Donald Trump attacks his own party members as ‘unpatriotic’ after war powers resolution vote in House – US politics live

President says ‘four bad Republicans’ joined Democrats to pass ‘meaningless’ resolution to block him from continuing war against Iran Sign up for the Breaking News US email Despite Donald Trump asserting that this will happen “very quickly”, after two months in the acting role Todd Blanche will face an uphill battle to get his nomination to be attorney general through the Senate. Since taking over from Pam Bondi in April, he has no doubt bent over backwards to demonstrate his loyalty to the president, intensifying the drive to prosecute Trump’s perceived political foes (including securing a second indictment of former FBI director James Comey , after the first was thrown out by a judge), and signing off on the $1.8bn “anti-weaponization fund” (promptly scrapped following a mini GOP revolt) and the highly contentious provision granting Trump, his family and his businesses immunity from IRS audits . Continue reading...