
The Hill - 4 hours 11 min ago
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) late Wednesday evening canceled a scheduled meeting to consider the nomination of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to lead the Justice Department amid opposition from some GOP senators on the panel. "Chairman Grassley works to set President Trump's nominees up for success in committee, not failure. Senators Cornyn...

The Hill - 4 hours 13 min ago
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said Wednesday he is launching a probe into Dr. Anthony Fauci after the longtime health official invoked the Fifth Amendment 100-plus times during a Senate hearing on the COVID-19 pandemic. "Fauci's lack of candor to Congress is unbelievable," Uthmeier wrote on social platform X. "My office is launching an investigation...

NBC News - 6 hours 47 min ago
In today's edition, we dig into the uncertain paths forward for Todd Blanche's attorney general nomination and the Iran war.

The Hill - 7 hours 45 min ago
President Trump brushed off concerns that Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) could hold up acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination in the Senate on Wednesday, saying he heard the process is going "quite nicely. "I don't know what it is, but I haven't heard that there's a problem. I've heard he's going through quite nicely," Trump...

The Guardian - 8 hours 6 min ago
Republican John Cornyn says he will not back nomination without written confirmation $1.8bn slush fund is dead Todd Blanche's hopes of becoming US attorney general seemed to be in jeopardy on Wednesday after the Department of Justice did not provide written assurances to a key Republican senator that a $1.8bn slush fund was dead. The US Senate judiciary committee will hold a vote on Thursday on whether to advance Blanche's nomination. Continue reading...

NBC News - 8 hours 9 min ago
WASHINGTON Todd Blanche's path to confirmation as the next attorney general of the United States faced a setback Wednesday as two key Republicans pressed the Justice Department to commit in writing to kill an "anti-weaponization" fund that could give money to Trump allies and restrict the scope of the tax audit immunity given to the president and his family members.

The Hill - 8 hours 48 min ago
The Senate unanimously agreed Wednesday that Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted sex offender and collaborator of Jeffrey Epstein, should not be allowed a presidential pardon or clemency of any kind. The resolution was brought by Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), who said it was to prevent acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, whom President Trump nominated to stay...

ABC News - 8 hours 59 min ago
One day before the Senate Judiciary Committee is to vote on Todd Blanche's nomination for attorney general, his future remains uncertain.

Newser - 9 hours 23 min ago
Even as senators pressed Todd Blanche on the status of the Trump administration's $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund," an anti-abortion activist pardoned by President Trump acknowledged that he has collected a seven-figure settlement from the Justice Department. The payment illustrates how allies like Paul Vaughn, whom the attorney general nominee...

New York Times - 10 hours 17 min ago
Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, cannot afford to lose a single Republican vote.

The Next Web - 10 hours 35 min ago
xAI has a novel argument for why it should get to keep building tools that digitally undress people. The First Amendment. Elon Musk's AI company, now owned by SpaceX, sued Minnesota's attorney general on Monday, CBS News first reported. It wants a federal court to strike down the first US law banning "nudification" technology. The […] This story continues at The Next Web...

ABC News - 11 hours 23 min ago
A planned vote this week to advance Todd Blanche's nomination for attorney general appears in doubt...

CNBC - 11 hours 44 min ago
Sen. John Cornyn says the DOJ has failed to satisfy his concerns about a deal to shield President Donald Trump and others from IRS tax audits.

New York Times - 12 hours 8 min ago
Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, has said the Justice Department dropped its plan for a $1.8 billion fund to pay purported victims of government weaponization, but the department can make such payouts even without a formal fund structure.

Forbes - 12 hours 27 min ago
Todd Blanche's confirmation as attorney general could fail to move forward if even one Republican senator opposes him.

The Hill - 12 hours 42 min ago
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) on Wednesday said his scheduled meeting with attorney general nominee Todd Blanche was canceled and that he's "not prepared to vote yes" on advancing Blanche out of the Judiciary Committee Thursday. Cornyn, who has been pressing for a resolution to a controversial Department of Justice "anti-weaponization" fund, told reporters that Senate...

Newser - 13 hours 38 min ago
A planned vote to move forward with Todd Blanche's nomination for attorney general appeared in doubt Wednesday as a key Republican senator demanded more assurances from the Justice Department about the settlement of President Trump's lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service. GOP Sen. John Cornyn, a crucial swing vote, called...

New York Times - 15 hours 23 min ago
Ken Paxton, attorney general of Texas, is the Republican nominee for Senate there but has struggled to raise money.

Newser - 18 hours 38 min ago
Elon Musk's AI outfit is taking Minnesota to court over a law that hasn't even kicked in yet. SpaceX-owned xAI on Monday sued state Attorney General Keith Ellison, arguing that Minnesota's new crackdown on "nudify" apps tramples the First Amendment by imposing an overly broad, content-based restriction on AI image...