Jul 15 Feds appeal judge’s travel ban ruling to Supreme Court By Alicia A. Caldwell and Elliot Spagat, Associated Press The Trump administration is seeking to close a legal window opened for tens of thousands of refugees to enter the United States. Continue reading
Jul 13 U.S. charges hundreds of people in health fraud schemes worth $1.3 billion By Sadie Gurman, Associated Press Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the charges Thursday. Officials say those charged include more than 120 people involved in prescribing and distributing narcotics. Continue reading
Jul 07 Watch 4:10 News Wrap: U.S., Japan and South Korea unite on North Korea By PBS News Hour In the our news wrap Friday, the U.S., Japan and South Korea have agreed to apply “maximum pressure” after North Korea’s most recent intercontinental ballistic missile test. Also, President Trump met with Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto and emphasized the… Continue watching
Jul 07 Attorney General Sessions to visit Guantanamo Bay prison By Sadie Gurman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is visiting Guantanamo Bay on Friday in a show of support for the prison he has called a “perfectly acceptable” place to detain new terrorism suspects, as opposed to holding them in the U.S. Continue reading
Jun 30 Sessions praises special counsel, but hopes Russia investigation ends ‘sooner rather than later’ By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The attorney general's comments during a "Fox & Friends" interview were his most expansive to date on Bob Mueller's appointment as special counsel. Continue reading
Jun 29 WATCH: Jeff Sessions speaks at DOJ hate crimes summit By Sadie Gurman and Russell Contreras, Associated Press More than half of the 250,000 hate crimes that took place each year between 2004 and 2015 went unreported to law enforcement for a variety of reasons, according to a special report on hate crimes from the Bureau of Justice… Continue reading
Jun 24 Watch 9:49 Private prisons help with overcrowding, but at what cost? By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green, Sam Weber The Obama administration last year announced it would phase out privately-run prisons, citing little benefits to public safety and higher rates of assault and violence on the inside. The Trump administration reversed that decision while pointing to potential increases in… Continue watching
Jun 20 D.C. lawyer says he’s representing Jeff Sessions By Associated Press A statement provided by the office of Chuck Cooper on Tuesday acknowledges that Cooper is representing Sessions but doesn't offer specifics. Continue reading
Jun 20 12 cities to receive Justice Department aid to fight crime By Associated Press BETHESDA, Md. — The Justice Department will help 12 U.S. cities develop long-term strategies to decrease violent crime, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday. Continue reading