The Senate confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general on Saturday in a 50 to 49 vote. The Senate also passed a bill to fund the government through December. CNN’s Brian Todd reports.

The vote brings to an end a lengthy standoff between Senate Republicans and the Trump administration over Blanche, who has served as acting attorney general since April. All Democrats voted against his nomination to lead the Justice Department.

Chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on the Senate's vote to confirm Todd Blanche as U.S. attorney general ahead of the August recess.

In a narrow 50-49 vote, President Trump's former defense lawyer was confirmed as attorney general in a vote early Saturday.

President Donald Trump wants U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro to rethink dropping charges over damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

A group suing the Trump administration over renovations to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has accused federal officials of taking steps that could destroy evidence at the center of an ongoing legal dispute over damage to the landmark.

The president has railed against his longtime ally after Pirro’s office concluded that vandals weren't responsible for damage to the landmark.

Trump, who has repeatedly alleged that vandals damaged the pool, ⁠has ⁠sharply criticized Pirro for ⁠dropping ​the case, saying this week that she had "choked" under p

Republican Sen. Jon Husted of Ohio is calling on Rep. Max Miller to resign his House seat and abandon his fall reelection bid

A growing number of Republicans are calling on Rep. Max Miller to resign from office following abuse allegations made by his ex-wife, Emily Moreno.

U.S. Sen. Jon Husted said U.S. Rep. Max Miller should resign from Congress and abandon his reelection bid as Miller faces allegations of domestic abuse. The Ohio senator joined a growing chorus of federal officials who believe Miller should no longer hold public office.

Sen. Jon Husted joined Sen. Bernie Moreno, Miller's former father-in-law, in calling for the embattled congressman to step aside.

Berkshire Hathaway's new CEO Greg Abel spent a significant chunk of the company's massive pile of cash as it invested $10 billion in Google's parent company and repurchased about $4.5 billion of its shares.

The conglomerate struck a $6.8 billion deal, repurchased Berkshire shares and was a net buyer of other stocks, while more than doubling quarterly profits

Berkshire Hathaway chief executive Greg Abel ploughed a net $19.8bn into the stock market in the second quarter, ending a more than three-year selling streak by his predecessor Warren Buffett. The investments,

Investors want to know whether Greg Abel will invest like Warren Buffett, and early signs indicate the answer is yes.

Surveillance video shows a gunman at an In-N-Out Burger in Idaho killing one of three victims by firing through a drive-up window, before shooting more people outside the fast-food chain restaurant

Police released surveillance footage from a mass shooting at an In-N-Out that left three people dead and seven injured.

The shooting in Twin Falls left three dead and seven others wounded. Authorities said on Friday they are still investigating a motive.

The devastating In-N-Out shooting left three people dead and multiple people hurt. South Africa commemorates on Sunday 70 years since the Women's March of 1956, when around 20,000 women of all races marched to the administrative capital,

Trump called Texas' data center crackdown a “mistake” as Governor Greg Abbott pauses approvals over power and water concerns.

During a discussion about AI and the rapid expansion of data centers, Trump said that if he were a governor, he would want the centers “so badly.”

The president's comments to Punchbowl News come just days after Gov. Greg Abbott issued a statewide pause of approval for data centers trying to connect to the power grid.

After putting up tens of millions of dollars ​to connect to the Texas grid, data center companies in the Lone Star State now risk losing their deposits without a clear ‌pathway to power up their server warehouses,