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Senate confirms Todd Blanche as Attorney General after Cassidy’s deciding vote

Louisiana senator says he does not fully trust Blanche but voted to confirm him anyway

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What this story says

  • The Senate confirmed Todd Blanche as Attorney General by a 50-49 vote on 9 August 2026, with Senator Bill Cassidy providing the deciding vote.
  • Cassidy said his decision was not a clear-cut choice and that he does not fully trust Blanche to uphold the Constitution.
  • Cassidy cited positive aspects of Blanche’s record as part of his reasoning for the vote.
  • The confirmation followed a contentious process, with Cassidy facing criticism for his support.

Who covered it

Left 44%(78)Centre 39%(70)Right 17%(30)

Percentages are shares of the 178 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 54 of the 232 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

76/100

Craft

77/100

Hype

45/100

232 sources · methodology

Missing from the right

Only 30 of the 178 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.

A reader who follows the right would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.

The US Senate confirmed Todd Blanche as Attorney General on 9 August 2026 by a 50-49 vote. Republican Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana cast the deciding vote after expressing reservations about Blanche’s nomination. The confirmation followed a narrow margin, with no Democratic support reported.

Cassidy explained his vote in a 10 August interview on CBS’s *Face the Nation*. He said the decision was not a "black or white" one and acknowledged that he does not fully trust Blanche to uphold the Constitution. Cassidy also noted there were "positive things to say" about Blanche, though he did not specify what those were.

What the coverage left out

None of the digests specified what Cassidy considered the "positive things" about Blanche’s record. The left-rated digests did not include the exact margin of the Senate vote, while the right-rated digest omitted Cassidy’s admission that he does not fully trust Blanche.

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Coverage settled. We checked this 43 times and stopped on 15 Aug 2026, 00:30. The figures above are what it finished at.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

78 rated outlets

  • The four left-rated digests led on Cassidy’s admission that he does not fully trust Blanche. *Joe.My.God.* and *Raw Story* both highlighted Cassidy’s statement that he harbours "existential anxiety" about Blanche’s commitment to the Constitution. *Mediaite* and *USA Today* carried Cassidy’s remark that the decision was not a "black or white" one, framing it as a conflicted choice.
  • All four digests included Cassidy’s reference to "positive things" about Blanche, though none specified what those were. *Raw Story* described Cassidy’s admission as a "stunning confession", while *Mediaite* noted the "heavy backlash" from opponents of the Trump administration.

Centre

70 rated outlets

  • The two centre-rated digests focused on the procedural outcome and Cassidy’s rationale. *Newsweek* led with the 50-49 vote and described Blanche’s confirmation as an "uphill battle". *CBS News* carried Cassidy’s quote that the decision was not a "black or white" one, presenting it as a nuanced position rather than a contradiction.

Right

30 rated outlets

  • The right-rated outlets led on Todd Blanche’s confirmation as U.S. attorney general after a 50-49 Senate vote, with Senator Bill Cassidy casting the deciding vote. All named the final tally, the two Republican senators who opposed the nomination, and Blanche’s prior role as Donald Trump’s personal lawyer. The swearing-in ceremony was mentioned in six of the 12 reports.
  • Al Bawaba’s full report carried Blanche’s statement calling his appointment an honour. It also detailed the $1.8 billion fund proposal, its withdrawal under Senate pressure, and Democratic leader Chuck Schumer’s accusation that Blanche would enable Trump’s corruption. The digests did not include these elements or Schumer’s remarks.
  • None of the digests mentioned the Epstein case files or the fund’s potential misuse for January 6 defendants. The Daily Caller and Conservative Daily News framed the confirmation as a defeat of a left-wing smear campaign, a phrase neither the full report nor the other digests used.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Senate confirms Todd Blanche as Attorney General after Cassidy’s…?
Of the 178 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 44% are rated left, 39% are rated centre, 17% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 232. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Senate confirms Todd Blanche as Attorney General after Cassidy’s… left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 178 rated outlets on this story, 44% are rated left, 39% are rated centre, 17% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Senate confirms Todd Blanche as Attorney General after Cassidy’s… biased?
Senate confirms Todd Blanche as Attorney General after Cassidy’s deciding vote is one event reported by 232 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Senate confirms Todd Blanche as Attorney General after Cassidy’s…?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Senate confirms Todd Blanche as Attorney General after Cassidy’s…?
232 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What was the Senate vote margin for Todd Blanche’s confirmation?
The Senate confirmed Todd Blanche as Attorney General by a 50-49 vote on 9 August 2026. Senator Bill Cassidy cast the deciding vote, with no reported Democratic support for the nomination.
Why did Senator Bill Cassidy vote to confirm Todd Blanche?
Cassidy said his vote was not a "black or white decision" and cited positive aspects of Blanche’s record. He also admitted he does not fully trust Blanche to uphold the Constitution but voted to confirm him anyway.
Did any outlets report what Cassidy saw as positive about Blanche?
No. Cassidy mentioned there were "positive things" about Blanche but did not specify what they were, and none of the digests included details on this point.

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