Confirmations are flying in the Senate before an August recess.
New heads for TSA and FEMA, dozens of ambassadors in government jobs.
And Todd Blanche gets just enough votes to become Attorney General.
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A couple of Republicans declined to vote for Todd Blanche, saying
that the Justice Department has become too politicized under President Trump.
Working with immigration and customs enforcement has been great business for private prison companies.
They've made record profits this year.
And while a merger of Paramount and Warner Brothers has rattled people in Hollywood,
a couple of movie theater chains, Regal Cinemas and AMC say they wanted to go through.
The merger is still stuck in an antitrust lawsuit.
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