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Federal prosecutors have added eight new counts against Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the man accused of killing one National Guard member and wounding another in Washington, D.C. The charges make him eligible for the death penalty if convicted.

June 09, 2026 Iniulat ng AI

President Trump has formally nominated Todd Blanche to serve as the next attorney general. The White House submitted the nomination to the Senate this week, setting up a potential confirmation process.

Diego Martin Villavicencio, a 36-year-old from Tallahassee, Florida, has pleaded guilty to threatening to assassinate President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. He admitted intending to drive there and shoot the president, as detailed in court documents. Villavicencio faces up to 25 years in prison.

April 25, 2026 Iniulat ng AI

Almost two months after unveiling a proposed rule on March 5 to let the attorney general review ethics complaints against DOJ attorneys before state bar action, the Justice Department faces intensifying debate. With Pam Bondi out as attorney general and Todd Blanche acting in the role, officials cite rising politically motivated filings—citing cases involving Bondi, Ed Martin and Drew Ensign—while critics decry it as undermining state oversight and the McDade-Murtha Amendment.

The U.S. Justice Department has proposed a regulation that would require state bar authorities to pause investigative steps against current or former DOJ attorneys for alleged ethics violations tied to their federal duties while the department conducts its own review. The proposal, published as a notice of proposed rulemaking on March 5, 2026, cites the McDade Amendment as its legal basis and says the change is needed amid what it describes as increasingly politicized bar complaints.

February 18, 2026 Iniulat ng AI Fact checked

President Donald Trump and his business entities have pursued legal claims and lawsuits seeking hundreds of millions to billions of dollars from the U.S. government over past federal investigations and the leak of his tax information, moves that critics and ethics specialists say create unusually direct conflicts of interest for an administration that would help oversee any response or settlement.