Jan 10 Watch 6:16 In hearing, Sessions says he'll put law above his own views By PBS News Hour It’s the first day of confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet. Attorney general nominee Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions spent the day before the Senate Judiciary Committee defending his views on race and civil rights and separating himself from the… Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch 8:50 Why the NAACP and others are protesting Trump's attorney general pick By PBS News Hour The NAACP mounted protests across Alabama on Tuesday against the president-elect’s nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general, including at the senator’s office, where NAACP president Cornell Brooks and others staged a sit-in. Alison Stewart speaks with Sari Horwitz… Continue watching
Jan 04 NAACP sit-in at Jeff Sessions' office ends in six arrests By Joshua Barajas Police arrested six protesters, including the national NAACP president, after they spent hours staging a sit-in Tuesday at a Mobile, Alabama, office of Jeff Sessions, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for U.S. attorney general. Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch 7:46 Lynching memorial aims to help U.S. acknowledge a history of terror By PBS News Hour Lynchings -- unlawful executions used to terrorise and subdue black communities into passivity -- are perhaps one of the least discussed legacies of slavery and the Jim Crow South. A new memorial in Montgomery, Alabama, will commemorate victims of these… Continue watching
Dec 17 On victory lap, few signs Trump focusing on unified nation By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday was wrapping up his postelection victory tour, showing few signs of focusing on uniting a divided nation. Continue reading
Dec 17 Trump wants SC Rep. Mick Mulvaney to be his budget director By Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump has announced his pick for White House budget director, a tough-on-spending conservative congressman. Continue reading
Nov 18 Watch 7:23 Sessions known for tough stance on immigration -- and failed judgeship By PBS News Hour For attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump selected an early supporter: the junior senator from Alabama, Jeff Sessions. Sessions has served as a U.S. attorney and Alabama’s attorney general, but he was denied a federal judgeship in 1986 based on controversial… Continue watching
Oct 01 As pipeline projects grow, so do protests By Jen Fifield, Stateline As more oil and gas pipelines crisscross the country, environmental and energy lawyers say protests against them are becoming increasingly common. Continue reading
Sep 30 Watch 4:25 News Wrap: Alabama chief justice suspended for preventing same-sex marriage licenses By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, a disciplinary court in Alabama removed Chief Justice Roy Moore from office after a panel found he encouraged probate judges to deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples. After his suspended term ends, he will be… Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch 4:36 News Wrap: FBI investigated New York-area bombing suspect in 2014 By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, The New York Times reported that the FBI briefly investigated Ahmad Khan Rahami, the suspect in the New York and New Jersey bombings, in 2014, after he allegedly stabbed his brother. Also, French authorities have… Continue watching