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Todd Blanche
June 12, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Judge Officially Shuts Down Trump’s Slush Fund
Donald Trump had been not-so-surreptitiously signaling that the slush fund wasn’t actually over.
June 11, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Team Secretly Still Plotting Slush Fund Payouts
Trump officials are saying one thing publicly and another behind closed doors.
June 11, 2026
Melissa Gira Grant
The DOJ Prosecutors Who Think They’re Trump’s Personal Lawyers
Judges have criticized the conduct of federal prosecutors in case after case. But DOJ lawyers know exactly who they’re really working for.
June 5, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Fumes as Republican Senator Delivers Todd Blanche an Ultimatum
Senator Thom Tillis is standing in the way of Attorney General Todd Blanche.
June 5, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Todd Blanche Reveals He’s Making It Harder for Dems to Prosecute Trump
The acting attorney general bragged about putting “roadblocks” in place for those seeking justice against Trump.
June 4, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
At Least Some Republicans Look Ready to Sink Blanche’s A.G. Dreams
Todd Blanche isn’t guaranteed to become Trump’s attorney general just yet.
June 4, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
DOJ Refiles Southern Poverty Law Center Suit—But Just Makes It Worse
A superseding indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center has muddied the waters.
June 3, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Undercuts His Own Advisers and Admits Slush Fund Isn’t Dead
Donald Trump says the slush fund will happen. His own team says it’s over.
June 2, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Todd Blanche Confirms Trump Slush Fund Is Dead After Republican Outcry
Not even Donald Trump’s own party could get behind the fund.
May 29, 2026
Michael Tomasky
The Real—and Deeply Corrupt—Reason Trump Is After E. Jean Carroll
Actually, it’s not reason, singular. It’s reasons, plural. And there are 88.3 million of them.
May 26, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump’s Attorney General Haunted by Lawsuit Accusing Him of Forgery
Todd Blanche still hasn’t been able to get rid of this lawsuit against him.
May 26, 2026
Harry Litman
Whatever Trump Does Is Corrupt, but the Slush Fund Is the Worst of All
The president and the acting attorney general have pulled a heist on the American people. We can’t let it disappear into the pile of Trump outrages that benumb us.
May 21, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Senate Republicans in Uproar After DOJ Meeting on Slush Fund
The Trump administration is having a hard time selling the “Anti-Weaponization Fund” to Republicans in Congress.
May 20, 2026
Finn Hartnett
Democrats Move to Subpoena Top Officials Behind Trump Slush Fund
Democrats are prepared to fight to stop Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for his friends and allies.
May 19, 2026
Finn Hartnett
Trump Gets DOJ to Ban IRS From Ever Investigating Him Again
The update to Donald Trump’s settlement with the IRS shields him, his family, and their various businesses.
May 19, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Epstein Survivors Blast Todd Blanche for Lying Under Oath
The acting attorney general appears to be lying under oath to Congress.
May 19, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Todd Blanche Panics Over J6er Who Tried to Bribe Underage Abuse Victim
The acting attorney general struggled to defend Donald Trump’s decision to create a slush fund.
May 19, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Todd Blanche Panics Under Questioning on Slush Fund, Ghislaine Maxwell
The acting attorney general had a tough time in a hearing before the Senate.
May 19, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Democrats Investigate Todd Blanche as DOJ Launches Slush Fund
Democrats in the Senate want answers on how acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is running things.
May 18, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Demands Investigation Into Blue State That Didn’t Vote for Him
Donald Trump accused Maryland of election fraud.
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