What to know about Todd Blanche, acting attorney general after Bondi firing

While acting as outside counsel for ActBlue, its then-law firm, Covington & Burling, wrote memos to the Democratic payment processor warning that it may have misled Congress regarding its efforts to block foreign donations, the New York Times reported on Thursday. Back in 2023, Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI) and then-Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) raised concerns […]

Todd Blanche, whom President Donald Trump named to temporarily lead the Justice Department after Pam Bondi was ousted Thursday, has held two critical positions in his last two jobs.

While the Senate must clear a much more arduous 60-vote threshold to pass appropriations than the simple majority enjoyed by the House, there’s one practical reality that matters more than the messy math of ending what is now the longest government shutdown in the nation’s history. That is, despite last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill […]

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Federal regulator faces off against states over prediction market rules The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is suing Arizona, Connecticut and Illinois over the states’ efforts to place restrictions on prediction markets operating within their borders, underscoring the escalating fight between state and federal regulators over the platforms...