Tag: Attorneys General

The state ethics panel probed Bondi, a longtime supporter of Trump, in relation to her decision to seek tens of thousands of dollars from Trump nearly four years ago. (AP Photo/Joe Reedy)

Report: Florida ethics panel clears Pam Bondi over Trump contribution

Ryan Lovelace · April 22, 2017 2:02 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions refused to comment on the "speculative" notion that the Justice Department could prosecute news outlets in the future following a report that his agency is preparing to file criminal charges against and arrest members of WikiLeaks. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

National Security

Jeff Sessions dodges on whether possible WikiLeaks charges could lead to prosecution of news outlets

Daniel Chaitin · April 21, 2017 5:50 pm

Hawaii's Democratic lawmakers are criticizing Attorney General Jeff Sessions after he expressed amazement on a radio show that a "judge sitting on an island in the Pacific" could stop the president's travel ban. (AP file Photo/Alex Brandon)

Jeff Sessions doesn’t back down from Hawaii comment about judge

Kyle Feldscher · April 21, 2017 5:13 pm

Attorney general's comments add to the uncertainty over whether insurers will continue to be reimbursed. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Attorney General Jeff Sessions: Insurer payments unconstitutional

Robert King · April 19, 2017 8:37 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions blasted so-called sanctuary cities for "doing nothing more than" undermining the fight against transnational gangs and the illegal drug trade. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

AG Jeff Sessions: Sanctuary cities ‘undermine’ fight against transnational gangs

Kelly Cohen · April 18, 2017 1:30 pm

Session's prepared remarks originally called for him to characterize cartel leaders and their practices as "filth." (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Beltway Confidential

Fabrication that Jeff Sessions called illegal immigrants ‘filth’ spreads to Fox News

Becket Adams · April 12, 2017 5:43 pm

President Trump has made border protection "a priority — and already we are seeing the results," Sessions noted. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

AG Sessions on US-Mexico border: ‘This is the Trump era’

Kelly Cohen · April 11, 2017 5:17 pm

In a statement, Sessions blasted the Baltimore consent decree, saying it makes the city "less safe." (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Jeff Sessions has options for escaping Obama-era police reforms

Kelly Cohen · April 9, 2017 4:01 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions will head to Arizona on Tuesday for a tour of the U.S.-Mexico border, his first such tour as top Justice official. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Jeff Sessions will tour US-Mexico border next week

Anna Giaritelli · April 7, 2017 11:25 pm

Bills have been introduced in 17 states this year to make recreational pot legal for adults, while five others are considering voter referendums on the issue. (AP Photo/Michael Balsamo)

Sessions: Justice ‘evaluating’ marijuana policy

Anna Giaritelli · April 5, 2017 10:47 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions holds a meeting with the heads of federal law enforcement. The acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives vowed to help Sessions in his fight against crimes involving firearms. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

ATF vows to help Jeff Sessions reduce gun crimes

Pete Kasperowicz · April 4, 2017 12:32 pm

Marijuana plants are a few weeks away from harvest in the "Flower Room" at the Ataraxia medical marijuana cultivation center in Albion, Ill. Two Illinois state lawmakers introduced legislation that would allow people 21 and older to possess, grow or buy up to an ounce of recreational marijuana and license businesses to sell marijuana products subject to regulation. They say it would help fill Illinois' multibillion-dollar budget hole with $350 to $700 million in new tax revenue. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

States push marijuana legalization bills despite opposition from the federal government

Anna Giaritelli · April 3, 2017 4:01 am