Tag: DOJ
Jeff Sessions addresses group representing baker who refused to serve gay...
Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday delivered a speech to the religious freedom group that is representing a Colorado baker who refused to bake a wedding...
Terri Sewell holds Speak Out, introduces legislation to restore Voting Rights...
Four years after the Supreme Court’s decision to roll back provisions of Voting Rights Act, Alabama 7th District U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell and a handful of her...
Birmingham among 12 cities that will get federal help to fight...
The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) announced Birmingham is among the 12 cities that will receive federal aid to help fight violent crime.
DOJ said Tuesday the new National Public Safety Partnership, dubbed "PSP," initiative...
James Comey testimony leaves question about Jeff Sessions unanswered
Ousted FBI Director James Comey provided a lot of answers during his public testimony before a Senate committee, but he left one substantial question...
Donald Trump lashes out at DOJ over travel ban legal strategy
Memo from legal experts to President Donald Trump on resurrecting his stalled travel ban: Quit Twitter.
Trump's 140-character musings Monday may have undercut his own...
US prosecutors told to push for more, harsher punishments
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is directing federal prosecutors to pursue the most serious charges possible against the vast majority of suspects, a reversal of...
Mayors grapple with grant threat after meeting with Jeff Sessions
Mayors from several U.S. cities threatened with the loss of federal grants emerged from a meeting with the attorney general Tuesday saying they remain...
Martha Roby’s former Chief of Staff nominated Assistant Attorney General
If University of Alabama School of Law graduate and Birmingham-native Stephen Boyd has any luck, his resume will grow bit longer this spring
Boyd, who...
Justice Dept threatens sanctuary cities in immigration fight
The Trump administration intensified its threats to crack down on so-called sanctuary cities that refuse to comply with federal immigration authorities, sending letters Friday...
Jeff Sessions plans crackdown on violent gangs, especially MS-13
Attorney General Jeff Sessions says the Justice Department will crack down on violent gangs.
Sessions on Tuesday singled out one organization in particular, the MS-13...
