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Northern Ohio attorneys react to Attorney General Jeff Sessions' tough on crime directive. And Some Ohio gubernatorial candidates make unusual moves to draw attention.
In this July 28, 2016, file photo, Khizr Khan, father of fallen US Army Capt. Humayun S. M. Khan, accompanied by his wife Ghazala at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
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.
" 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.
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.
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.
The fiery Republican jurist, who was... . Roy Moore smiles before announcing his Alabama Junior Senate race candidacy on April 26, 2017, in Montgomery, Ala.
After President Trump won the 2016 election, evangelist Franklin Graham shared his thoughts about the force behind the victory during a public rally for the incoming president after the election. "I don't have any scientific information.
"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."
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 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.
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.
In a Daily Beast video interview, Caitlyn Jenner says her loyalties lie with the LGBT community, not President Trump. She also mulls the possibility of becoming 'Senator Jenner.'
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.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is apparently flabbergasted a federal judge from "an island in the Pacific" -- also known as Hawaii -- had the right to block President Trump's executive orders temporarily banning immigration from several Muslim majority nations.
Alabama's new governor has moved up the election for the Senate seat left vacant by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to this summer, reversing former Gov. Robert Bentley 's plan to wait until 2018. The new schedule sets the primary Aug. 15 with a runoff Sept.
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.
However, these winning appointments have exposed an embarrassment of riches. As conservatives move up the chain of command, someone has to take their place.
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.
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.