
The Hill - 5 hours 11 min ago
Democratic state Attorney General Xavier Becerra and former Fox News host Steve Hilton (R) clashed on the debate stage Wednesday as they jostle in a contentious race to replace California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D). The rivals sparred over the economy, immigration and healthcare in an hourlong CNN debate, the first and only scheduled just days...

NY Post - 8 hours 25 min ago
More than 270 Catholic clerics sexually abused nearly 1,000 children across three Massachusetts dioceses over decades, according to an investigative report the state's attorney general released on Wednesday.

New York Times - 10 hours 2 min ago
The report is the latest investigation by a state attorney general or local prosecutor into child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

The Hill - 11 hours 48 min ago
President Trump wrote Wednesday that he asked U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche to "study" the Office of Inspector General's report that cleared former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell of criminal wrongdoing related to the central bank's renovations. "I have asked Attorney General Todd Blanche to study the report, and make a determination as to what...

The Guardian - 13 hours 9 min ago
The charges are senior officials' latest attempt to heighten voter fraud concerns amid midterm election campaigning US politics live latest updates The US Department of Justice indicted another 10 individuals on noncitizen voting related charges on Wednesday as Donald Trump 's administration continues to pursue allegations of voter fraud raised by the president. In the sixth announcement of its kind this month, the attorney general, Todd Blanche, and homeland security secretary, Markwayne...

The Hill - 13 hours 28 min ago
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for Senate, did not attend Vice President Vance's rally in South Texas Wednesday, but is expected to attend President Trump's stop at a manufacturing plant in Texas on Thursday. Vance, who was in Texas to stump for GOP House candidate Eric Flores, gave Paxton a shoutout despite...

The Guardian - 13 hours 32 min ago
No new indictments from eight-year investigation as state attorney general says church knew about abuse More than 270 Catholic clerics sexually abused nearly 1,000 children across three Massachusetts dioceses over several decades, according to a report released by the state's attorney general's office on Wednesday. The eight-year-long investigation did not result in new indictments, the office said, claiming that some conduct identified was not a crime under Massachusetts law at the time...

The Hill - 13 hours 35 min ago
Three attorneys general in anti-abortion states filed a lawsuit directly with the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday challenging the abortion shield laws of three Democratic-led states that protect physicians who send medication abortion through the mail. Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill (R), along with her counterparts in Alabama and Arkansas, said the shield laws in New...

NY Post - 14 hours 23 min ago
The son of late Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel endorsed Republican Saritha Komatireddy for state attorney general on Wednesday in a blow against incumbent Democrat Letitia James. Elisa Wiesel, whose father authored the book “Night” that documented life in the Nazi concentration camps, posted a photo of him standing with the GOP...

Fox News - 15 hours 6 min ago
Louisiana Republican Attorney General Liz Murrill filed two lawsuits targeting blue-state shield laws and the online abortion pill pipeline.

Fox News - 15 hours 18 min ago
Attorney General Todd Blanche announced indictments of 10 lawful permanent residents accused of noncitizen voting in Minnesota elections since 2022.

NBC News - 17 hours 38 min ago
Christa Pike, 50, has spent three decades on death row for a murder she committed at 18. Hours before her scheduled execution, a federal appeals court issued a temporary stay, halting the process as the court reviews her case. NBC News' Jesse Kirsch and Misty Marris report on Tennessee attorney general's effort to move forward with the execution.

The Hill - 19 hours 35 min ago
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for Senate in the Lone Star State, said that the GOP's midterm convention in Dallas hurt him politically. "So to be honest with you, the numbers when we did that convention it dropped our numbers. Everybody's numbers dropped. Right now, yeah, not good," Paxton said...