WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 07: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks with a reporter following a series of votes at the U.S. Capitol on August 07, 2026 in Washington, DC. The Senate is expected to have another series of votes later today including a vote on U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be the next Attorney General, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 07: Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) leaves the U.S. Capitol following a series of votes on August 07, 2026 in Washington, DC. Blackburn won the Republican nomination for governor of Tennessee last night. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

US President Donald Trump is seen in his official vehicle known as "The Beast" as he leaves the White House in Washington, DC, on August 7, 2026 to participate in a roundtable on the American mining industry at the US Department of State. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)

People are seen near a flooring truck outside the North Portico of the White House, draped with a tarp, in Washington, DC, on August 7, 2026. US President Donald Trump has hinted at changes to the North Portico's 200-year-old columns, which are in the Ionic style and not his preferred, more ornate Corinthian style. Workers began building scaffolding around the columns in late June. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

People are seen near a flooring truck outside the North Portico of the White House, draped with a tarp, in Washington, DC, on August 7, 2026. US President Donald Trump has hinted at changes to the North Portico's 200-year-old columns, which are in the Ionic style and not his preferred, more ornate Corinthian style. Workers began building scaffolding around the columns in late June. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

People are seen near a flooring truck outside the North Portico of the White House, draped with a tarp, in Washington, DC, on August 7, 2026. US President Donald Trump has hinted at changes to the North Portico's 200-year-old columns, which are in the Ionic style and not his preferred, more ornate Corinthian style. Workers began building scaffolding around the columns in late June. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination to be Attorney General, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 15, 2026. Blanche, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, was set for confirmation on August 7, 2026 as US attorney general after Senate Republicans shrugged off Democratic concerns over politicization of the Justice Department. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) A view of the ongoing construction of a helipad (L) and ballroom (R) at the White House, as seen from the Washington Monument observation deck in Washington, DC on July 23, 2026. An appeals court on August 7, upheld a US judge's order to halt construction on President Donald Trump's prized White House ballroom, but issued a two-week delay to enforcement for a possible Supreme Court appeal. (Photo by Kent Nishimura / AFP via Getty Images)