Attorney General

The attorneys general referred to prohibitive security fees as the “assassin’s veto,” a play on the “heckler’s veto,” a phenomenon in which a controversial speaker’s right to free speech is curtailed by an overwhelming negative response.

Louisiana is set to elect its first female attorney general as two women from opposing parties — Republican Liz Murrill and Democrat Lindsey Cheek — head to a runoff in November’s general election.

Attorney General William Barr delivers a press conference at the Justice Department ahead of the expected release of special counsel Robert Mueller's…