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Jeff Sessions

March 2018

  • Jeff Sessions said federal prosecutors ‘haven’t been working small marijuana cases before, they are not going to be working them now’.

    Jeff Sessions says US prosecutors will not pursue small-time marijuana cases

    Law enforcement lacks resources to take on ‘routine cases’ and will focus on gangs and larger conspiracies, attorney general says
  • FILE PHOTO - California Governor Jerry Brown speaks in Los Angeles<br>FILE PHOTO - California Governor Jerry Brown speaks before signing a bill hiking California’s minimum wage to $15 by 2023 in Los Angeles, California, U.S. on April 4, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo

    California governor denounces Jeff Sessions over immigration lawsuit

    Jerry Brown responds to effort to strike down state’s ‘sanctuary’ laws, accusing Sessions of acting ‘more like Fox News than a law enforcement officer’
  • Donald Trump smiling

    'No one does self-deprecating better': Trump tries standup at Gridiron dinner

    President muses on subjects ranging from impeachment and the Russia inquiry to whether Melania will leave him

February 2018

  • Attorney General Jeff Sessions, center, talks to Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., and others, as they wait for the ceremony to begin honoring Reverend Billy Graham in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol building, Wednesday, Feb. 28, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

    Trump attacks Jeff Sessions over inquiry into alleged surveillance abuses

  • Jeff Sessions<br>Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers remarks to the National Association of Attorneys General at their Winter Meeting in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

    Opioid crisis: justice department to back local lawsuits against manufacturers

  • ‘The result is something like both The Simpsons and The West Wing, served with a dollop of Vanderpump Rules’

    Our Cartoon President review – Stephen Colbert's farce nails Trump drama

  • Justino Mora is a Dreamer who arrived in the US aged 11 as an undocumented immigrant. This is his story

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    I'm a Dreamer: here is what's happening – video explainer

January 2018

  • (FILES) This file photo taken on December 4, 2017 shows US Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaking during the inaugural Global Forum on Asset Recovery at the International Finance Corporation in Washington, DC. The US Justice Department announced January 11, 2018 creation of a special task force to investigate what it called "narcoterrorism" by the powerful Lebanese movement Hezbollah. The unit will comprise specialists on money-laundering, drug trafficking, terrorism and organized crime, targeting Iran ally Hezbollah's sprawling network, whose reach extends across Africa and into Central and South America, the department said."The Justice Department will leave no stone unturned in order to eliminate threats to our citizens from terrorist organizations and to stem the tide of the devastating drug crisis," said Attorney General Jeff Sessions. / AFP PHOTO / Mandel NganMANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images

    Attorney general Jeff Sessions questioned in Trump-Russia inquiry

    Robert Mueller interviewed Sessions for several hours last week and is reported to be negotiating the terms of an interview with the president
  • FILE PHOTO: Section Grower Blenk inspects a marijuana plant clone before planting it at Tweed Marijuana Inc in Smith’s Falls<br>FILE PHOTO: Section Grower Morgan Blenk inspects a marijuana plant clone before planting it at Tweed Marijuana Inc in Smith’s Falls, Ontario, Canada, March 19, 2014. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo

    Why federal cannabis crackdown may be a blessing in disguise for legal weed

    Don’t panic, legalization advocates say: Jeff Sessions’ anti-marijuana policy will have little practical impact and may even hasten the formal end of prohibition

    • 'Not way off, but off': Trump challenges reports he meddled in Russia inquiry

    • Trump tried to stop Sessions recusing himself from Russia inquiry, sources say

    • Jeff Sessions to crack down on legalized marijuana, ending Obama-era policy

November 2017

  • Jeff Sessions said the Nics database was ‘critically important to protecting the American public’.

    Sessions orders review of gun background check system after Texas church shooting

    US attorney general gives FBI and ATF 60 days to investigate whether military and other agencies are failing to provide information to database
  • ‘You know what they say: while the cat’s away, the mice have to testify before congress’...Stephen Colbert

    Late-night hosts on Sessions' testimony: he's got 'collusion confusion'

    Comics, including Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers and Trevor Noah, discussed Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump Jr’s contacts with WikiLeaks, and Trump’s trip to Asia.

    • Sessions says he knew of ex-Trump aide's Russia ties, despite testimony

    • Is the Trump administration afflicted with 'Moscow memory'?

      Richard Wolffe

    • Sessions slams visa lottery: 'It tells us nothing about who is entering this country'

October 2017

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    Trump associates' links with Russia: what we know so far

    Amid continued questions over the scale of alleged Russian influence over the president, we look at the links – known and alleged – between Donald Trump’s associates and allies and Moscow
  • AG Jeff Sessions Testifies Before The Senate Judiciary Committee<br>WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 18: U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill October 18, 2017 in Washington, DC. Committee members questioned Sessions about conversations he had with President Donald Trump about the firing of former FBI Director James Comey, the Defered Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy, the ongoing investigation about Russian intereference in the 2016 presidential election by Robert Muller and other subjects. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

    Jeff Sessions shifts ground on Russia contacts under Senate questioning

    The attorney general concedes for the first time it was possible he had discussed Donald Trump’s policy positions with Russian ambassador
  • Former Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the 2016 National Action Network King Day Breakfast January 18, 2016 in Washington, DC.<br>FCW5DG Former Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the 2016 National Action Network King Day Breakfast January 18, 2016 in Washington, DC.

    Eric Holder calls Trump administration's crime policies dangerous and dispiriting

    Former attorney general says shift ignores bipartisan consensus on reform saying policies ‘are not tough on crime, they are not smart on crime’
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