Senate confirms Trump’s first judicial appointment of second term

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The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s first judicial nominee of his second term, a notably slower pace than at the same point in his first term or former President Joe Biden’s.

The Senate voted 46-42 to confirm Whitney Hermandorfer to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. The vote was along party lines.

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