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    Attorney General Jeff Sessions Resigns at Trump’s RequestHis interim replacement, Matthew Whitaker, once mused that a new attorney general could foil the Mueller probe by defunding it.
    By Eric Levitz
  2. sessions in conempt
    Federal Judge Orders Plane Carrying Deported Mom and Child to Be Turned AroundThe judge suggested that Jeff Sessions could be held in contempt of court for the deportation, which he called “unacceptable.”
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  3. immigration
    Trump Admin Illegally Deporting Women Who Fled Unimaginable Violence, ACLU SaysThe ACLU is suing the government on behalf of asylum-seekers who were told they did not have “credible fear” of returning home.
    By Amanda Arnold
  4. bonding with teens
    Jeff Sessions Joyously Joins in With Teens Chanting ‘Lock Her Up’He paused his speech at a high school leadership summit to join in.
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  5. family separation policy
    Migrant Mom Says Federal Agents Ripped Away Her Baby While She Was BreastfeedingThe woman was detained under the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy.
    By Amanda Arnold
  6. immigration
    Overnight, Thousands of Domestic-Violence Victims May Have Lost Hope for AsylumIn a “cruel and heartless” decision, Jeff Sessions severely restricted who can be granted asylum in the U.S.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  7. solar eclipse 2017
    Please Enjoy These Photos of Politicians Awkwardly Watching the EclipseTrump seems to be the only one who dared to risk staring at the sun without eclipse glasses.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  8. politics
    Jeff Sessions Under Fire for Delivering Speech to an Anti-LGBTQ GroupHe addressed the Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian law firm that advocates against LGBTQ rights.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  9. politics
    Jeff Sessions Says He’ll Crack Down on Hate Crimes Against Transgender WomenHe was addressing federal prosecutors at a hate-crimes summit in Washington.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  10. Code Pink Protesters Convicted for Disrupting Sessions HearingOne of the protesters maintains all she did was laugh during the hearing.
    By Lisa Ryan
  11. politics
    The Trump Administration Can’t Agree on Treatment of Transgender StudentsSecretary of Education Betsy DeVos is hesitant to rescind Obama’s guidelines.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  12. politics
    Elizabeth Warren on How to Fight Back Now That Sessions Has Been Confirmed“It [matters] to say loudly to the Republicans in Washington, ‘We’re here. We’re strong. And we will be persistent.’”
    By Claire Landsbaum
  13. Here’s the Powerful Letter Senate Republicans Kept Elizabeth Warren From ReadingDuring Jeff Sessions’s confirmation hearing.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  14. politics
    #LetLizSpeak Proves Elizabeth Warren and Her Supporters Won’t Be SilencedAfter Warren was barred from speaking during Jeff Sessions’s confirmation hearing, supporters rallied around her.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  15. politics
    Watch This Sexual-Assault Survivor’s Powerful Testimony Against Jeff Sessions“We must trust the attorney general to respect the humanity of all Americans.”
    By Claire Landsbaum
  16. politics
    Kirsten Gillibrand: The Attorney General Should Understand Sexual Assault“It is not locker-room talk. It is criminal behavior.”
    By Claire Landsbaum
  17. Trump’s Pick for Attorney General Has Some Terrible Views on Sexual AssaultHe said Trump’s Access Hollywood tape was not describing sexual assault.
    By Claire Landsbaum