
The Guardian - 6 hours 50 min ago
Premier Ben Carroll promises if re-elected to close every loophole' used by high-profile accused and convicted criminals to hide their identities in the courts The use of suppression orders by convicted rapists will be banned in Victoria, premier Ben Carroll has announced, with his government committed to "closing every loophole" accused people currently "abuse and exploit" to hide their identities in the state's courts. Carroll and the state's attorney-general, Sonya...

The Hill - 8 hours 54 min ago
President Trump said Monday he has not spoken to Attorney General Todd Blanche nor Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., regarding prosecuting Dr. Anthony Fauci. "I have not spoken to them about that, no," Trump told Semafor's Shelby Talcott in the Oval Office. Last Thursday, Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental...

UPI - 9 hours 32 min ago
Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, was officially sworn in as U.S. attorney general on Monday in the Oval Office.

The Independent - 11 hours 44 min ago
Blanche is officially taking over the agency he has led in an acting capacity since Pam Bondi was fired in April...

The Hill - 13 hours 43 min ago
President Trump's former personal attorney Todd Blanche was sworn in as attorney general on Monday, making him the second official to hold the top law enforcement position during the second Trump administration. Trump's aide Margot Martin posted a video of Blanche's swearing in from the Oval Office on Monday afternoon. The Senate confirmed Blanche in...

The Guardian - 13 hours 50 min ago
Loyalist sworn in after Senate voted narrowly in favor of his confirmation Saturday morning Todd Blanche has been sworn as US attorney general, cementing Donald Trump's installation of his former personal attorney in charge of the Department of Justice. Blanche, who has been serving as acting attorney general since April, was confirmed in his new position during a ceremony at the White House on Monday. Continue reading...

Forbes - 14 hours 3 min ago
Blanche previously served as Trump's personal defense attorney and critics argue he never stopped.

Daily Signal - 15 hours 51 min ago
The Justice Department filed three lawsuits Monday against states that offer in-state tuition for illegal aliens, after securing victories in five similar cases. “Congress long ago made clear that states cannot put illegal aliens over our nation’s own citizens,” Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward said in a statement first provided to the Daily Signal. “By...

Deadline Hollywood - 15 hours 57 min ago
In a purely Made In Hollywood irony, one arm of the California government is helping Paramount’s MAGA backed and legally challenged $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery as the state’s Attorney General leads an antitrust lawsuit to shut David Ellison’s big dream down. As Deadline told you last week, Ellison could find some success […]...

Forbes - 16 hours 8 min ago
Blanche previously served as Trump's personal defense attorney and critics argue he never stopped.

Newser - 17 hours 12 min ago
Todd Blanche has officially gone from defending President Trump to running his Justice Department. Trump's former personal attorney was sworn in Monday as attorney general in an Oval Office ceremony shared online by Trump aide Margo Martin, the Hill reports. Blanche, the second person to hold the post in Trump's...

Huffington Post - 17 hours 22 min ago
The "Last Week Tonight" host called out the Republican following his "dramatic" read announcing his support for the president's attorney general pick.

New York Times - 18 hours 38 min ago
Ms. Flanagan, third from left, has been backed by Minnesota Democrats and national progressives including, from left, Senator Tina Smith, Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Ilhan Omar and Keith Ellison, the Minnesota attorney general.

The Hill - 19 hours 24 min ago
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) threatened to charge WNBA players with assault after a hard foul against star Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham over the weekend. Cunningham has been at the center of controversy in recent weeks over her comments pushing back on transgender athletes in women's sports. She was on the receiving end...

The Hill - 19 hours 24 min ago
President Trump will swear in Todd Blanche as the next attorney general on Monday, following weeks of controversy that ended in the Senate early Saturday morning with a 50-49 vote to confirm the appointment. On the Iran conflict, Trump said Sunday that it is now "like a chess game" and that the U.S. is only...

The Hill - 19 hours 37 min ago
Former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb said during a weekend interview that acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has demonstrated "total fealty" to President Trump. Cobb pushed back when asked during a Saturday appearance on "Mehdi Unfiltered" on Zeteo if Blanche would stand "up to Trump if he's asked to find some fake evidence of...

The Hill - 19 hours 45 min ago
The Senate finished its session early Saturday morning after a long series of votes in which it confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general and funded the government through the beginning of December. But it did not pass the voting security legislation prized by President Trump, as Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) warned. Join the live...

Huffington Post - 20 hours 15 min ago
Once part of the president's legal team, the attorney issued a dire warning on the president's confirmed choice for attorney general.

The Hill - 21 hours 40 min ago
In today's issue: 4 loose ends as Congress enters August recess Senators checked two large items off their to-do list passing a continuing resolution to fund the government until December and confirming Todd Blanche as attorney general when they adjourned for a five-week recess over the weekend. But there are several unresolved issues to watch out for including two major priorities for President Trump when the House returns at...

Daily Signal - 22 hours 42 min ago
In the early months of President Donald Trump's first term, when enemies of the administration clung to the since-discredited Russia collusion narrative, the FBI opened a probe called "March Toll" into then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The FBI launched the probe at the behest of two Democrat senators, one of whom resigned from office in disgrace...