Sessions defends Trump’s pardons of Joe Arpaio, Scooter Libby
President Donald Trump bypassed the involvement of the Justice Department and its pardon attorney in issuing both pardons. But Sessions said at a hearing Wednesday that the president had the constitutional authority to issue pardons without the Justice Department's involvement.
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Trump administration looks to narrow protections for abuse victims seeking asylum
According to U.S. immigration courts, foreign victims of domestic and sexual violence are entitled to seek asylum in the United States, but the Trump administration could make it more difficult. Amna Nawaz talks with Julia Preston of the Marshall Project…
Sessions says no new special counsel yet to investigate GOP concerns
Republicans have called for special counsels to investigate Clinton Foundation dealings and an Obama-era uranium deal.
A frustrated Trump lashes out at special counsel Mueller
President Donald Trump on Sunday took out his frustrations over the intensifying Russia investigation by lashing out at special counsel Robert Mueller, signaling a possible shift away from a strategy of cooperating with a probe he believes is biased against…
Two days before he was set to retire, FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe was fired on Friday by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. McCabe, a possible witness in the Russia investigation case, said his dismissal was part of the president’s “ongoing…
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said that he had fired former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe two days before his scheduled retirement date.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is scheduled to speak at 10 a.m. ET today. Watch his remarks here.
Federal law enforcement lacks the resources to take on "routine cases," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Saturday.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions accused the state of California on Wednesday of "using every power it has and some it doesn't to frustrate federal law enforcement" on the issue of immigration. The Justice Department is suing the state for three…
