(FILES) Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks as US President Donald Trump listens during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, shortly after a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 25, 2026. The US Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Todd Blanche as attorney general early on August 8, 2026 after Republican lawmakers shrugged off Democratic concerns over politicization of the Department of Justice. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)