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NSW shadow attorney general, Damien Tudehope, tells inquiry Jean-Claude Perrottet had a talent for recruiting A senior New South Wales Liberal says the younger brother of former Liberal premier Dominic Perrottet had a "talent" for recruiting and renewing new members to the party, a corruption inquiry has heard. On Tuesday, NSW shadow attorney general and Liberal leader in the upper house, Damien Tudehope gave evidence as part of the Independent Commission Against Corruption 's (Icac)...
Two holdout Republican senators said they will support acting Attorney General Todd Blanche after he scrapped potential payouts to Trump allies. NBC News' Gabe Gutierrez reports.
ABC News - 9 hours 2 min agoActing Attorney General Todd Blanche has rescinded President Donald Trump's $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund" meant for his political allies...
Democrats say agreement which clears way for Blanche's confirmation makes promises president can easily reverse A compromise between Todd Blanche and two Republican senators that potentially cleared the way for Blanche's confirmation as attorney general is weak, Democrats and several experts said, as it makes promises Donald Trump can easily reverse. Blanche, the acting attorney general, posted two documents on Sunday evening showing he was withdrawing an 18 May order allowing for the creation...
NPR - 10 hours 13 min agoTodd Blanche's attorney general nomination is moving forward after two Republican senators received written assurances the Justice Department would abandon a controversial compensation fund.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said she won't attend the Michigan Democratic Party convention in August, citing fears of harassment and antisemitism.
Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, at a hearing in Washington last month.
President Trump on Monday afternoon is scheduled to sign an executive order at the White House. The event comes after Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) reached a deal with the Justice Department to end the $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund for Trump's allies, paving the way for Cornyn to vote to advance Todd Blanche's nomination to serve as attorney general. Watch...
The statement all but guarantees that Blanche will be confirmed as attorney general this week...
Move comes after Blanche gives senators written assurance he will drop Trump's $1.8bn anti-weaponization fund Two Republican senators who threatened to block Todd Blanche's bid to permanently become attorney general announced they will advance his nomination after he confirmed in writing that a planned $1.8bn slush fund for Donald Trump's allies was dead. The US Senate judiciary committee is due to vote on Tuesday on whether to approve the nomination of Blanche, who is already acting...
The battle over Todd Blanche's nomination as attorney general has affirmed the undeniable reality that corruption is the rotten core of the Trump administration.
Acting Atty. Gen. Todd Blanche issued a formal order terminating President Trump's $1.8-billion "anti-weaponization fund" to compensate his political allies.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's Sunday night memo formally rescinding the $1.776 "anti-weaponization" fund leaves intact another key provision for President Trump: an order offering broad immunity to him, his adult children and their business for past conduct. The memo, signed the day after the creation of the fund, has gotten less attention than its...
The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote Tuesday on acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination, a path smoothed on Sunday by a deal reached with Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas). "Sen. Cornyn has reached an agreement with the Department of Justice, which will be issuing a formal order permanently terminating the anti-weaponization fund and making...
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, a key holdout on confirming Todd Blanche for attorney general, struck a deal to end the controversial "anti-weaponization fund."...
The state's attorney general claims that at least one diocese has accepted the position that schools cannot offer exemptions on religious grounds...
NPR - 18 hours 47 min agoActing Attorney General Todd Blanche rescinds President Trump's anti-weaponization fund ahead of his confirmation hearing. And, the president calls off strikes on Iran over a potential deal.
Blanche rescinds fund for Trump allies after GOP senators threaten to block his attorney general bid
ABC News - 19 hours 7 min agoActing Attorney General Todd Blanche has issued a formal order terminating President Donald Trump's $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund" to compensate his political allies...
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination appears to be back on track after he announced a key decision to satisfy two Republican holdouts in the Senate who said they could not support his confirmation until the "anti-weaponization" fund was rescinded in writing. Now, Blanche posted an order establishing, "Beyond any doubt, there is no fund." NBC's Garrett Haake reports for TODAY.
In today's issue: Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said he reached a deal with key senators to formally rescind the creation of the "anti-weaponization" fund, a move that may pave the way for his confirmation to the role permanently. Blanche said in a memo posted on the social platform X late on Sunday that he has withdrawn the order creating the $1.8 billion fund, which was intended to provide payouts to people...
Trump's attorney general pick scraps an "anti-weaponization" fund in a deal with holdout senators.
Trump's attorney general pick says he has reached deal with senators after standoff US politics live
Todd Blanche issues formal order to withdraw anti-weaponization fund' after weeks of negotiations with Republican senators who were blocking his nomination Blanche formally rescinds Trump's $1.8bn anti-weaponization fund' Sign up for the US Breaking News email The pastor of a historically Black church on St Louis's north side, Rodrick Burton has watched with bewilderment as the congressional race in his district has drawn national attention not about the bloodshed in his community...
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) has reached a deal with the Justice Department to end the $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund for President Trump's allies, paving the way for Cornyn to vote to advance Todd Blanche's nomination to serve as attorney general. The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on Blanche's nomination on Tuesday and Cornyn...
Two Republican senators who threatened to block acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's bid to lead the Justice Department said Monday that they will vote to advance his nomination, ending an impasse over plans to create a fund to compensate allies of President Trump. The statement from Republican Sen. John Cornyn...
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