GOP senator deals crushing blow to Trump's AG nominee after Alaska lobbying blitz

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche just lost the last little bit of cushion he had left to survive confirmation. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, announced that she would not support Blanche’s nomination to be the nation’s top prosecutor and law enforcement official, dealing another blow to his rocky confirmation process. Her defection, despite a heavy lobbying effort by Blanche that saw him make the trek to Alaska, means that Senate Republican leadership can’t afford to lose anymore votes to ge