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Todd Blanche, the acting U.S. attorney general.
It would take just a single Republican no vote to deadlock the Senate Judiciary Committee, effectively sinking the confirmation of Todd Blanche, who was elevated to acting attorney general when Pam Bondi was fired in April.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday morning after President Trump nominated him to serve permanently as the nation's top prosecutor Blanche, who took on the acting role after former Attorney General Pam Bondi was ousted from the position, served as a key part of the Justice Department's investigation...
Watch live coverage as the Senate Judiciary Committee holds a confirmation hearing for Todd Blanche to become attorney general.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Justice Department, is set to be grilled by lawmakers on Capitol Hill during his confirmation hearing. He's also facing a fierce campaign to block his nomination from survivors of Jeffrey Epstein. NBC's Hallie Jackson reports for TODAY.
NPR - 2 hours 2 min agoActing Attorney General Todd Blanche is set to appear before the Senate for his confirmation hearing. And, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has paused most traffic stops after recent deadly shootings.
Todd Blanche previously served as a criminal defense lawyer for President Donald Trump.
NPR - 3 hours 18 min agoNPR's Leila Fadel asks Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff what he plans to ask Attorney General nominee Todd Blanche at his confirmation hearing.
Trump's nominee his former personal defense lawyer will face what is expected to be a contentious Senate nomination hearing US officials are facing mounting calls to remove US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from American streets after federal agents killed two men who were not the target of enforcement action in less than a week. Advocacy groups, including the National Police Accountability Project and the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, described the fatal shootings of Johan...
The attorney general confirmation hearing arrives as Republicans navigate their first major nomination battle without the late Sen. Lindsey Graham.
Trump's nominee will face tough questions over purging of career prosecutors, Epstein files and more Todd Blanche will appear in front of the Senate judiciary committee on Wednesday, as one of Donald Trump 's most loyal and powerful enforcers in government aims to be confirmed as the nation's top law enforcement officer. Few officials have been more instrumental in Trump's crusade to transform the federal government in his second term than Blanche. Trump tapped Blanche, his former...
The former Trump defense attorney has been leading the Justice Department on an interim basis since Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi was fired in April.
Slate - 4 hours 47 min agoTrump's quest for an even more servile Department of Justice.
President Donald Trump's former criminal defense attorney appears before Senate Judiciary Committee seeking support to lead Department of Justice on permanent basis...
Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, during a House hearing last month.
NPR - 5 hours 7 min agoBlanche won Senate confirmation early in President Trump's second term to serve as the No. 2 official at the Justice Department. Now he faces a contentious hearing as he seeks the top job.
NPR - 5 hours 16 min agoActing Attorney General Todd Blanche to appear for confirmation hearing, U.S. restarts blockade against Iran amid standoff over the Strait of Hormuz, ICE suspends traffic stops after deadly shootings.
In February 2026, the California Attorney General announced a $2.75 million settlement with Disney DTC and ABC Enterprises, the largest in the history of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Most of the noise has focused on the legal and interpretive dimensions: how the settlement reads against the statute, what it signals about enforcement posture, and what it adds to an enforcement record that has been building for more than three years. Since the first major CCPA action against Sephora...
Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, last month. As the Justice Department's No. 2 official, he oversaw the release of the Epstein files.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) says acting Attorney General Todd Blanche called the Trump administration's $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization" fund "a mistake" in what the senator described as a courtesy meeting before Wednesday's hearing to review Blanche's nomination to lead the Justice Department. According to Durbin, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, when outrage over...
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), a key member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, says he is "concerned" about acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's role in crafting a settlement between President Trump, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Justice Department to shield Trump and his family from IRS audits for years to come. Cornyn said he was...
President Trump on Tuesday mounted a full-throttled defense of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's leadership ahead of his Senate confirmation hearing, where he will likely face tough questions on his time helming the Justice Department. In a lengthy Truth Social post, Trump praised Blanche's tenure atop the department, claiming his leadership brought murder rates down...
Newly published documents glimpse acting attorney general's grip inside the DOJ as he prepares for Senate confirmation hearings...
Slate - 19 hours 7 min agoIt's shaping up to be a rough week for the acting attorney general.
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