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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an ad on Friday calling out challenger Eva Guzman for taking part in a CRT-style summit.

Attorneys general in 27 states sent a letter to OSHA asking the agency to withdraw its coronavirus vaccine mandate for large employers.

Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson (R) announced Thursday that he filed a lawsuit in Douglas County District Court aiming to stop Omaha’s temporary mask mandate.

Andrew Cuomo (D) is reportedly considering a run for the state attorney general position he had before he served as governor, sources told the New York Post.

Attorneys general in several states have issued warnings about cannabis products that apparently resemble standard snacks and candies, CBS News reported Thursday.

Attorney General Merrick Garland told lawmakers that he does not know how many illegal aliens are being prosecuted for crossing United States borders despite a surge in illegal immigration. 

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron will argue his office’s ability to defend a state pro-life law before the U.S. Supreme Court October 12.

Republican Attorneys General from 20 states are taking up the fight against President Joe Biden’s executive gun control regarding firearm parts and kits. 

Attorney General Merrick Garland says it is “dangerous and unlawful” for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to stop the federal government’s bussing of border crossers and illegal aliens into the interior of the United States.

Emails obtained by Michigan Capitol Confidential Friday show state Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) sought to arrest a defiant business owner prior to a scheduled appearance on Fox News.

Attorney General Merrick Garland broke with Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday, refusing to tell migrants in Mexico and Central America not to come to the United States.

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich says President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is planning to open a hotel to house border crossers that is nearby a school and neighborhood.

New CA Attorney General Rob Bonta announced he is establishing a Racial Justice Bureau to confront racism, including white supremacy.

Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, who is running for governor in 2022, said during an appearance on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Saturday her work as the state’s top lawyer makes her more qualified for the governorship than former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) says newly-confirmed Attorney General Merrick Garland will support President Joe Biden’s “extreme open borders amnesty agenda” as the head of the Department of Justice (DOJ).

The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominee, D.C. Circuit Judge Merrick Garland, to serve as Attorney General.

Judicial Crisis Network (JCN) launched Tuesday a $1 million ad campaign in hopes of preventing the confirmation of Vanita Gupta as Associate Attorney General.

Twenty attorneys general signed a letter addressed to House and Senate leaders pleading against H.R. 1, which the Democrat-led House passed on party lines late Wednesday evening, deeming it unconstitutional as it sets what they described as “alarming mandates,” leading to the federalization of state elections.

Conservatives are urging Republicans in the U.S. Senate to oppose confirming Judge Merrick Garland for U.S. attorney general.

President Joe Biden’s nominee for United States Attorney General, Merrick Garland, says he does not know if the Department of Justice (DOJ) will continue prosecuting illegal border crossings should the Senate confirm him. 

Attorney General nominee Merrick Garland struggled Monday with questions about the death penalty during his confirmation hearing in the Senate.

President Joe Biden’s nominee to be United States Attorney General, Merrick Garland, told lawmakers on Monday he is unaware Mexican drug cartels game the nation’s asylum system.

Judge Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden’s nominee for U.S. Attorney General, declined to say on Monday whether he would retain Special Counsel John Durham in his role investigating the origins of the “Russia collusion” investigation.

White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain is defending President Joe Biden, who in his first week in office signed more executive orders than any of his predecessors, contending that such excessive, unilateral actions are necessary as the administration is trying to “fix what Trump broke in the executive branch.”

A group of Republican attorneys general sent a letter to President Biden on Wednesday as the president continues signing executive orders at a record pace, warning that they are willing to take legal action if the administration or federal agencies overstep the bounds of their authority in any capacity.

New York Attorney General Letitia James sued the city of New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio, and Police Commissioner Dermot Shea on Thursday to put a monitor in place for the police department.

President-elect Joe Biden has selected Judge Merrick Garland to serve as his attorney general, according to multiple reports, including Politico and the Associated Press.

Joe Biden said Tuesday that his son Hunter’s potential legal troubles have not come up when discussing who he will pick for attorney general. 

Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill has filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court, joining other Republicans in arguing that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overstepped its authority, according to a report from WFYI.

Former Vice President Joe Biden, leading in the polls, already has a short list of candidates for U.S. Attorney General — and it includes several candidates who would each pose an immediate danger to civil rights in America.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) denied Sunday he wished to go to Washington to serve in a potential Joe Biden (D) Cabinet following reports of the presidential hopeful considering Cuomo to fulfill the role as his attorney general.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel will not say if she will “take enforcement action” against President Trump and his campaign for holding a rally in the state this week.

Democrat mayors of cities that have faced unchecked rioting criticize Trump as “not above the law” for reviewing federal funding to municipalities.

Former San Francisco Mayor and California State Assembly Speaker Willie Brown has written that his former protégé, Kamala Harris, should decline to be former Vice President Joe Biden’s running mate if she is given the opportunity.

China has intensified clandestine efforts to “coerce” American corporate leaders into serving as “lobbyists” and potentially illegal “foreign agents” to further its communist objectives, U.S. Attorney General (AG) William Barr warned Thursday.

The Republican-led Kentucky House and Senate voted Wednesday to give Attorney General Daniel Cameron power over the state’s abortion clinics.