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UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 6, 2019
AP sources: Jeff Sessions to announce Alabama Senate bid
Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions will announce that he is entering the race for his old U.S. Senate seat in Alabama, two Republicans with direct knowledge of his plans said …
Thu., July 11, 2019
House panel authorizes subpoenas tied to Mueller report
The House Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to authorize subpoenas for 12 people mentioned in special counsel Robert Mueller’s report , including President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and former Attorney …
UPDATED: Tue., July 9, 2019
House Judiciary will vote on subpoenas for Kushner, Sessions
The House Judiciary Committee is moving to authorize subpoenas for several people tied to special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, including President Donald Trump’s son in law, Jared Kushner, and former …
Wed., Nov. 14, 2018
David Cole: Sessions leaves a dark mark on the Justice Department
Under almost any other circumstances, the firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions would be a moment for dancing in the streets. Sessions oversaw a Justice Department that systematically undermined civil …
Fri., Nov. 9, 2018
William P. Barr, Edwin Meese III and Michael B. Mukasey: Jeff Sessions can look back on a job well done
We are three former attorneys general who served in Republican administrations, but we share the view that Jeff Sessions, who resigned at President Donald Trump’s request on Wednesday, has been …
Sat., Sept. 8, 2018
For Sessions, Trump’s constant attacks may define his legacy
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has vigorously pushed President Donald Trump’s agenda at the Justice Department, and before that, spent 20 years championing conservative causes in the Senate.
Fri., Aug. 17, 2018
Sessions: Judges costing taxpayers with immigration rulings
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions told an audience of hundreds of judges and attorneys on Friday that “erroneous rulings” by federal judges have been costly to taxpayers, and he criticized …
Wed., Aug. 1, 2018
Trump urges end to probe ‘right now,’ setting off new storm
President Donald Trump bluntly declared on Wednesday his attorney general should terminate “right now” the federal probe into the campaign that took him to the White House, a newly fervent …
Wed., Aug. 1, 2018
Do Trump tweets cross legal line for obstruction of justice?
President Donald Trump’s tweet on Wednesday calling for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to end the Russia investigation raises difficult questions about whether Trump’s frequent use of Twitter might be used …
Sat., June 16, 2018
New directive takes aim at immigrants fleeing gang violence
The MS-13 gang made Jose Osmin Aparicio’s life so miserable in his native El Salvador that he had no choice but to flee in the dead of night with his …
Sat., June 16, 2018
Elizabeth Bruenig: Sessions and Sanders radically depart from the Christian religion
The greater the truth, the worse the lie; the corruption of the best is the worst of all. People mislead one another all the time about temporary and venial things, …
UPDATED: Thu., June 7, 2018
Idaho to receive two more assistant U.S. attorneys to help combat violent and opioid-related crimes
Two more federal prosecutors will soon begin taking cases in Idaho to help combat violent crime and the opioid epidemic in the state, in the wake of an announcement by …
Sat., May 5, 2018
Joe Harrington tapped to lead U.S. attorney’s office in Spokane for third time in a row
Joseph Harrington has led the federal prosecutor’s office in Spokane for more than a year, even though no president appointed him and no Senate committee has confirmed him.
UPDATED: Thu., April 26, 2018
WSU halts research into marijuana breath test in fear of Trump administration reversal on pot enforcement
Washington State University researchers are halting their development of a marijuana breathalyzer for fear of backlash from the federal government.
UPDATED: Wed., April 18, 2018
Trump vows to protect marijuana industry, GOP senator says
President Donald Trump has promised to support legislation protecting the marijuana industry in states that have legalized the drug, a move that could lift a threat to the industry made …
Sun., April 8, 2018
Bruce J. Einhorn: The plan to intimidate immigration judges
It’s a principle that has been a hallmark of our legal culture: The president shouldn’t be able to tell judges what to do. No longer. The Trump administration is intent …
Fri., April 6, 2018
Sessions orders ‘zero tolerance’ policy for border crossers
Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Friday ordered a “zero tolerance” policy aimed at people entering the United States illegally for the first time on the Mexican border.
UPDATED: Wed., April 4, 2018
Marijuana dispute pits county against state of Oregon
Officials in an Oregon county who have tried to restrict commercial marijuana production sued the state in federal court, asserting state laws that made pot legal are pre-empted by federal …
Fri., March 23, 2018
Noah Feldman: Justice Department is headed down a dangerous path
Before Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe for alleged dishonesty, McCabe led an investigation of Sessions for, well, dishonesty. This may or may not be proof …
UPDATED: Sat., March 10, 2018
Sessions: U.S. prosecutors won’t take on small-time pot cases
Federal prosecutors won’t take on small-time marijuana cases, despite the Justice Department’s decision to lift an Obama-era policy that discouraged U.S. authorities from cracking down on the pot trade in …
Thu., March 8, 2018
Dana Milbank: Trump’s chaotic leadership drives people to the exits
Whom the gods would destroy, they first make toil for Donald Trump. Jeff Sessions had been a four-term U.S. senator, had served as the top Republican on important committees and …
UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 20, 2018
Oregon officials struggle to ID which pot sites are legal
An Oregon sheriff and district attorney blasted efforts to regulate legalized marijuana, saying Tuesday the state is allowing black market operations to proliferate.
Tue., Feb. 13, 2018
Sessions stirs anger with ‘Anglo-American heritage of law enforcement’ comment
WASHINGTON – Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday praised the nation’s sheriffs – then referenced the “Anglo-American heritage” of law enforcement. “I want to thank every sheriff in America. Since …
Sat., Jan. 6, 2018
Trump says he’s been ‘100 percent proper’ with Russia probe
President Donald Trump said Saturday that “everything I’ve done is 100 percent proper” regarding the special counsel’s investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election and he insisted that …
UPDATED: Sat., Jan. 6, 2018
Pot industry frets, then shrugs off Sessions’ new policy
This week’s announcement that the U.S. Department of Justice would lift its hands-off approach to states that legalized marijuana shocked many in the industry who have been trying to go …
Fri., Jan. 5, 2018
Medical marijuana seen at risk following move by Sessions
When U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions green-lighted federal prosecutions of marijuana lawbreakers, the vast majority of U.S. states that allow some form of medical marijuana were unexpectedly placed at risk …
UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 5, 2018
Trump’s directive on recusal adds to obstruction questions
President Donald Trump’s effort to keep Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a vocal and loyal supporter of his election bid, in charge of an investigation into his campaign offers special counsel …
UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 5, 2018
Prosecutors in pot-friendly states will decide on crackdown
Whether to crack down on marijuana in states where it is legal is a decision that will now rest with those states’ top federal prosecutors.
UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 5, 2018
Sessions takes aim at judges’ handling of immigration cases
Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Friday launched a review of a little-known but widely used practice of immigration judges closing cases without decisions, potentially putting hundreds of thousands of people …
UPDATED: Thu., Jan. 4, 2018
Washington promises battle with Sessions over legal pot
Washington officials promise fight with federal government on any new policy that leads to crackdown on state’s legalized marijuana operations.