Jeff Sessions

Kate McKinnon's Jeff Sessions gets a do-over on his Senate confirmation hearing.

Critics say the attorney general is ignoring empirical evidence on sentencing with instructions to U.S. prosecutors to federalize cases involving violent offenders.

The Obama appointee had served since 2009 as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

Although U.S. attorneys are political appointees, and the request from Trump's Justice Department is part of a routine process, the move came as a surprise.

The debate is larger than the U.S. attorney general for the District of Maryland.

Vladimir Putin's spokesman called the U.S. "global player number one."

Follow the film quotes: The pace of political news is entirely too frenetic, but is it not also very familiar?

'Acting' officials cannot approve FBI requests for surveillance of Russians or Trump associates, some experts say.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley denies requests for a public hearing.

Trump's attorney general steps aside from potential probes following the news of his pre-election meetings with the Russian ambassador.

Trump said he had "total" confidence in Sessions. "I don't think so," he told reporters during a visit to Newport News, Virginia to tour an aircraft carrier, when asked whether Sessions should step aside from the investigations.

Several prominent Democrats are calling for the attorney general to step down, with Nancy Pelosi accusing him of lying under oath.

Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi calls on the attorney general to resign over revelations that he had two meetings with the Russian ambassador during the Trump campaign.

While still a senator, Sessions spoke twice in 2016 with Russia's ambassador, encounters he did not disclose during his confirmation hearing, The Washington Post reports.

White House spokesperson doesn't rule out Attorney General Jeff Sessions recusing himself, but other Republicans reject the suggestion.

More than two dozen U.S. states have legalized marijuana for either medical or recreational purposes.

"We don't have those votes," said Warren. "So what we have to do is count on people all around this country to make their voices heard."

The partisan divide in the Senate deepened this week, which bodes poorly for legislative dealmaking.

Sessions was confirmed by a 52-47 vote.

Users are posting photos of Mother Teresa, Malala Yousafzai and other iconic women after Republicans silenced the Massachusetts senator.

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee exploited Senate rules to delay until Wednesday a vote on Senator Jeff Sessions' nomination to be attorney general.

The letter also asked Sessions, who as attorney general would be the country's top law enforcement official and head of the Justice Department, to commit to not shutting down any investigation into Russia's activities.

The New Jerseyan breaks Senate custom to fight against a colleague, Jeff Sessions.

How did Sessions do in the confirmation hearing? Eight takeaways.

Donald Trump's attorney general nominee defended his record on civil rights as cabinet hearings get underway.

With 10 days to go before Trump enters the White House, Sessions, 70, was the first of his Cabinet nominees to go before a Senate committee.

The Republican senator is a colleague, but also one of Trump's most controversial Cabinet picks.

The attorney general nominee is rightly viewed as a hardliner, but it's not the whole story.

The president-elect is meeting with Mitt Romney, Michelle Rhee and others at his golf course in Bedminister, N.J.

President-elect Trump is expected to announce more picks in the coming days.