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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche unveiled indictments on Thursday against multiple individuals in Ohio accused of stealing over $50 million in government funds. Blanche unsealed charges against 14 defendants, including state employees, during a press conference. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Director Mehmet Oz accused the suspects of defrauding taxpayers, including by corrupting publicly funded […]

Sports broadcaster Stephen A. Smith says that California is sending a warning signal to Democrats nationwide.  “If people in a blue state like California are entertaining seriously about putting Republicans in charge gubernationally and mayorally, could you imagine what other states in this union are contemplating doing?” Smith said Tuesday on The Stephen A. Smith […]

Todd Blanche is President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general. He’ll need to be confirmed by the Senate. | Andrew Harnik/Getty Images In May 2025, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, a Democrat, arrived at an ICE detention facility in his New Jersey city and asked for a tour. Though he was initially let inside the facility’s gate, he was soon confronted by about a dozen federal law enforcement officers and asked to leave. And so he did. For a moment, that seemed like it would be the end of this i

Deputy White House chief of staff Dan Scavino predicted Wednesday that acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s Senate confirmation would move “very quickly,” offering the clearest indication yet that the administration intends to seek Senate approval for one of President Donald Trump’s closest legal allies. Scavino announced Wednesday that the president plans to nominate Blanche to […]