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
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
England and Australia should be open to the idea of playing a Test match in India to help generate interest in the format, says Cricket Australia’s chief executive. Traditionally, the two teams only meet in Test cricket as part of an Ashes series, which is played home and away, and is hosted by each country
Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, acknowledged mistakes in the investigation into publicly released Jeffrey Epstein files but defended his handling of the matter during his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday. Blanche became acting attorney general in April 2026 after Pam Bondi was fired from the position. The BBC’s Tom Bateman was