Latest Jeff Sessions News

Justice Department orders investigation of local compliance with Trump immigration crackdown

Jan. 22, 2025 19:30 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has ordered federal prosecutors to investigate state or local officials who they believe are interfering with the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration, saying they could face criminal charges, in an apparent warning to the dozens of so-called...

The Latest: Rubio, Bondi, Ratcliffe and Duffy appear for Senate confirmation hearings

Jan. 15, 2025 15:09 PM EST

Senate hearings are scheduled this week for several of Trump’s cabinet picks including Sen. Marco Rubio for secretary of state and Pam Bondi for attorney general. Many nominees have met with senators individually. Now, they’ll go before the committees overseeing the agencies Trump wants them to...

Justice Department ignored some policies when seizing reporters' phone records, watchdog finds

Dec. 10, 2024 14:33 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors sidestepped some Justice Department rules when they seized the phone records or emails of reporters as part of media leak investigations during the Trump administration, according to a new watchdog report being released as the aggressive practice of hunting...

What to know about Pam Bondi, Trump's new pick for attorney general

Nov. 25, 2024 20:56 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general, was chosen by Donald Trump to serve as U.S. attorney general hours after his first choice, Matt Gaetz, withdrew from consideration after a federal sex trafficking investigation and ethics probe made his ability to be confirmed...

Trump chooses former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker as NATO ambassador

Nov. 20, 2024 20:28 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has chosen former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker to serve as U.S. ambassador to NATO, the bedrock Western alliance that the president-elect has expressed skepticism about for years. Trump, in a statement, said Whitaker...

What to know about Matthew Whitaker, Trump’s pick to be America's ambassador to NATO

Nov. 20, 2024 15:42 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has tapped former acting attorney general Matthew Whitaker as U.S. ambassador to NATO — set to make him the nation's representative to a bedrock Western alliance that the president-elect has repeatedly relished criticizing. Whitaker has a legal and...