name and resubmitting it once Sens. John […] The post Trump floats pulling Blanche AG nomination until GOP holdouts leave office appeared first on American Almanac .

President Trump said he would consider temporarily withdrawing Todd Blanche's attorney general nomination rather than bow to two Republican senators blocking the confirmation, a standoff that now threatens to drag past the August recess. Trump posted on Truth Social Thursday that he has "no objection" to shelving Blanche's name and resubmitting it once Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina are out of office. Both senators' current terms expire in January 2027. The move would leave Blanche, already serving as acting attorney general, in that role indefinitely while the White House waits out two members of its own party. The Senate Judiciary Committee had been set to vote Thursday on advancing Blanche's nomination.…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Mississippi completes state autopsy of Nolan Wells as grand jury review looms

Mississippi's official autopsy of 18-year-old Nolan Wells is finished, but the results remain sealed from the public and even the teen's own family, leaving a grieving household and a watching nation no closer to understanding how a college athlete vanished from a barrier island and turned up dead. The State Medical Examiner's office has completed […] The post Mississippi completes state autopsy of Nolan Wells as grand jury review looms appeared first on American Almanac .

Mississippi's official autopsy of 18-year-old Nolan Wells is finished, but the results remain sealed from the public and even the teen's own family, leaving a grieving household and a watching nation no closer to understanding how a college athlete vanished from a barrier island and turned up dead. The State Medical Examiner's office has completed its examination of Wells' body and forwarded the findings to the Jackson County Sheriff's Department, ABC News reported . But officials have not released the results publicly, and the Jackson County District Attorney's office says the full case, including the autopsy report, will go before a grand jury once investigators wrap up their work. That means the central question in this case, what…Open