Attorney General Jeff Sessions Resigns
Matthew G. Whitaker, Sessions' chief of staff, will become acting attorney general.
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Matthew G. Whitaker, Sessions' chief of staff, will become acting attorney general.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is planning a trip to San Diego to discuss immigration enforcement.
Earlier this week, Sessions established quotas for immigration judges to reduce court backlogs.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions chastised California in its capital city for sanctuary laws in a speech Wednesday morning.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is expected to arrive at the Kimpton Sawyer Hotel at 8 a.m. and begin speaking to the California Peace Officers Association right away.
The Justice Department is suing the state of California over its immigration policies, alleging the state has interfered with federal immigration activities.
The Trump administration has heavily criticized California for its sanctuary city policies.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is ordering a review of the Justice Department's processes after the FBI failed to investigate a tip that the Florida school shooting suspect could be plotting an attack.
State and local officials are being warned they could soon be legally forced to prove they are cooperating with federal immigration authorities.
Local pot shops are preparing for a crackdown on federal drug agents despite the legalization of recreational marijuana.
For long-term pot purveyors accustomed to changing regulatory winds, the decision was just another bump in a long and winding road to proving their business legitimacy.
The move has already garnered bipartisan backlash from states where recreational marijuana has been legalized.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions can't follow through - at least for now - with his threat to withhold public safety grant money to Chicago and other so-called sanctuary cities.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions moved Thursday to again punish so-called sanctuary cities, this time threatening to deny federal crime-fighting resources to four cities beset by violence if they don't step up efforts to help detain and deport people living in the country illegally.
