Attorney General Pam Bondi lashed out at judges and lawmakers at a contentious House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday that followed reports of President Donald Trump's gripes with her tenure.

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Pam Bondi ripped House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) as a “washed-up, loser lawyer” before clashing with lawmakers of both parties during a Wednesday hearing.

MS NOW and CNN aired more than 3 and 2 hours, respectively, of the hearing live

After working on it in a subcommittee, the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday recommended legislation limiting certain campaign finance information from public view, as well as a House of Delegates bill aimed at curbing assistance to help undocumented immigrants abscond from the law.

Durbin first questioned Mark Nelson, General Counsel and an Executive Vice President for T-Mobile, and Chris Miller, Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Verizon, about meetings between telecommunication companies and members of Congress to change the process when disclosing names associated with telephone numbers in the future.

CHARLESTON — West Virginia law allows a buffer for county election officials to receive absentee ballots through the mail in time for canvassing and counting. But a bill being considered by the Legislature would move that deadline to Election Day,

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Senate Bill 2055 would create a new civil rights helpline to accept reports of hate crimes and civil rights violations throughout the islands — including harms related to federal, state or local immigration enforcement operations.