The Senate confirmed former Trump lawyer Emil Bove, who was on Trump’s legal team during his New York hush money trial, for a lifetime appointment as a federal appeals court judge.

The Senate voted 50-49 to confirm Bove, with Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska defecting from the rest of their party to join all Democrats in opposing. Bove was plagued by reports of whistleblowers alleging that he recommended the administration ignore court orders that would disrupt Trump’s aggressive immigration agenda.

Donald Trump has advised Sir Keir Starmer to cut taxes and slash immigration if he wants to beat Nigel Farage at the next election, as the US president and UK prime minister held talks in Scotland. Trump also called London mayor Sadiq Khan a “nasty person” and urged Starmer to tackle the scourge of “ugly monster” wind turbines during a wide-ranging press conference on Monday.