The lawsuits stay dropped.

Freight

August 9, 2026 · Ibid.

Editorial cartoon: on a rain-slick Alaskan gravel airstrip, a government turboprop unloads crates stencilled SETTLEMENT (2), 2 LAWSUITS DROPPED and $6M+ IN GRANTS while a man in a navy trial suit with a BLANCHE lapel tag holds out a courier's clipboard and a woman in a parka, hands in her pockets, says: No.

The Senate confirmed Todd Blanche, 52, as attorney general 50-49 in an overnight Saturday vote. Republicans Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski joined Democrats in opposition; to court Murkowski the administration sent Blanche to Alaska for two days, reached two settlements, dropped two lawsuits and awarded more than $6 million in grants. Blanche previously served as Trump's personal criminal defense lawyer at the New York hush-money trial.