President Trump seems even less inhibited by the rules, written or unwritten, that governed his predecessors.

Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, during an appearance before the Senate appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday.

On Pam Bondi’s first day as attorney general in February 2025, she signed a directive that appeared to prohibit the kind of fund the Trump administration established this week.

The Justice Department is tapping an unlimited fund created by Congress to settle lawsuits filed against the government.

President Trump sued the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns to news media outlets, arguing that the agency should have done more to prevent the disclosures.

Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, said on Monday that investigators were working to determine if the suspect had any connections to left-wing activists.

Ghislaine Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence and has recently been moved to a minimum-security facility.

Judge Aileen M. Cannon may again end up as a key player in a Trump-centric case.

In the trial’s first weeks, prosecutors have played their strongest card: testimony about the sordid stories that Donald J. Trump is accused of covering up.