Uncertainty shrouds Blanche’s nomination to be Trump’s next attorney general as key Republicans postpone vote – live

Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis had demanded further assurances about the settlement of Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service

Sign up for the US Breaking News email

Several new national polls came out this morning or offered more in-depth details on results, with surveys of voter attitudes on the midterms, Trump, democratic socialism and election integrity.

Here’s a roundup of what’s new:

A new CNN poll showed Democrats leading Republicans by 8 points in a generic ballot and a large advantage in voter enthusiasm for Democrats heading into the midterms. And a majority of those polls also agreed that Congress would be better off if most current members were unseated this year, which CNN noted was “higher by double digits than the share who felt that way ahead of the Democratic wave election in the midst of the Iraq War in 2006”.

Washington Post/Ipsos poll from earlier this month, written up today by the outlet, showed that three in four Democrats would consider supporting a democratic socialist for president, though that number dips to less than half when looking at all Americans.

A Gallup poll shows that Americans across the political spectrum are concerned about pressure on election officials to change results, which comes amid rising political pressure from the Trump administration on election denialism