US Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Senator Chuck Grassley speaks with an aide as Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies during a committee hearing on his nomination to be Attorney General, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 15, 2026. President Donald Trump's pick to be the next US attorney general -- his former personal defense lawyer Todd Blanche -- faces what is expected to be a contentious Senate nomination hearing on Wednesday. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)