Jeff Sessions

Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has lost the Republican nomination for his old Senate seat in Alabama to former college football coach Tommy Tuberville.

Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions stood up to his old boss Friday after President Donald Trump encouraged Alabama voters to reject Sessions in his bid to return to the U.S. Senate, NBCNews reports. Trump on Friday afternoon once again tweeted his endorsement for Sessions’ rival, college football coach Tommy Tuberville, in the primary contest for the seat Sessions held before joining...

President Donald Trump’s campaign has sent a letter demanding his former attorney general Jeff Sessions stop tying himself to Trump in campaign materials

President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign sent a scathing letter to former Attorney General Jeff Sessions this week, calling him “delusional” for tying himself to the president in his current Senate campaign and demanding it stop circulating any mailers that imply Trump supports his bid.  The Trump campaign specifically called out Sessions’ team for an advertisement that mentioned the president...

Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ bid for a political comeback by recapturing his old seat in the Senate from Alabama has become a battle for survival

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, in a sharp break with tradition, testified against his colleague Sen. Jeff Sessions on Wednesday during Sessions’ confirmation hearings to be Attorney General.

Days after the Northwestern University student newspaper published a controversial editorial apologizing for its coverage of a campus visit by former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the dean of the university’s Medill School of Journalism is defending the students involved.

Northwestern University’s student newspaper published an editorial on Sunday that has since drawn widespread condemnation over the paper’s apology for its coverage of a campus visit from former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Eight members of the editorial board of The Daily Northwestern began the piece by writing that in covering Sessions’ event and the ensuing protests on Nov. 5,...

In offering Ukraine’s president the help of Attorney General William Barr in investigating rival Joe Biden, President Donald Trump is once again inserting the nation’s top law enforcement officer in a political fray. It’s a role Barr has embraced since taking command of the Justice Department in February, most notably by casting special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the Russia...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions called Chicago’s new proposed consent decree “insulting,” and said that the federal court order that led to it “unjustified” in a speech Friday afternoon.

Christian leaders are condemning Attorney General Jeff Sessions for quoting the Bible to justify separating families at the border, saying he misinterpreted scripture. Sessions pointed to a passage from the New Testament during a speech Thursday to argue that all people who break the law are subject to prosecution. “I would cite you to the Apostle Paul and his clear...

Christian leaders are condemning Attorney General Jeff Sessions for quoting the Bible to justify separating families at the border, saying he misinterpreted scripture. Sessions pointed to a passage from the New Testament during a speech Thursday to argue that all people who break the law are subject to prosecution. “I would cite you to the Apostle Paul and his clear...

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen defended the practice of separating families at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying that her department is merely following laws. Speaking at a White House briefing Monday, Nielsen said the issue has been growing for years, the product of loopholes that have created an open border.

President Donald Trump has promised to support legislation protecting the marijuana industry in states that have legalized the drug, a move that could lift a threat to the industry made by the U.S. attorney general just three months ago. Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado said Friday that Trump made the pledge to him in a Wednesday night conversation.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who was a regular target of President Donald Trump’s anger and criticism.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions will end an Obama-era policy that let states legalize marijuana, according to two sources to The Associated Press.

Additional prosecutors have been assigned to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago and will focus on fighting violent crime.

President Trump kicked off an 11 day trip to Asia Friday, still frustrated with the Russia investigation. “A lot of people are disappointed in the Justice Department – including me,” the president said before his departure.

Seth Meyers takes a look at a recent interview President Donald Turmp gave to the New York Times, in which he seemed to turn on his attorney general, Jeff Sessions.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions appeared before the Senate Intelligence committee on June 13. Here are some key moments from his testimony.