The Senate voted to confirm Todd Blanche as U.S. attorney general, elevating the Justice Department's No. 2 leader and President Trump's former personal lawyer to head the entire 100,000-plus person d...

Blanche, who has already been serving as the top US law enforcement officer in an acting capacity, represented Trump as his private attorney in several criminal trials before entering government.

From a childhood he describes as carefree, "in the style of Tom Sawyer," to a jet-set legal career and now the presidency, De la Espriella has built a narrative of success and self-reliance -- one he ...