The United States Senate confirmed Abigail Slater to serve as Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division at the Justice Department in a 78-19 vote.
The confirmation puts Slater, a former economic policy aide to Vice President JD Vance, in charge of overseeing lawsuits dealing with illegal monopolization by major companies.
On Saturday, the Justice Department reaffirmed its proposal forcing Alphabet Inc.'s Google to sell its Chrome web browser after a ruling determined the company violated US antitrust law with its search business, with final remedies to be determined in a hearing next month.