
Daily Signal - 1 hour 5 min ago
Amid skepticism from lawmakers including some Republicans Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told a House panel Tuesday that the Justice Department has scrapped its planned Anti-Weaponization Fund. The $1.776 billion fund stemmed from a settlement between President Donald Trump and the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax information. Blanche testified before the House Appropriations...

New York Times - 1 hour 19 min ago
Xavier Becerra has had a long tenure in government, including serving as state attorney general and later as a cabinet member in the Biden administration. Some voters have been drawn to that experience, while critics have accused him of weak leadership.

Fox News - 1 hour 46 min ago
A DHS inspection of Delaney Hall ICE facility found compliance with 17 of 22 standards, contradicting some claims in New Jersey's suit against GEO Group.

UPI - 1 hour 47 min ago
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday that the Department of Justice will not operate a $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund.

New York Times - 2 hours 7 min ago
Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, on Capitol Hill today.

New York Times - 2 hours 8 min ago
Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, during an appearance in front of a House Appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday.

NBC News - 2 hours 39 min ago
While testifying at a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department will not be moving forward with the $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization' fund after a court ruling temporarily blocked it.

Fox News - 3 hours 1 min ago
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told lawmakers the Justice Department will not move forward with its proposed anti-weaponization fund, saying the effort is over despite ongoing litigation and questions about its future after June 12.

NBC News - 3 hours 4 min ago
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday that the Justice Department is not moving forward with its $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund.

The Guardian - 3 hours 6 min ago
However, Todd Blanche said the IRS will still be prohibited from auditing Donald Trump, his family and related entities Outright theft': legal experts decry $1.8bn Trump anti-weaponization fund The federal government is abandoning an effort to create a $1.8bn secretive fund to compensate Donald Trump 's allies, but is maintaining an agreement that prohibits the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from auditing Trump, his family and related entities, the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche,...

The Hill - 3 hours 7 min ago
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Trump administration is "not moving forward" with its $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization" fund, though he left unclear how the Justice Department will cement that commitment. "We are not moving forward with the fund. Period," Blanche said, referring to Monday statement from the department saying it would "abide" by a court ruling...

UPI - 4 hours 3 min ago
The New Jersey attorney general filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the GEO Group, operator of the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, N.J.

The Hill - 5 hours 14 min ago
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will testify before a House Appropriations Committee panel on Tuesday afternoon on oversight of the Justice Department. The hearing comes as the Trump administration has faced heavy scrutiny over its $1.776 billion compensation fund, which would help settle claims between those who say the government wrongfully prosecuted them. The "anti-weaponization"...

NBC News - 6 hours 22 min ago
Watch live coverage as Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies before a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing.

The Hill - 6 hours 37 min ago
A divorce trial between Texas Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton and his estranged wife will no longer proceed after a state district judge canceled the public proceedings on Tuesday. Collins County judge Lindsey Wynne canceled the trial following a tumultuous few months between the Texas attorney general and Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton (R). Angela...

New York Times - 6 hours 45 min ago
Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, arriving last month for a meeting at the Capitol, where Republican senators excoriated him over the plan for the fund.

The Hill - 6 hours 54 min ago
House Oversight Democrats are pushing to subpoena Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel, noting that former Attorney General Pam Bondi repeatedly cited both of their involvement in decisionmaking about the Epstein files. Ranking member Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) made the ask after Bondi's Friday closed-door appearance before the committee's investigators, during which Democrats said...

Newser - 7 hours 34 min ago
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche didn't hedge on Tuesday: He confirmed the Trump administration's $1.8 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" is finished. "We are not moving forward with the fund, period," Blanche told a House Appropriations Committee panel. "Not moving forward with the fund ever?" asked Democratic Rep. Grace Meng. "Correct,...

Fox News - 7 hours 54 min ago
Assisted living manager Rosalyn Holt was fired after posting a TikTok video mocking former Attorney General Pam Bondi's thyroid cancer diagnosis, sparking widespread outrage.

ABC News - 8 hours 45 min ago
New York's attorney general is suing the Trump administration over one of its deals to end an offshore wind project...

BBC - 9 hours 46 min ago
The judgement, which was triggered by a case brought by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland, will apply across the UK.

The Hill - 11 hours 12 min ago
On Capitol Hill, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will testify before the House on Tuesday morning in budget hearings. Rubio as well as Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin will do the same in the upper chamber. The secretary of State's testimony comes as a deal between Iran and the...

NBC News - 11 hours 52 min ago
The state of Florida is suing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, accusing the company of putting profit over safety, fueling violence and pushing a product it knew could harm users. The suit is separate from a criminal investigation into OpenAI that Florida's attorney general opened in April.

ABC News - 12 hours 45 min ago
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is set to return to Capitol Hill after the Trump administration signaled it was pausing contentious plans to move forward with a nearly $1.8 billion fund that could compensate allies of President Donald Trump who be...