The Republican-led Senate has voted to confirm Todd Blanche as deputy attorney general, placing President Donald Trump’s former criminal defense attorney in a key Justice Department post at a time of ...

Blanche will oversee daily operations of the department while working directly under Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced that the Department of Justice will be “looking at whether Columbia’s handling of earlier incidents violated civil rights laws and included terrorism ...

By Devlin Barrett The Senate on Wednesday confirmed President Trump’s criminal defense attorney Todd Blanche to take the No. 2 position at the Justice Department, where he has vowed to end the ...

Mr. Blanche has served as President Trump’s personal criminal defense attorney since 2023. Although Durbin observed that nothing suggests that Mr. Blanche was unethical or unprofessional in this ...

Democrats have long argued that Blanche is yet another example of a key Justice Department nominee whose loyalty lies primarily with President Donald Trump rather than to the Constitution or the ...

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Friday. Blanche said the investigation is also looking into civil rights violations tied to the demonstrations that roiled the New York campus last year.

FILE - Todd Blanche, attorney for President-elect Donald Trump departs court, Jan. 7, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File) The Associated Press ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led Senate voted Wednesday to confirm Todd Blanche as deputy attorney general, placing President Donald Trump’s former criminal defense attorney in a key ...

The US Justice Department is investigating whether individuals involved in the pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University last year violated federal anti-terrorism laws, Deputy Attorney General ...