The Independent - 8 hours 43 min ago
Through the Gaetz attorney general drama, Trump learned an unwelcome truth about the Senate, writes Eric Garcia...
UPI - 9 hours 2 min ago
An Alabama man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for detonating an explosive device outside the state attorney general's office in Montgomery in February, the U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday.
New York Times - 10 hours 6 min ago
Pam Bondi at the 2020 Republican National Convention. As Florida's attorney general, she tried unsuccessfully to overturn the Affordable Care Act, opposed expanding L.G.B.T.Q. protections and supported anti-human-trafficking efforts.
The Guardian - 10 hours 10 min ago
Florida's first female attorney general is perhaps best known in recent years as a loyalist to the president-elect Pam Bondi, Donald Trump's new pick to lead the US justice department, was the first female attorney general of Florida but is perhaps best known in recent years as a loyalist to the former president. Trump announced Bondi as his nominee for US attorney general on Thursday hours after Matt Gaetz, Trump's first pick, bowed out of consideration amid growing Republican opposition...
New York Times - 10 hours 49 min ago
Pam Bondi, a former Florida attorney general, at Mr. Trump's campaign rally in Greensboro, N.C., this month.
New York Times - 11 hours 11 min ago
Pam Bondi, a former Florida attorney general, in National Harbor, Md., in February, at the annual meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference.
Variety - 11 hours 32 min ago
Matt Gaetz is out as Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, and late night reacted with glee. That included the Thursday audience at “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” which provided thunderous applause and cheers when Colbert announced the news. “We have something to be thankful for, because this afternoon, Matt Gaetz withdrew as Trump’s […]...
The Independent - 11 hours 38 min ago
Former Florida official has lengthy record of high-profile prosecutions, as well multiple moments of ethical scrutiny...
Newsweek - 11 hours 51 min ago
Gaetz was reportedly concerned about four Senate Republicans blocking his confirmation as U.S. attorney general.
Forbes - 12 hours 12 min ago
Trump said Bondi would "refocus the DOJ to its intended purpose of fighting Crime, and Making America Safe Again" in her role as attorney general.
Rolling Stone - 12 hours 23 min ago
The news arrives on the same day Trump's former AG pick Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration...
NPR - 12 hours 46 min ago
Matt Gaetz has withdrawn from consideration for attorney general. Thursday evening, Trump named his new pick to lead the DOJ: former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi.
The Independent - 12 hours 51 min ago
Former Florida congressman withdrew from consideration as more details of ethics investigation leaked...
Nation Review - 12 hours 52 min ago
The Sunshine State's first ever female attorney general also served as one of Trump's lawyers during his first impeachment trial.
The Guardian - 12 hours 58 min ago
After meeting with US senators on Capitol Hill, Gaetz determined that his nomination was 'becoming a distraction to the critical work' of the new Trump administration, he explained on X. 'There's a sense of relief about it of course, I think he did a pretty noble thing frankly, an honorable thing by getting out himself,' said Republican senator from North Dakota, Kevin Cramer. A lawyer who represents two women who say they were paid by Gaetz for sex also said his clients are...
NBC News - 13 hours 23 sec ago
President-elect Donald Trump announced that his new pick for attorney general is Pam Bondi. Bondi previously served as Florida's attorney general.
ABC News - 13 hours 10 min ago
President-elect Donald Trump has named Pam Bondi, the former attorney general of Florida, to be U.S. attorney general just hours after his other choice, Matt Gaetz, withdrew his name...
Daily Signal - 13 hours 11 min ago
President-elect Donald Trump wasted little time in naming another attorney general after former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew his name earlier Thursday. Trump named Pam... Read More The post BREAKING: Trump Names Former Florida AG Pam Bondi Attorney General appeared first on The Daily Signal .
The Verge - 13 hours 16 min ago
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Snap says the basis of a scathing lawsuit suggesting it systematically recommends teens' accounts to child predators is backwards the company is now accusing the New Mexico attorney general of intentionally seeking out such accounts before recommendations were made. The company says the AG's case is based on "gross misrepresentations" and cherry picks from Snap's internal documents. In a motion to dismiss filed Thursday, Snap says AG Ra...
Newsweek - 13 hours 17 min ago
Prosecutors in the 2022 quadruple killing case petitioned the court for assistance from the Idaho attorney general's office.
Newser - 13 hours 19 min ago
Hours after Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration to become attorney general in the next administration, President-elect Trump named his second choice: Pam Bondi. "For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against me and other Republicans Not anymore," Trump posted on Truth Social on Thursday, per the Hill...
NPR - 13 hours 20 min ago
After former Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration, President-elect Donald Trump named Pam Bondi, a former attorney general of Florida, as his next pick for U.S. attorney general.
Fortune - 13 hours 21 min ago
Bondi was among a group of Republicans who showed up to support Trump at his hush money criminal trial in New York that ended in May with a conviction on 34 felony counts.
The Hill - 13 hours 22 min ago
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced his lawsuit Thursday against the city of Dallas over a new marijuana ballot measure, arguing it violates state law. The measure prevents law enforcement from making arrests or issuing citations for marijuana possession or considering the odor of marijuana as probable cause for search or seizure. Paxton argued the charter...