A few weeks after President Trump threatened to pull Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) out of California to see how the state would cope with their absence, his administration sued the state over its immigration laws and status as a so-called “sanctuary state.” On Wednesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions appeared in Sacramento, where he announced the lawsuit while expressing outrage in […]
Remember when the President asked Black voters, “What do you have to lose?” Apparently everything. Every day this White House tries it with the American people—and today is no different. According to the New York Times, the Trump administration has plans for the Justice Department’s civil rights division to investigate and sue colleges and universities for […]
WASHINGTON – Embattled Attorney General Jeff Sessions told the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday that any suggestion that he colluded with Russian officials while he was advising the Trump campaign is “an appalling and detestable lie.” Sessions also said he could “not recall” a reported meeting with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak during an April campaign […]
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Monday he wants his testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee to be public. “He believes it is important for the American people to hear the truth directly from him,” said Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores. Sessions is scheduled to testify Tuesday afternoon, less than a week after former FBI […]
On Monday, the GOP Attorney General furthered this pro-police agenda by levying a war on reforms started by the Obama administration. From the presidential campaign to the Oval Office, the Trump administration has made it clear that the next four years will be a pro-police presidency. During the transition, topics on the White House […]
CLEVELAND – Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson said Monday he was “not concerned” about a threat to pull federal grant money for failure to enforce federal immigration law. Attorney General Jeff Sessions threatened to deny Justice Department grant money to state and local governments that acted like so-called sanctuary cities. Those are generally defined as cities […]
The U.S. Justice Department said Friday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions is calling for the resignations of 46 federal prosecutors held over from former president Barack Obama's administration.
During her opening monologue on Saturday night’s episode of “SNL,” guest host Octavia Spencer cracked jokes about the constant mix-ups surrounding Black films.
Politicians have called for Sessions to step down from his position. (CNN) – Attorney General Jeff Sessions promised to recuse himself from any current or future investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The nation’s top cop said he did not mislead the Senate during his confirmation hearing to become attorney general, […]
Under heavy fire from Democrats over his alleged lying to Congress about meeting with Russian diplomats while he was a surrogate for the Trump presidential campaign, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the Justice Department will limit suing police departments for violating the civil rights of minorities. “We need, so far as we can, to help police […]
Donald Trump, along with his henchman, Attorney General, Jeff Sessions promised to make his administration a ‘law and order’ administration. In direct response to the non-violent protests of the Black Lives Matter movement, which was itself organized to respond to police violence against Black civilians, Trump vowed to create a ‘police-friendly’ administration. The three executive orders […]
The decision came amid major division, a contentious debate and a stream of controversy about racism surrounding the Alabama senator. The Republican-controlled Senate confirmed Jeff Sessions as attorney general during a floor vote Wednesday after a stream of controversy over the former Alabama senator’s racist past, reports The Washington Post. From The Washington Post: The […]