Tag: Attorneys General

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer blasted the move as defying the point of accountability in the executive office. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Schumer: Trump firing independent AG ‘is chilling’

Anna Giaritelli · January 31, 2017 4:13 am

Acting Attorney General Defies Trump

Jim Swift · January 31, 2017 12:47 am

This was the second sit-in spearheaded by the NAACP against the nomination of Sessions for attorney general. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

NAACP leader Cornell Brooks among 30 people arrested for sit-in against Sessions

Kelly Cohen · January 30, 2017 10:14 pm

Leahy admonished his colleagues, remarking, "You Republicans should not want to shut down the government. They are the only ones who have the power to shut down the government." (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Leahy to oppose Sessions’ AG nomination

Kelly Cohen · January 30, 2017 5:29 pm

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NRA airing TV ad for Sessions, ‘Will get criminals off streets’

Paul Bedard · January 25, 2017 11:12 pm

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., delayed a vote on the confirmation of Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions to be attorney general until Jan. 31. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Feinstein delays Sessions’ vote in name of Women’s March on Washington

Kelly Cohen · January 24, 2017 3:54 pm

Judiciary committee will vote on Jeff Sessions’ nomination Jan. 24

Susan Ferrechio · January 18, 2017 12:20 am

Appearing on "Meet The Press" on NBC, Rep. John Lewis said he testified against Jeff Sessions, President-elect Trump's pick for attorney general, because Sessions does not seem opposed to voting rights being limited. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Lewis: Sessions doesn’t have a history of standing up for ‘what is just’

Kyle Feldscher · January 15, 2017 2:00 pm

‘We will not be Trumped’: Sharpton calls for protests against Sessions

Kyle Feldscher · January 14, 2017 6:25 pm

Sessions stuck with Obama-era consent deals with police

Kelly Cohen · January 14, 2017 5:52 pm

Rosenstein, 52, is the only U.S. attorney from the George W. Bush administration who is still in office. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Report: Trump picks longtime Maryland attorney as deputy AG

Kelly Cohen · January 13, 2017 6:48 pm

Schumer will vote against Sessions for AG

Kyle Feldscher · January 12, 2017 1:07 pm