WASHINGTON – After weeks of Republican infighting, the Senate finally squeezed through a vote to confirm Todd Blanche as the next attorney general of the United States.

Todd Blanche has been named as the new US Attorney General despite concerns over politicisation of the justice department.

Since Trump re-entered the Oval Office, Blanche has been instrumental in reshaping the department in the president’s image, effectively switching from being the face of Trump’s defense to the face of ...