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Senators used the first day of Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions' hearings to test the boundaries of Donald Trump's executive power and highlight areas where Sessions would need to limit him as Attorney General. While several questions at looked back at Sessions' civil rights record, the backdrop to questions about Sessions' future relationship with Trump was set early Tuesday, when Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley asked Sessions whether he would be comfortable saying "no" to the President-elect, given their close relationship on the campaign.
Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last week a plan to provide free in-state tuition to many New Yorkers. In the process, he got his picture taken with Sen. Bernie Sanders and burnished his image with progressives, whose support would help him in a presidential run in 2020.
Sen. Chuck Grassley told Sen. Jeff Sessions that the attorney general of the United States is not the president's "wingman" or lawyer, but has an independent obligation to the Constitution as the nation's chief law enforcement officer. "Will you be able to stand up and say no to the president of the United States if, in your judgement, the law and your duty demands it?" Grassley asked Trump's nominee for attorney general at the confirmation hearing on Tuesday.
Sen. Jeff Sessions speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington on Jan. 10. The Select Committee on Benghazi has closed up shop. The FBI has found no new emails to change its conclusion that there was not a winnable case against Hillary Clinton over her use of a private server.
CBS News' FACE THE NATION is the #1 Sunday morning public affairs program in viewers television year-to-date, according to Nielsen most current ratings. Television year-to-date, FACE THE NATION is averaging 3.87 million viewers and 0.8/04 in adults 25-54 .
Attorney General-designate, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday to testify at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. WASHINGTON >> The Latest on the Senate confirmation hearing for President-elect Donald Trump's selection for attorney general : Sen. Jeff Sessions said that if he is confirmed as attorney general, he would recuse himself from investigations of Hillary Clinton's email server after making comments during the presidential election about the matter.
JANUARY 10: Sen. Jeff Sessions testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing to be the U.S. Attorney General January 10, 2017 in Washington, DC. Sessions was one of the first members of Congress to endorse and support President-elect Donald Trump, who nominated him for Attorney General.
Republican plans to quickly confirm Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees were upended Tuesday amid Democratic pressure to slow down the examination of picks. The Senate Intelligence Committee announced early Tuesday that it would delay by a day a hearing for Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., to serve as CIA director.
The National Science Foundation and UC San Diego spent $1.5 million to put a mudskipper fish on a treadmill. The federal government spent huge taxpayer dollars to study the popularity of Barbie dolls and how long a fish could exercise on a treadmill, according to a new report by a U.S. senator.
Confirmation hearings begin this week for many of President-elect Donald Trump's most important Cabinet picks - and the Republicans who lead that chamber have a tremendous responsibility to ensure that each Cabinet nominee is thoroughly challenged, even if most of them are sure to be confirmed. So far, they appear to be shirking that responsibility.
Jeff Sessions, the senator from Alabama and the nominee for U.S. attorney general, is on the hot seat as he faces several questions about his past and personal views during a confirmation hearing.
Poor Roy Blunt. After crushing his opponent in November, thwarting Democratic dreams of flipping a red seat blue and maybe taking the whole Senate too , the veteran politician ought to be flying high.
Immigration and domestic security, key themes in Donald Trump's successful campaign, will likely dominate two U.S. Senate hearings on Tuesday as lawmakers begin several days of questioning the president-elect's Cabinet nominees. First to appear before lawmakers will be Trump's pick for attorney general, Republican Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama.
In particular, he will vow to tell incoming president Donald Trump "no" when necessary. He will defend police and law enforcement officers across the country who have been "unfairly maligned" in recent years, and he will insist he understands the struggle for justice by "African-American brothers and sisters" and from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, according to prepared remarks to be made before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Police are investigating a bizarre incident where a man claims to have filmed a bank robbery on Facebook Live before making a bomb threat and allegedly handing... -- Russia's government responded for the first time Monday to a U.S. intelligence report last week on alleged Russian hacking, calling the claims "absolutely unfounde... The Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation was recognized at the American Farm Bureau Federation's 2017 Annual Convention for its performance in membership achievement and i... Lincoln - University of Nebraska men's basketball coach Tim Miles announced the addition of Isaac Copeland to the Husker basketball roster on Monday, commencing with the s... - Here are the latest scores and winners: NCAA COLLEGE FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Clemson 35, Alabama 31NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONNew Orleans ... - Later Tuesday morning, Sen. Jeff Sessions will lay out his case ... (more)
Police are investigating a bizarre incident where a man claims to have filmed a bank robbery on Facebook Live before making a bomb threat and allegedly handing... -- Russia's government responded for the first time Monday to a U.S. intelligence report last week on alleged Russian hacking, calling the claims "absolutely unfounde... The Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation was recognized at the American Farm Bureau Federation's 2017 Annual Convention for its performance in membership achievement and i... Lincoln - University of Nebraska men's basketball coach Tim Miles announced the addition of Isaac Copeland to the Husker basketball roster on Monday, commencing with the s... - Here are the latest scores and winners: NCAA COLLEGE FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Clemson 35, Alabama 31NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONNew Orleans ... - Later Tuesday morning, Sen. Jeff Sessions will lay out his case ... (more)
Police are investigating a bizarre incident where a man claims to have filmed a bank robbery on Facebook Live before making a bomb threat and allegedly handing... -- Russia's government responded for the first time Monday to a U.S. intelligence report last week on alleged Russian hacking, calling the claims "absolutely unfounde... The Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation was recognized at the American Farm Bureau Federation's 2017 Annual Convention for its performance in membership achievement and i... Lincoln - University of Nebraska men's basketball coach Tim Miles announced the addition of Isaac Copeland to the Husker basketball roster on Monday, commencing with the s... - Here are the latest scores and winners: NCAA COLLEGE FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Clemson 35, Alabama 31NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONNew Orleans ... - Later Tuesday morning, Sen. Jeff Sessions will lay out his case ... (more)
U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions will warn on Tuesday of a "dangerous trend" in violent crime and vow to better defend police while tackling accusations that he'll gut civil rights, as he seeks to become President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general.
Betsy DeVos, selected for Education Secretary by President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally, in Grand Rapids, Mich. Democratic senators on Dec. 14, called DeVos to ensure that a political action committee she controlled pays $5.3 million in fines and penalties owed for campaign finance violations in Ohio eight years ago.