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Blanche defends DOJ’s plan to send 1,000 monitors to polls on Election Day

Blanche defends DOJ’s plan to send 1,000 monitors to polls on Election Day

Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday defended the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) plan to send 1,000 election monitors to polling places on Election Day. The federal government has monitored elections since the 1960s and the DOJ will assure federal law is being enforced properly, Blanche told Shannon Bream on “Fox News Sunday.” “They’re not going…

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Oct 5, 2026 · byThe Hill
GOP senators call for DOJ to investigate Chinese role in hemp, cannabis markets

GOP senators call for DOJ to investigate Chinese role in hemp, cannabis markets

Four GOP senators who opposed the delay of a ban on intoxicating hemp products are calling on the Justice Department to investigate the role of Chinese criminal networks in America’s cannabis and intoxicating hemp markets.  In a Wednesday letter to Attorney General Todd Blanche, the senators said Chinese criminal networks “are exploiting vulnerabilities in federal…

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Oct 1, 2026 · byThe Hill
Trump says he asked Blanche to ‘study’ Fed watchdog report that cleared Powell

Trump says he asked Blanche to ‘study’ Fed watchdog report that cleared Powell

President Trump wrote Wednesday that he asked U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche to “study” the Office of Inspector General’s report that cleared former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell of criminal wrongdoing related to the central bank’s renovations. “I have asked Attorney General Todd Blanche to study the report, and make a determination as to what…

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Sep 30, 2026 · byThe Hill
Trump DoJ indicts 10 individuals on noncitizen voting related charges in Minnesota

Trump DoJ indicts 10 individuals on noncitizen voting related charges in Minnesota

The charges are senior officials’ latest attempt to heighten voter fraud concerns amid midterm election campaigning US politics live – latest updates The US Department of Justice indicted another 10 individuals on noncitizen voting related charges on Wednesday as Donald Trump ’s administration continues to pursue allegations of voter fraud raised by the president. In the sixth announcement of its kind this month, the attorney general, Todd Blanche, and homeland security secretary, Markwayne Mullin, said 10 people in Minnesota were charged with making false claims about citizenship to vote, or voting as a noncitizen. Continue reading...

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Sep 30, 2026 · byThe Guardian
FBI deputy director announces he’s leaving post

FBI deputy director announces he’s leaving post

FBI Deputy Director Andrew Bailey said Monday he is departing the bureau roughly a year after joining the Trump administration. Bailey, in a post on social platform X, thanked President Trump, Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel “for the opportunity to serve” in the post. “With great pride in what we have…

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Sep 28, 2026 · byThe Hill
Iran says it ‘has no plans to negotiate with US’ despite Trump claims – US politics live

Iran says it ‘has no plans to negotiate with US’ despite Trump claims – US politics live

Trump had told Axios he expected talks to resume a day after he rejected Iran’s proposal to reopen the strait of Hormuz With speculation about whether he may defect from the Democratic party swirling around him, US senator John Fetterman described himself seemingly unintentionally as a “lifelong Republican” during a fireside chat in Texas over the weekend. Fetterman made the comment when someone listening to him speak with CBS News political correspondent Major Garrett at the Texas Tribune Festival on Saturday asked the Pennsylvania senator why he had not become an independent. The Trump administration on Monday plans to release new fuel economy standards that would relax regulatory requirements for automakers to control pollution from gasoline-powered cars and light trucks. President Donald Trump said on his Truth Social media account on Saturday that the less stringent mileage requirements would “take the waste out of building cars in America” and save families “thousands on a new, beautiful and safe car,” while boosting auto production in the US. Donald Trump ’s attorney general Todd Blanche argued on Sunday that the administration was permitted to ban three news outlets from the White House because “it is a privilege and not a right to be there”. Appearing on the ABC News program This Week during the second week of the White House’s dispute over press credentialing and access, Blanche also said that the administration took the decision to ban CNN, MS Now and Politico beginning on 19 September because the president was “sick and tired” of what he considered to be those media outlets’ inaccurate reporting. US senator Thom Tillis on Sunday criticized Donald Trump , his fellow Republican, for the president’s support of Ken Paxton over incumbent John Cornyn in the Texas Senate Republican primary. “He made a colossal mistake,” Tillis, a frequent Trump critic from North Carolina, said during an interview on CNN’s State of the Union in reference to the president’s support of Paxton who defeated Cornyn in the May primary. The United States and China released Monday reciprocal lists of products worth about $30bn each that will see tariff cuts, in a deal expected to boost bilateral trade. The details came days after Chinese President Xi Jinping met with president Donald Trump in Washington in his first state visit to the US since 2015. Trump justified the pending US arms sale to Taiwan to Chinese president Xi Jinping by downplaying it as just one of many sales Washington makes around the world - even asking Xi if he’d be in the market for US arms, Trump’s ambassador to China said on Sunday. House Democrats are preparing a vast oversight agenda, with investigations of Trump, his family and his administration if the party sweeps control of the chamber from Republicans in the November elections. The undertaking is as robust as it is daunting, spanning several House committees. Continue reading...

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Sep 28, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Blanche defends Trump’s White House media ban: ‘It’s a privilege … not a right’

Blanche defends Trump’s White House media ban: ‘It’s a privilege … not a right’

US attorney general argues that president is ‘sick and tired’ of inaccurate reporting by CNN, MS Now and Politico Donald Trump ’s attorney general Todd Blanche argued on Sunday that the administration banned three news outlets from the White House because it is “privilege … not a right” to be there. Appearing on the ABC News program This Week during the second week of the White House’s dispute over press credentialing and access, Blanche also said that the administration took the decision to ban CNN, MS Now and Politico beginning on 19 September because the president was “sick and tired” of what he considered to be those media outlets’ inaccurate reporting. Continue reading...

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Sep 27, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Blanche claims Trump ‘hasn’t denied access’ to White House reporters

Blanche claims Trump ‘hasn’t denied access’ to White House reporters

Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday claimed that President Trump did not deny White House reporters access to the executive mansion, after the president banned CNN, Politico and MS NOW reporters from the grounds and had their passes confiscated by Secret Service. “Well, the president hasn’t denied access,” Blanche told “This Week” host Martha Raddatz…

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Sep 27, 2026 · byThe Hill
Trump administration to ask supreme court to allow third-country deportation policy

Trump administration to ask supreme court to allow third-country deportation policy

US attorney general Todd Blanche says justice department will ask high court for help after lower court rejected policy The Trump administration will ask the US supreme court to allow it to deport immigrants to countries other than their own, the latest effort to seek approval for a controversial policy that fulfils Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda. Todd Blanche, the US attorney general, said on Thursday that the Department of Justice would ask the conservative-majority supreme court for help, nearly a week after a lower court judge rejected the policy. Continue reading...

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Sep 24, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Democrats demand answers after DoJ drops bribery case against Indian billionaire

Democrats demand answers after DoJ drops bribery case against Indian billionaire

Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal raise concerns in new letter about officials’ handling of Gautam Adani case The Trump administration is facing growing questions over its decision to abandon a fraud and bribery case against the Indian billionaire Gautam Adani after he promised to invest $10bn in the US. For the second time this year, two Democratic senators have demanded attorney general Todd Blanche answer questions about the US Department of Justice department’s handling of the case – and raised concerns over its judgment under Donald Trump. Continue reading...

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Sep 24, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Judge gives Blanche deadline, warns of possible contempt charges over Epstein files

Judge gives Blanche deadline, warns of possible contempt charges over Epstein files

A federal judge gave Attorney General Todd Blanche a deadline to comply with court orders Wednesday regarding the release of certain information in the Epstein files, threatening contempt charges for failure to comply.  U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan stated in a Wednesday opinion that Blanche and his office were not following court orders concerning redactions…

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Sep 17, 2026 · byThe Hill
House votes for a third time to end Iran war in symbolic move as conflict drags on – US politics live

House votes for a third time to end Iran war in symbolic move as conflict drags on – US politics live

The action is likely the last House vote on issue ahead of the midterm elections Sign up for the US Breaking News email Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. For a third time, the US House has voted to end the war in Iran, approving a war powers resolution that would halt president Donald Trump’s ability to continue military action without congressional approval. As part of a $2.8bn package of military aid, the Trump administration plans to send Israel a type of one-ton bombs that were withheld by the Biden administration over concerns that they were being used to kill Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Donald Trump “threw a tantrum” when he heard that Democratic congresswoman Joyce Beatty , a trustee of the Kennedy Center whose lawsuit forced Trump’s name to be removed from the facade of the memorial, had again prevailed in court . A televised Michigan Senate debate in Detroit on Tuesday was distinctly one-sided, because the Democratic nominee, Dr Abdul El-Sayed turned up, while his Republican rival, Mike Rogers , chose not to attend. Todd Blanche , the US attorney general, alerted reporters at the White House to stand by for what he called “a big development” in the federal crackdown on voting by non-citizens to be announced by Ryan Raybould , the US attorney for the Northern District of Texas. When it came, however, Raybould’s announcement , that his office had charged six lawful permanent residents and one undocumented immigrant for voting in federal elections over the past eight years, hardly lived up to the billing. Continue reading...

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Sep 16, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Watch live: Blanche briefs reporters from Rose Garden

Watch live: Blanche briefs reporters from Rose Garden

Attorney General Todd Blanche will speak with reporters Tuesday afternoon in the White House Rose Garden. Few details are known about the briefing, but it marks only the second since former press secretary Karoline Leavitt resigned from the post. The DOJ has played a major role in arguing on behalf of President Trump’s immigration and…

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Sep 15, 2026 · byThe Hill
Live updates: Patel testifies before Senate Judiciary panel; justices halt Trump’s mail-in voting plan

Live updates: Patel testifies before Senate Judiciary panel; justices halt Trump’s mail-in voting plan

FBI Director Kash Patel is testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee for an oversight hearing on Tuesday morning. Ahead of the meeting, Patel released a letter sent to panel chair Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to explain expenditures that have drawn scrutiny. Attorney General Todd Blanche will brief reporters in the Rose Garden on Tuesday, becoming…

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Sep 15, 2026 · byThe Hill