Sessions to sanctuary cities: "Enforce our immigration laws"
Cities that do not comply will no longer be eligible for DOJ grants, Sessions said during a surprise appearance at Monday's White House press briefing
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Cities that do not comply will no longer be eligible for DOJ grants, Sessions said during a surprise appearance at Monday's White House press briefing
Democrats are criticizing president for firing U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, calling it an effort to sideline critical voices in the judicial branch
Federal prosecutor Preet Bharara makes announcement amid reports of not complying with request to resign
The Quinnipiac University poll comes after perjury allegations against Sessions
President Trump is planning for a blue-ribbon panel to launch a probe into the unfounded claim
In his three-page letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sessions doubles down saying his initial answer "was correct"
After Sessions recused himself from investigations involving Trump campaign, Dep. AG nominee Rod Rosenstein is facing questioning about probe into Trump campaign
The numbers, from CNN/ORC, show a large divide on the Russia issue along partisan lines
President Trump had said he wanted to work closer with Moscow to defeat the terror group, but insiders say such a plan is far-fetched
Trump's tweetstorm about Obama comes as questions surrounding president's contacts with Russia persist
Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak met with several Trump associates during the campaign, which is coming back to haunt the administration
President Trump lashed out at top Democrats over their treatment of Attorney General Jeff Sessions
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says, day after Sessions' recusal from any investigations, that it all smacks of McCarthyism
CBS News' chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford breaks down whether Sessions could be accused of perjuring himself before Congress
CBS News breaks down the events leading to the attorney general's recusal from the FBI's investigation into Russian meddling in the U.S. election
The tipping point came when Republican members of Congress joined Democrats in urging Sessions to bow out from Russia-campaign ties
Kislyak has served as Russia's ambassador to the U.S. since 2008 and has been part of the probe into contacts between Trump associates and Russia
Sessions has been under increasing political pressure to recuse himself from DOJ probes into contacts between the Trump presidential campaign and Russian officials
While the president was visiting the U.S.S. Gerald Ford, he was asked whether he still has confidence in his attorney general
On Thursday, Sessions said he’d recuse himself from the investigations when "appropriate"
This follows revelations that Sessions had contact with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. despite sharing contradictory information in his confirmation process
The Attorney General issued a statement saying “I never met with any Russian officials to discuss issues of the campaign. I have no idea what this allegation is about. It is false.”
Sean Spicer said last week that the Justice Department would step up enforcement of federal law against recreational marijuana
Attorney General Jeff Sessions called the vandalism and bomb threats serious, unacceptable behavior
The Obama administration had begun reducing the federal government's use of private prisons; but Jeff Sessions rescinded the August 2016 memo written by Sally Yates