A lone Chinese man blocks a line of tanks heading east on Beijing’s Avenue of Eternal Peace during the Tiananmen Square massacre on June 5, 1989. Jeff Widener/AP Photo U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a statement to mark the 37th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party’s Tiananmen Square massacre. “On June 4, the
President Trump announces plans to nominate acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to permanently lead the Department of Justice after Pam Bondi's firing.
The Trump administration’s decision to kill the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) likely contributed to 600,000 “entirely preventable” deaths, left the globe faltering in responding to the latest Ebola outbreak and let U.S. adversaries increase their standing in the developing world, a report from House Oversight Democrats finds. The report, issued Thursday, offers one…
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations in Washington on June 2, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump announced late Wednesday evening that he will nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general. Speaking at a White House dinner on Thursday, Trump said he intends to nominate Blanche—who
President Trump is expected to nominate Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to serve in the role permanently, several sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. Blanche has led the Justice Department on an acting basis since Mr. Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi in April. He previously was the deputy attorney general and, before
The Southern Poverty Law Center asked a federal judge on Wednesday to consider sanctioning federal prosecutors, after the Justice Department shared an unsigned and unstamped copy of a superseding indictment against the nonprofit with members of the media. On Tuesday, the Justice Department announced it had obtained a superseding indictment against the SPLC that contained
Several contests are taking shape in districts significantly reshaped by Proposition 50, while others are drawing attention because of open seats, prominent candidates or potentially competitive November matchups. In the race to succeed former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in California’s 11th District, CBS News has projected two Democrats will advance: State Sen. Scott Wiener and