The Senate confirmed Pam Bondi as the next U.S. attorney general on Tuesday evening, placing a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump at the helm of the Justice Department. The 54-46 vote fell primarily along party lines,

A Tampa-area native, Pam Bondi became the second Floridian and the third woman to hold the office of U.S. attorney general.

Pam Bondi has been sworn in as attorney general. She's taking charge of the Justice Department as it braces for upheaval with President Donald Trump looking to exert his will over an agency that's long provoked his ire.