Tag: Attorneys General

Beltway Confidential

The death penalty for drug dealers won’t solve the opioid crisis, but the right to try weed might

Matthew Boyer · March 27, 2018 7:51 pm

Opponents of SB54, which would create a statewide sanctuary for immigrants in the country illegally, prepare to testify against the measure in the Senate Appropriations Committee in Sacramento, Calif. California lawmakers gave initial approval Monday, April 3, to a measure that prevents law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration officials, a measure that proponents said rebukes President Donald Trump for his immigration crackdown. (AP Photo/Don Thompson, File)

18 states back Trump administration in lawsuit challenging California’s ‘sanctuary’ laws

Melissa Quinn · March 27, 2018 4:33 pm

Beltway Confidential

Trump is right about mental illness

D.J. Jaffe · March 26, 2018 6:55 pm

It’s Not Easy Being Attorney General…

Philip Terzian · March 23, 2018 6:00 am

New York, Massachusetts investigating Facebook over Cambridge Analytica scandal

Melissa Quinn · March 20, 2018 9:08 pm

In a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe sent Tuesday and made public Wednesday, Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., request "all proposed and final applications for surveillance warrants." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

GOP senators call for second counsel to investigate DOJ, FBI’s actions on Russia before Robert Mueller

Kelly Cohen · March 15, 2018 11:20 pm

Vicente Adolfo Solano will face up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine after pleading guilty to plotting to bomb a Miami-area shopping mall.

National Security

Honduran man pleads guilty after attempting to bomb Miami mall in support of ISIS

Anna Giaritelli · March 15, 2018 4:47 pm

President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally at Atlantic Aviation in Moon Township, Pa., Saturday, March 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump administration will help some school personnel get firearms training, urges Congress to act on gun bills

Diana Stancy Correll · March 12, 2018 12:15 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions appeared opposite Tucker Carlson on Fox News Friday night. (screenshot via Fox News)

Jeff Sessions still hesitant to appoint second special counsel to investigate FBI, DOJ

Daniel Chaitin · March 10, 2018 2:14 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions appeared on Fox News with Shannon Bream Thursday night. (screenshot via Fox News)

Jeff Sessions on ICE raids in California: ‘It’s exactly what ICE officers are supposed to do’

Diana Stancy Correll · March 8, 2018 5:46 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions will appear on Fox News at 11 p.m. Wednesday. (screenshot via Fox News)

Jeff Sessions praises Trump as a ‘bold’ leader who ‘does not like things not getting done’

Daniel Chaitin · March 8, 2018 3:51 am

The Department of Justice filed the lawsuit Tuesday in a federal district court in Sacramento over three separate states government's' immigration policies. California Gov. Jerry Brown, left, and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra appeared together in Sacramento following the announcement of the lawsuit. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Gov. Jerry Brown: Jeff Sessions is ‘basically going to war’ against California by opening lawsuit over immigration policies

Katelyn Caralle · March 7, 2018 7:26 pm