Feb 15 Watch 5:43 News Wrap: Senate fails to pass 4 immigration bills By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the Senate voted on a series of immigration measures but came up short. A bipartisan compromise came closest to the needed 60 votes, but President Trump threatened a veto. Also, Sen. Chuck Grassley leveled a… Continue watching
Feb 13 Why some are angry over Sessions’ ‘Anglo-American heritage’ comments By Sadie Gurman, Associated Press A look at what it means and why some were upset when Sessions said it:… Continue reading
Feb 13 A top official’s sudden departure adds to the strain of vacancies at the Justice Department By Sadie Gurman, Associated Press The recent departure of the Justice Department's No. 3 official is adding to the turmoil at an agency that already lacks permanent, politically appointed leaders for many of its most important divisions. Continue reading
Feb 02 Sessions defends deputy amid Trump criticism By Associated Press Attorney General Jeff Sessions is defending is deputy in the face of criticism from the president. Continue reading
Jan 28 Battered but still loyal to Trump, Sessions endures as AG By Sadie Gurman, Associated Press U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will soon mark his first year on the job, having survived a barrage of insults from President Donald Trump, antipathy from some Justice Department employees and even calls from some fellow Republicans for him to… Continue reading
Jan 26 WATCH: Sessions says Justice Department may be fair game for criticism By Sadie Gurman, Associated Press Sessions, speaking to law enforcement officials in Norfolk, Virginia, said the department's mission is to identify and correct "mistakes of the past" and eliminate political bias "in either direction" from its investigations and prosecutions, a suggestion that that has not… Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch 5:39 News Wrap: Congress ends shutdown, sending federal employees back to work By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, as hundreds of thousands of federal employees got back to work, there were new questions about the prospects for an immigration bill as Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's office said he has withdrawn an offer to… Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch 5:04 What we know about Sessions’ questioning in the Russia probe By PBS News Hour For the first time, a member of President Trump's Cabinet has talked to the special counsel's office investigating Russia; Attorney General Jeff Sessions was interviewed last week for hours. Meanwhile, The Washington Post reported that Robert Mueller plans to question… Continue watching
Jan 23 Sessions interviewed by Robert Mueller team in Russia investigation By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Sessions is thought to be the highest-ranking Trump administration official, and first Cabinet member, to be interviewed by Mueller's team. Continue reading
Jan 22 Sessions: DOJ will leave ‘no stone unturned’ on missing texts from agent removed from Russia probe By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The department last month began providing lawmakers with copies of text communications to and from the veteran counterintelligence agent, Peter Strzok, who was reassigned from Mueller's Russia investigation following the discovery of anti-Trump messages he had traded by phone with… Continue reading