During her now-infamous Senate tirade against the confirmation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) criticized the former Alabama senator because his office suggested in a press release that a wealthy American corporation should hire Americans.
Gov. Robert Bentley (R-AL) announced Thursday he had selected Alabama state Attorney General Luther Strange to replace Jeff Sessions, who was confirmed as U.S. Attorney General a day earlier, in the United States Senate. “This is truly a remarkable time
Lawyers for tech giant Google crowded outside the offices of Californian Senator Dianne Feinstein in an effort to convince her to oppose President Trump’s appointment of Jeff Sessions as Attorney General.
Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats forced debate on the confirmation of Jeff Sessions for the position of Attorney General into Wednesday with belabored speeches over Sessions’ qualifications and President Donald Trump’s firing of Obama Administration holdover, acting Attorney General Sally Yates, the night before.
The problem goes much further than one official. Trump’s opponents are burrowed throughout the federal bureaucracy, and at senior as well as junior levels.
In a guest column for Hollywood trade publication Variety, actor John Leguizamo lays out the reasons why he believes President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. Attorney General, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), should not be confirmed for the post.
There is something decidedly odd about the California State Legislature’s decision to hire former Attorney General Eric Holder, now back at the prestigious Covington & Burling law firm, to fight the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump.
Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin affirmed Thursday morning that he will vote to confirm Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions as the next attorney general in the incoming Trump administration.
On Wednesday, Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA) — head of the Congressional Black Caucus — blasted the Senate Judiciary Committee’s decision to have three black members of Congress testify last at Sen. Jeff Sessions’ (R-AL) Tuesday confirmation hearing for attorney general, saying it was the equivalent of being sent to the “back of the bus.”
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) broke with tradition and testified against one of his own colleagues in the United States Senate on Wednesday.
Sen. Jeff Sessions, attorney general nominee, answered questions during the January 10 confirmation hearing about the Second Amendment, making clear that the right to bear arms is “historic” and constitutionally protected.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz challenged the news media during Tuesday’s confirmation hearing to tell the truth about his colleague Jeff Sessions’ record on championing civil rights and fighting bigotry — in particular Sessions’ role in sentencing a well-known Klansman to death and helping to financially bankrupt the Klan in the state of Alabama.
As Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) is set to testify against Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. Attorney General, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, it wasn’t that long ago that Booker praised Sessions.
“I would hope that you on the call relentlessly ask the leaders in the Democratic Party…whether or not they equally denounce the left-wing tactics by …groups to interrupt the Democratic process,” Sean Spicer challenged the press.
Failed presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) expressed “very, very strong concerns” over the choice of Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) to be President-elect Donald Trump’s Attorney General.
In what is reportedly an unprecedented move, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker will testify against colleague Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions in his confirmation for Attorney General.
Hans von Spakovsky of the Heritage Foundation, formerly an attorney with the Department of Justice, said he expected “fireworks” at the confirmation hearings for attorney general nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions on Tuesday’s Breitbart News Daily.
A Capitol Hill source familiar with Scott’s motivations for speaking out in favor of Sessions told Breitbart News Scott’s statement was not prompted by Booker’s break of protocol. Rather, the source said, Scott was motivated by his own friendship and working relationship with Sessions, whose reputation under an unfair attack.
Ahead of confirmation hearings for U.S. Attorney General nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley says Sessions, “will be a leader for law and order administered without regard to person.”
Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions will appear Tuesday morning before his colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee to begin his confirmation hearing to serve as Attorney General of the United States.
Advocates for open border policies are on high alert ahead of long-time President-Elect Donald Trump ally Sen. Jeff Sessions’ (R-AL) likely confirmation to U.S. Attorney General.
Rep. Dave Brat (R-VA) praised President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Sen. Jeff Sessions, to Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Raheem Kassam on Monday, saying, “I’ve known him ever since I got to D.C., which is just a couple years ago, and he has been a true friend to me. He’s personally helped me out. He’s a warm human being.”
The former California Attorney General often compared to outgoing President Barack Obama was sworn in on Tuesday as California’s newest — as well as first black and first Asian — U.S. Senator, as Democrats grasp for the future of their party.
A group of 1,226 law professors has published an open letter opposing the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) to the position of Attorney General in President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration.
A report by The Washington Post stokes fears among illegal immigrants and Muslims living in the country, claiming that President-Elect Donald Trump’s incoming immigration policies have “increased fear.”
Decades-old racially charged allegations against Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) parroted by the establishment media and a handful of far left Senate Democrats do not hold up under scrutiny, an extensive investigation conducted by Breitbart News has found.
A Texas judge signed an order stopping the Killeen School District from banning a Charlie Brown Christmas display.
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. Attorney General, has his share of detractors in Democratic Party. However, Alabama State Sen. Quinton Ross, the top Democrat in the Alabama State Senate, isn’t one of them. In a
Gov. Jerry Brown has nominated Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) to take Kamala Harris’s place as Attorney General of the State of California.
Senate Democrats are making it clear that Sen. Jeff Sessions will not have an easy time being confirmed as President-elect Donald J. Trump’s first attorney general.
Monday on CNN’s “New Day,” Kellyanne Conway, the campaign manager of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, fielded questions about Sen. Jeff Sessions’ (R-AL) appointment by President-elect Donald Trump to the attorney general post. Cuomo suggested there could be problems with Sessions’
Jeff Sessions, the first U.S. Senator to endorse Trump, was rumored for a number of positions in Trump’s cabinet, including Department of Homeland Security and Department of Defense but it appears that the former Attorney General of Alabama has been selected for the highest law and order position in the administration.
Sen. Ted Cruz, 45, had a private meeting with Trump at the Trump Tower in New York on Tuesday. Although the contents of the meeting were unclear, it appears the conversation may have been geared towards the possibility of bringing Cruz on board for a cabinet position.
The commissioners court in Collin County, Texas unanimously passed a resolution which governs how the court will look at attorney fees in the prosecution case of the Texas Attorney General. The resolution is a policy shift for some of the commissioners. The action was taken after persistent and strident outcry by taxpayers, and after concern was expressed by area state representatives and a state senator.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office announced Monday that it issued a notice to Donald Trump’s charitable foundation that it must stop soliciting donations due to not having the proper certification in accordance with state law.
A new bill likely to become law in California bans state-funded travel to states that the California Attorney General decides have laws that discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexualt, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people.
U.S. Senate candidate Kelli Ward called on Republicans to fight back against Democratic presumptive presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in the wake of the FBI’s findings and recommendation not to indict Clinton over what it called “extremely careless” handling of national security information.
California Governor Jerry Brown announced his official endorsement of the state’s Attorney General, Kamala Harris, for U.S. Senate on Monday over U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA).
GOP frontrunner Donald Trump says New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who endorsed him last week, would make a great attorney general.
In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama used the words of Pope Francis during his visit last fall to strengthen his call for further openness, specifically toward Muslims in the United States, and as a challenge, particularly to GOP frontrunner Donald Trump.
