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43 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: November 11, 2026.
Legal experts say the unopposed bid is part of a pattern of the DOJ wiping the slate clean for Trump allies; a judge may still appoint an outside lawyer to argue the other side.
A superseding indictment says Mohammad Al-Saadi, now in federal custody in New York, directed fuel-filled vans toward the British base that houses U.S. troops.
The Oversight Committee's 15-month investigation cites a 'sweetheart deal' and willful ignorance among Epstein's circle, while Rep. Robert Garcia vows public hearings once Democrats take over.
Dhillon, who oversaw the departure of more than three quarters of the division's workforce, says she is returning to private practice after the midterms.
Jacksonville, St. Louis, Baton Rouge and Jackson won the Model Cities Initiative out of about 50 applicants. Attorney General Todd Blanche will visit each over the next 10 days.
A CBS News review finds at least three documents pointing to classified information in the files and tens of thousands of pages apparently removed, including Epstein's own financial records.
WatchThe attorney general says the Justice Department is not laying groundwork for Trump to contest the midterms, days before voters pick between Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola.
The guidance covers Attorney General Todd Blanche, U.S. attorneys and the FBI director, and goes further than the loosening Pam Bondi began, reversing a stricter Biden-era policy.
Attorney General Todd Blanche says the defendants voted in the 2022 and 2024 general elections or this year's August primary. The charges equal a tiny share of Minnesota's 8.5 million ballots.
WatchAttorney General Todd Blanche accuses eight judges of breaking ethics rules by talking to The New York Times about the immigration surge. Judge Patrick Schiltz says he acted well within the rules.
Blanche said existing criminal statutes are enough, days after OpenAI disclosed its agents interacted with SEC and Census websites. Bill Gates, speaking on NBC, said a global AI deal will be harder than Cold War nuclear talks.
The deals resolve allegations that providers used false diagnosis codes to bill insurers and federal programs. NYU had already shut its youth program in February. Mount Sinai, Texas Children's, Cleveland Clinic and Connecticut Children's have signed similar agreements, and DOJ says investigations into other hospitals 'are ongoing.'
Judge Emmet Sullivan's 20-page order found the department's arguments for withholding material 'without merit.' Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act in November, the DOJ released 3.5 million pages in January, and the plaintiff says 'millions' more are still being held back.
Five men, including two Cubans and a 22-year-old Venezuelan, were charged in Manhattan with financing terrorism and murder for hire. All of them are believed to be in Russia.
The attorney general said the Supreme Court's mail-ballot ruling changes nothing about the DOJ's election work, citing 11 illegal-voting charges in ten days. 'We're prosecutors, not regulators,' he said of AI.
The suspensions, tied to an estimated $39 billion in suspected PPP and EIDL fraud, were announced in Kansas City alongside a summer 'Heartland fraud surge' that produced more than 160 defendants. One Missouri man is accused of claiming to own dozens of businesses, including 'Fur Lives Matter.'
Nazira Haji Zada, 47, whose son and son-in-law were convicted in an ISIS-inspired Election Day 2024 plot, left voluntarily rather than fight charges built on classified evidence she was not allowed to see.
The 81-year-old Trump loyalist had lost the confidence of both the Justice Department and the White House, sources told multiple outlets. His wife, Victoria Toensing, leaves the department Friday. No replacement has been named.
Liz Oyer says Justice Department security officers handed her a termination letter hours after she wrote a memo objecting. The man she says fired her is now the attorney general.
Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski were the only Republicans to vote no. Trump's former criminal defense lawyer now permanently runs the department that once prosecuted him.
WatchRepublican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana broke a weeks-long holdout Friday and said he would vote to confirm the acting attorney general, minutes after Sen. Lisa Murkowski said she would not. With Mitch McConnell still recovering at home, Blanche could afford to lose only two Republicans.
Trump's former personal lawyer won over Republican holdouts John Cornyn and Thom Tillis only after formally killing a $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization' payout fund. With Collins opposed and Mitch McConnell absent, the math on the Senate floor is now razor-thin.
The Justice Department issued an order Sunday rescinding the "anti-weaponization" fund and put a second concession in writing. Both Republican holdouts say that satisfies them, clearing Blanche for a committee vote Tuesday.
Plaintiffs who say police used excessive force at the Capitol had until Jan. 6, 2023, to file, the department argued Monday. The earliest claim it found was dated July 29, 2025.
Thom Tillis and John Cornyn want written assurances the "anti-weaponization" fund is dead. Tillis says the ultimatum guarantees Todd Blanche will not be confirmed as attorney general.
Two Republicans want written guarantees that a $1.8 billion fund born of Trump's IRS settlement is dead and that his family's audit immunity is narrow. The Judiciary Committee postponed Thursday's vote rather than lose it.
President Trump's former personal lawyer, now acting attorney general, faced hours of sharp questioning before the Senate Judiciary Committee, with his confirmation far from assured.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche took responsibility for 'mistakes' in releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files and faced sharp questions on a scrapped anti-weaponization fund and Trump's tax settlement.
The president's former personal lawyer has run the Justice Department in an acting capacity since Pam Bondi's firing in April, and now faces an uncertain confirmation fight.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told House lawmakers the department would not move forward with the fund created in Trump's IRS settlement, though provisions shielding the president's taxes remain.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told House lawmakers the DOJ is 'not moving forward with the fund, period,' abandoning a payout tied to a settlement of Trump's lawsuit over his leaked tax returns.
WatchThe president said he will nominate acting Attorney General Todd Blanche — once his personal defense lawyer — to run the Justice Department permanently, two months after firing Pam Bondi over the Epstein files fallout.
Todd Blanche tells lawmakers the Justice Department will not proceed with controversial compensation fund while preserving IRS audit protections for Trump family.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told a House panel the department would not move forward 'period,' days after a federal judge halted the program and Senate Republicans pushed back hard.
Todd Blanche's Capitol Hill meeting with Republicans over controversial compensation fund erupted into two-hour confrontation that derailed party priorities.
Once seen as the most conventional of Trump's appointees, Blanche has taken off the gloves in his new role leading the Justice Department.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche defended the new Justice Department fund — created without congressional approval as part of Trump's $10 billion IRS lawsuit settlement — in his first appearance before Congress, declining to say whether convicted Capitol attackers could collect.
Mr. Blanche's actions are designed to demonstrate progress on the president's priorities, with revenge against political enemies at the top of the list.
Todd Blanche, who served as Trump's lead criminal defense attorney in the 2024 hush-money trial, was elevated to acting attorney general after Bondi's departure over the Jeffrey Epstein files controversy.
Acting Attorney General tells reporters 'nobody has any idea' what led to Bondi's sudden dismissal during Iran war crisis.
Bondi's 14-month tenure ends as the shortest for a confirmed AG in 60 years; sources say Trump grew furious over failed prosecutions of political enemies and the botched Epstein files disclosure.
President Trump dismissed his attorney general after she sought a graceful exit, installing Todd Blanche as acting replacement.
President announces via social media that Todd Blanche will serve as acting attorney general, ending Bondi's controversial tenure.