
NPR - 1 hour 34 min ago
President Trump formally nominated his former personal attorney, Todd Blanche, to be the next attorney general. His rise could be a window into the future of the DOJ.

CBS Sports - 2 hours 55 min ago
The Texas Attorney General's Office warned of $200 million in antitrust exposure if the Big 12 takes action against Texas Tech...

UPI - 4 hours 36 min ago
A federal judge blocked a lawsuit by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton against Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue on free speech rights.

The Guardian - 6 hours 17 min ago
Trump administration created fund to resolve his lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax returns Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email A US federal judge agreed on Friday to extend a court-ordered block on the Trump administration's creation and operation of a $1.8bn settlement fund for compensating people who claim to be victims of a weaponized government. Earlier this month, Todd Blanche, the acting US attorney general, told Congress that the government is scrapping its...

CNBC - 6 hours 31 min ago
A judge gave Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent a week to submit a sworn declaration the DOJ fund was not going forward.

NY Post - 7 hours 2 min ago
Florida Sen. Rick Scott is urging the Justice Department to dig deeper into a California voter fraud case involving a woman who admitted paying homeless people on Los Angeles' Skid Row to register to vote. In a letter sent Friday to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon obtained exclusively by The California Post, Scott...

The Hill - 8 hours 16 min ago
Stefanik for Director of National Intelligence and Zeldin as the nominee for attorney general offer a two-lane victory ramp.

The Hill - 8 hours 38 min ago
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), a candidate for governor, is warning schools across the Big 12 Conference that the state would consider suing any institution that sanctions Texas Tech over a decision to play a quarterback who sued the NCAA to regain his eligibility. In a letter to Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark and Kansas Chancellor...

Newser - 9 hours 17 min ago
A federal judge isn't taking the Justice Department's word for it when it comes to the controversial $1.8 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund." On Friday, US District Judge Leonie Brinkema extended her order blocking the DOJ from moving ahead with the fund, ruling that Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's statement that...

The Independent - 10 hours 41 min ago
A jury has convicted the brother of Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell of sexually assaulting women while posing as a rideshare driver...

The Guardian - 11 hours 45 min ago
The 154ft-tall structure for the UFC Freedom 250 gives Trump a chance to to put the government out to the highest bidder "If the government decides, very quickly, to bulldoze the Statue of Liberty the people whose ancestors that was the first thing they saw coming to this country, but the government moved too fast nothing can be done?" asked Judge Patricia Millet of the District of Columbia court of appeals on 5 June to the principal deputy assistant attorney general, Yaakov Roth. "I...

Yard Barker - 17 hours 5 min ago
Texas Tech Red Raiders quarterback Brendan Sorsby's eligibility saga has already consumed college football, and Texas attorney general Ken Paxton threw gasoline on the fire on Thursday.

The Hill - 18 hours 45 min ago
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) predicted in a new interview that the two years after the November midterm elections will be the "most miserable two years" of President Trump's life. Cornyn spoke with The New York Times in his first extensive interview following his defeat to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), who Trump endorsed shortly...

NY Post - 18 hours 52 min ago
Alvin Campbell, 45, the brother of Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell, was convicted of sexually assaulting women while posing as a rideshare driver.

ABC News - 20 hours 58 min ago
A jury has convicted the brother of Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell of sexually assaulting women while posing as a rideshare driver...

The Hill - 23 hours 39 min ago
A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled Thursday that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) cannot move forward with a donation-vetting lawsuit against progressive fundraising platform ActBlue. District Judge Richard G. Stearns blocked Paxton from "continuing to litigate" the case, finding that ActBlue was likely to succeed in its claims that the action infringed on its...