Super PAC backing Luther Strange seeks records between opponents, Kay Ivey

A super PAC supporting Sen. Luther Strange, R-Ala., is requesting records of communications between the senator's potential and current Republican challengers and Gov. Kay Ivey. One of the goals of the records request is to determine if Strange's opponents spoke to Ivey about moving the special election from 2018 to this summer.

Republican super PAC plans $2.6 million ad buy for Strange

" The Senate Leadership Fund on Monday reserved a $2.6 million television ad buy on behalf of U.S. Sen. Luther Strange of Alabama, bidding to ward off challengers for the seat previously held by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The super political action committee, which has ties to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, made the show of fiscal force ahead of the August Republican primary in which Strange will face several challengers, including former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore.

Arresting someone for laughing may sound funny, but it’s no joke

Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events The Justice Department is prosecuting a woman who laughed during a Senate hearing to confirm Jeff Sessions as attorney general. I can sympathize with her somewhat absurd plight, because I was once tossed out of the press box in the Supreme Court for laughing at the wrong time.

Alabama Secretary of State talks special election and campaign act violations

The deadline is this month for candidates to qualify, or pay their dues to get their names on the ballot, for the upcoming special election. Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill said his office is busy getting ready for the election, which Governor Kay Ivey moved up to this year from 2018.

Alabama turns spotlight back on ‘The Daily Show’ and Trevor Noah

"The Daily Show" sent Hasan Minhaj to explore Alabama's overcrowded prison system during "Alabama Week" in a segment that aired Tuesday, April 25, 2017. "In the end, it is a comedy show so you know ahead of time what you are getting in to."

Critics question top US prosecutor’s style after blunt words

With two dust-ups in a week, first with a judge in Hawaii and another with leaders of the nation's largest and most powerful police department, Attorney General Jeff Sessions sounds to some more like the conservative senator from Alabama he once was rather than the top prosecutor he is today. And some observers say the Republican's blunt style could strain relationships with the very law enforcement officials whose partnerships he contends are vital and risks politicizing criminal justice issues that demand the Justice Department's attention.

Suspended Alabama chief justice running for Senate to ‘make America good again’

Suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore announces his plan to run for U.S. Senate during a Wednesday news conference on the steps of the Capitol in Montgomery. Suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore announces his plan to run for U.S. Senate during a Wednesday news conference on the steps of the Capitol in Montgomery.

Suspended Alabama Chief Justice Moore running for US Senate

Supporters of suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore gather to listen to him announce his plan to run for U.S. Senate at a news conference Wednesday, April 26, 2017, on the steps of the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala. The fiery Republican jurist, who was suspended from the bench on accusations that he urged defiance of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing gays and lesbians to marry, is running for the U.S. Senate seat previously held by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Jeff Sessions again degrades Hawaii and the U.S. justice system to defend Trump’s Muslim ban 2.0

At his Senate confirmation hearing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath that he had never had contact with the... Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that... Jeff Sessions is really all in on calling one of the 50 United States an "island in the Pacific" as a way to attack the legitimacy of a duly appointed and confirmed federal judge who sits in Hawaii. In an interview with MSNBC's Ali Velshi, Sessions did not back down from defending that indefensible position.

Editorial: Civil rights retreat

When the U.S. Senate was considering whether then-Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama should lead the Justice Department, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., was one of the most vocal members to stand in opposition to him. Booker's chief concern: Sessions' abysmal record concerning basic civil rights, and in particular where those rights concern minorities.

Today From the Neoconfederate Takeover of the Department of Justice

It turns out putting someone who a Republican Senate considered to be too racist to be a District Court judge in the 80s in charge of the DOJ may not work out that well: The crowd was small, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions's speech was short. But his message couldn't have been clearer: "This is a new era," said Sessions, who sported a dark suit in the hot Arizona sun.

Melania Trump wins damages from Daily Mail publisher

Republicans have pulled out a victory in Kansas in the first of four U.S. House elections to replace GOP congressmen named to top jobs in President Donald Trump's administration, but the next contest in Georgia... Republicans have pulled out a victory in Kansas in the first of four U.S. House elections to replace GOP congressmen named to top jobs in President Donald Trump's administration, but the next contest in Georgia could be tougher. The CEO of United Airlines' parent company is pledging to review company policies after a passenger was dragged off a full fight in Chicago.