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.

The Protect College Sports Act failed to reach a vote during an all-night, pre-recess session in the Senate, though the bill did gain a spot on next month’s calendar after the chamber comes back from

Last-minute amendments stalled a vote on Protect College Sports Act ahead of Congress' recess, pushing the bill to September's docket.

The Protect College Sports Act failed to reach a vote during an all-night, pre-recess session in the Senate, though the bill did gain a spot on next month's calendar after the chamber comes back from its summer break.

The college sports bill could pass the Senate as early as September, but with midterm elections coming, its passage is anything but certain

Colin Gray, father of the Apalachee High School shooter, is seeking a new trial days after being sentenced to 15 years in prison.

A man sentenced to 15 years in prison after giving his son the gun he used in a deadly high school shooting in Georgia has asked for a new trial

Colin Gray​, the father convicted for his role in the deadly shooting at Georgia's Apalachee High School, is asking for a new trial.

Attorneys for Colin Gray, the father of convicted Apalachee High School shooter, filed a motion for a new trial in Barrow County following his 15-year prison sentence, according to court records.

Idaho police say Chad Williams, who has ties to Arizona, shot people at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant. They still don't know why.

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.