The 31st Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has unveiled its Carte Blanche lineup, featuring personal film selections from actor Fan Bingbing, director Kim Jeewoon and cinematographer Hong Kyung-pyo. Carte Blanche, a French term meaning complete freedom of choice, invites prominent figures from film and culture to pick titles that shaped their own sensibilities and discuss
US Attorney General Todd Blanche defended Jeanine Pirro for dismissing a federal vandalism case in a decision that angered President Donald Trump, saying the top prosecutor in Washington, DC, should be judged fairly. Blanche, a former personal lawyer for Trump who was sworn in last week as head of the Justice Department, took Pirro’s side
President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Todd Blanche has been confirmed as US attorney general – the nation’s top law enforcement official. Blanche won confirmation in a 50-49 vote, with Republican Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski opposing him. Senator Bill Cassidy was the deciding vote after announcing he believed Blanche was the best option
Earlier on Friday, Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski announced she would oppose Blanche, citing concerns over the “politicisation” of the justice department. “The politicization – even weaponization – of the Department did not start with this administration but has accelerated during it,” Murkowski wrote on X. Blanche’s confirmation was briefly in jeopardy on Friday morning following
New Mexico’s attorney general sued the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday, accusing it of blocking the state from investigating sex crimes at Jeffrey Epstein’s sprawling ranch near Santa Fe. The lawsuit in federal court in Washington, D.C., said the department and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche stonewalled New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez’s criminal
While the Reflecting Pool prosecution and the so-called “anti-weaponisation fund” may be topics of intense presidential interest, they barely register as concerns for the larger American public. That is decidedly not the case with the war with Iran, where Trump is once again accusing Iran of deceit amid another round of on-again, off-again negotiations and