Todd Blanche narrowly confirmed as Trump's attorney general in overnight vote
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Yemen’s military has attacked Houthi rebels as the United Nations warns that fighting could escalate. The attacks target the rebels’ sites and capabilities on multiple front lines. This marks a major escalation since a truce in 2022 largely halted fighting. The country’s civil war pits the Iran-backed Houthis against a Saudi-led coalition allied with Yemen’s internationally recognized government. United Nations envoy Hans Grundberg urged the parties to exercise restraint. In Turkey, a Kurdish peace bill has won approval in parliament. The draft law includes a conditional pardon-like mechanism for former fighters and aims to advance a peace effort with Kurdish militants. Here’s a look at developments across the Middle East on Saturday.
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At least 163 Nigerian captives, mostly women and children, have spoken of the suffering and fear they lived in for six months They were handed over by security forces in Kwara on Friday and were anticipating their return home to reunite with their families. The victims were abducted in an attack on Woro, a village in Kwara State, in February. Some of the freed women were informed their husbands were among those killed in the attack. Some captives told The Associated Press they had given up hope of returning home.
Russian attacks on Kyiv and its surrounding region have killed four people, including a child. Local officials reported the deaths on Saturday. The attacks involved drones and missiles, overwhelming Kyiv's air defenses. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said one person died in a missile strike on civilian infrastructure. Ukraine's air force intercepted 135 of 151 drones launched by Russia overnight. Meanwhile, Ukraine has targeted Russian oil facilities, causing fuel shortages. Six people were wounded at the Ilsky Oil Refinery in Russia due to a drone strike. Meanwhile, Zelenskyy is in Serbia for talks on economic ties and security issues.
Senators have headed for the exits in the predawn hours without having met President Donald Trump’s push to pass a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill. Trump had demanded that senators stay in session and skip their August recess. But there is not enough support for the SAVE America Act. Instead they tried to advance a slimmed-down voter ID bill, but it failed on a party-line vote. Senators wrapped an all-night session Saturday having confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general and approved stopgap funding as a step toward preventing a government shutdown later this year. They vowed to try again in autumn on the voting bill as well as a broader package to fund the Iran war.
The Senate has confirmed Todd Blanche as the next attorney general of the United States. The 50-49 vote early Saturday came after a bruising confirmation fight that exposed deep concerns in both parties about installing President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney atop the Justice Department. While Blanche has already been leading the department in an acting capacity, his confirmation could free him to pursue the Trump administration’s agenda even more aggressively. Blanche’s supporters say his experience as a federal prosecutor and the trust he earned working for Trump as his personal attorney will help him in the role.