Senate Judiciary Committee members will deliberate and vote on Thursday on acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the permanent position. Because the nominee lacks critical qualifications to serve as the nation’s chief law enforcement official, members should reject his nomination. Since March 2025, during Blanche’s tenure as deputy attorney general under […]
The Senate Judiciary Committee is taking up Todd Blanche‘s nomination to be attorney general of the United States. Having served as lawyers on that committee as well as for two different attorneys general appointed by President Donald Trump, we agree that he is exceptionally well-qualified to lead the Department of Justice. Blanche should be voted […]
President Trump and the Justice Department (DOJ) are petitioning the Supreme Court to review writer E. Jean Carroll’s $83.3 million defamation award she won after accusing the president of sexual assault. The administration wants to invoke a law that allows the federal government to step in when one of its employees stares down a lawsuit over...
U.S. and Saudi forces launched strikes on Iranian proxies in Iraq overnight, spiking energy prices and fueling fears of a wider war as the war with Iran hits the five-month mark. Saudi Arabia responded to a streak of drone strikes from Iran-backed militias that targeted its Aramco’s Abqaiq oil processing facility. It is the world’s...
If Larry Lessig gets his way on Wednesday, it will mark the beginning of the end of super PACs. The Harvard Law School professor and onetime presidential hopeful wants a Maine ballot measure he championed to spur a watershed moment for the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision. This morning, the battle heads to an appeals panel for oral arguments. The next step could be the high court. ...
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former chief White House medical adviser, will testify Wednesday morning before the Senate Homeland Security Committee on gain of function research, bringing the debate about the origins of the COVID pandemic back into the spotlight. The hearing comes just days after Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who chairs the committee, released more...
Dr. Anthony Fauci, a face of the government's pandemic response, will sit Wednesday morning before a critical Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and the Senate Homeland Security panel to face questions on COVID-19. The former chief White House medical adviser and longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases will appear days after...
President Trump late Tuesday renewed his call on Senate Republicans to adopt a House-passed budget resolution before the upcoming recess that would pave the way for passing a $95 billion emergency funding package with a simple-majority vote in September. The package would include $73 billion to help fund the Iran war effort, $12 billion for...