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Barr Facing 'Tough Questions'
By Tessa Berenson
Jeff Sessions Just Resigned as Attorney General. Here’s a Timeline of His Rocky Relationship With President Trump
By Tessa Berenson and Katie Reilly
Read the Resignation Letter Attorney General Jeff Sessions Submitted to President Trump
By Kathy Ehrich Dowd
Members of Congress Respond to Jeff Sessions' Firing
By Alana Abramson
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Migrants Get a Second Chance at Asylum. But It's Still an Uphill Battle
Ruby Powers didn't rush to celebrate when her client, a Honduran mother who has been separated from her 15-year-old son and detained for four months, passed her second "credible fear" interview to restart the asylum...
By Hannah Wiley / The Texas Tribune
September 25, 2018
Lawyer Swap
President Donald Trump is considering naming Emmet Flood to replace Don McGahn as White House counsel, according to two people familiar with Trump’s thinking, a pick that would put the President’s legal team in the...
By Brian Bennett
August 29, 2018
President Trump Told Congress Something Untrue. Here's Why That's a Big Deal
When President Donald Trump gave his first address to a joint session of Congress in February of 2017, he claimed that "the vast majority of individuals convicted of terrorism and terrorism-related offenses since 9/11 came...
By Abigail Simon
August 6, 2018
Jeff Sessions Laughs as Students Chant 'Lock Her Up'
The Attorney General laughed and joined the crowd chanting the phrase frequently used about Hillary Clinton during the presidential campaign
By Siobhan Morrin
July 24, 2018
The Trump Administration Dropped Asylum Protection for Survivors of Domestic Violence
"The asylum statute does not provide redress for all misfortune"
By Maya Rhodan
June 11, 2018
Jeff Sessions Is Winning for Donald Trump. If Only He Can Keep His Job
Jeff Sessions is changing America for Donald Trump, whether the president appreciates it or not
By Molly Ball
March 29, 2018
'We Must Confront This Problem.' Read Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Florida School Shooting
Jeff Sessions said that the Justice Department will make responding to school shootings a priority. Speaking to the Major County Sheriffs' Association Thursday, the attorney general said that the U.S. "must reverse these trends" and...
By Ryan Teague Beckwith
February 15, 2018
Who Is Carter Page? Meet the Donald Trump Advisor at the Center of the GOP Memo
Here's what to know
By Ryan Teague Beckwith and Alana Abramson
February 1, 2018
Jeff Sessions Interviewed as Part of Robert Mueller's Russia Investigation
Robert Mueller's team interviewed Attorney General Sessions last week as part of its investigation, the Justice Department confirmed to TIME. Justice Department spokesperson Sarah Isgur Flores said the special counsel's office had interviewed Sessions in...
By Tessa Berenson
January 23, 2018
White House Crackdown on Legal Marijuana Could Hurt Republicans
"This is the opposite of what we should be doing"
By Nash Jenkins
January 5, 2018
President Trump Wanted to Fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions for Not 'Protecting' Him. The Constitution Says That's OK
Since taking office nearly a year ago, President Donald Trump has shredded all kinds of political norms, especially when it comes to the justice system. From attacking judges and FBI agents to calling for investigations...
By Tessa Berenson
January 5, 2018
Colleges Are an 'Echo Chamber of Political Correctness.' Read Jeff Sessions' Speech on Campus Free Speech
Colleges are an "echo chamber of political correctness," Sessions says
By Lisa Marie Segarra
September 26, 2017
Read President Trump's Full Statement on Rescinding DACA
'It is now time for Congress to act!'
By Kate Samuelson
September 5, 2017
Here's How the Trump Administration Will End the DACA Program
The White House hinted for days that it would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, but on Tuesday it began to sketch out exactly how that will work. Speaking at the Department of...
By Maya Rhodan
September 5, 2017
Read a Transcript of Jeff Sessions Remarks on Ending the DACA Program
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Tuesday that the Trump Administration will end a program that deferred deportation of undocumented people brought to the U.S. as children. "To have a lawful system of immigration that serves...
By Ryan Teague Beckwith
September 5, 2017
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Says DACA Program Will Be Phased Out
The Trump Administration has decided to phase out Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, the Obama-era program that has shielded almost 800,000 immigrants from deportation for the past five years. “The program known as...
By Maya Rhodan
September 5, 2017
Watch Live: Attorney General Jeff Sessions Makes DACA Announcement
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was established under Obama
By Kate Samuelson
September 5, 2017
Sessions Blasts Chicago in Sanctuary Cities Speech
"This is lawlessness"
By Maya Rhodan
August 16, 2017
The Trump Administration Pledges to Crack Down on Leaks
Pledges to prosecute the sources of disclosures of classified information
By Zeke J Miller
August 4, 2017
David Alan Grier Wants to End Years of 'Unjust and Immoral Discrimination' Against White People
Specifically against white people
By Rachel Lewis
August 3, 2017
Sessions: Trump's Attacks Have Been 'Kind of Hurtful'
But he still thinks the President is a strong leader
By Alana Abramson
July 27, 2017
President Trump Goes to War With His Staff
Reince Priebus is increasingly under fire
By Zeke J Miller
July 27, 2017
How Jeff Sessions Could Crack Down on Legal Pot
"Cannabis right now is a helluva lot more popular than Donald Trump"
By Tessa Berenson
July 27, 2017
Trump's Attacks Sow Chaos In Washington
It was a performance review no employee wants to hear, delivered by an angry boss in a setting that broadcast the humiliation. Standing in the Rose Garden on July 25, President Donald Trump excoriated U.S....
By Zeke J Miller
July 27, 2017
Trump on Whether He Will Fire Sessions: 'Time Will Tell'
"I am disappointed in the Attorney General," he said Tuesday
By Katie Reilly
July 25, 2017
Republican Lawmakers Defend Attorney General After Trump's Attack
President Trump criticized Jeff Sessions again on Tuesday
By Mahita Gajanan
July 25, 2017
President Trump Was Asked If Jeff Sessions Should Resign. He Rolled His Eyes
Trump called Sessions "beleaguered" in a tweet earlier on Monday
By Jennifer Calfas
July 24, 2017
Sessions Wants Cops to Seize More Money From Suspects
Despite conservative criticism
By Tessa Berenson
July 18, 2017
Judge Throws Out Conviction of Protester Who Laughed During Jeff Sessions Confirmation Hearing
She'll return to court in September
By Tessa Berenson
July 14, 2017
'Recuse Me.' Kate McKinnon Brought Back Her Jeff Sessions Impression to Hilariously Reenact His Senate Hearing
"'Oath' is such a strong word"
By Megan McCluskey
June 14, 2017
A History of the Mayflower Hotel in 5 Scandals
Once again, the Mayflower Hotel is at the center of a political scandal.
By Ryan Teague Beckwith and Olivia B. Waxman
June 13, 2017
Merriam-Webster Happily Reports 'Scurrilous' Is Summer's Hottest New Word Thanks to Jeff Sessions
Senate hearings are widely viewed events where words matter, and of everything Attorney General Jeff Sessions stated during his appearance before former colleagues, a few words stand out. One of those words is "scurrilous." As...
By Ashley Hoffman
June 13, 2017
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Has Never Been Briefed on Russian Interference in U.S. Election
"I know nothing but what I've read in the paper"
By Tessa Berenson
June 13, 2017
Read Jeff Sessions' Opening Remarks From His Senate Testimony
He said any suggestion of his involvement with Russian collusion was an "appalling and detestable lie"
By Mahita Gajanan
June 13, 2017
Jeff Sessions Denies Improper Meetings With Russia
"An appalling and detestable lie"
By Tessa Berenson
June 13, 2017
Watch Live: Sessions Testifies to Senate Intelligence Committee
Following the explosive testimony of fired FBI Director James Comey
By Emily Weyrauch
June 13, 2017
White House: President Trump Has Confidence in Jeff Sessions
President Trump has confidence in Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a White House spokesperson said, after nearly 48 hours of uncertainty about his position in the Administration. "Absolutely,” White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Sanders...
By Zeke J Miller
June 8, 2017
Sentencing Reversal Angers Both Sides
On May 12, two days after President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions dropped a bombshell of his own: Federal prosecutors should pursue the most serious possible charges in all...
By Maya Rhodan
May 18, 2017
Attorney General Tells Prosecutors to Seek 'Most Serious' Charges in Drug Cases
Attorney General Jeff Sessions made it clear on Friday that under his purview there is no such thing as a low-level drug offense. Sessions issued a new policy instructing federal prosecutors to charge individuals with...
By Maya Rhodan
May 12, 2017
Jeff Sessions Issues New Criminal Charging and Sentencing Policy
'This policy affirms our responsibility to enforce the law, is moral and just, and produces consistency'
By Tessa Berenson
May 12, 2017
Late Night
Explains How Not to Laugh at Attorney General Jeff Sessions to 'Keep You Out of Jail'
Whatever you do, don't turn Sessions name into a parody of Usher’s “Confessions”
By Melissa Locker
May 10, 2017
Jeff Sessions Won't Say If WikiLeaks Charges Open Up News Organizations to Prosecution
"That's speculative and I'm not able to comment on that"
By Tessa Berenson
April 21, 2017
Jeff Sessions: 'I Wasn't Criticizing' Hawaii
He called Hawaii a "fabulous place"
By Tessa Berenson
April 21, 2017
Lawmakers Criticize Attorney General for Hawaii Reference
"I really am amazed that a judge sitting on an island in the Pacific can issue an order that stops the President"
By Abigail Abrams
April 20, 2017
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Brings Tough Talk to the Mexican Border
"This is a new era."
By Maya Rhodan
April 11, 2017
Cities Move Ahead With Police Reforms Despite Sessions Memo
"Reform is in our self-interest"
By Maya Rhodan
April 4, 2017
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