With New Justice Official, Fate of Russia Probe in Question
Congressional Democrats, concerned about protecting Mueller, called on Matthew Whitaker to recuse himself from overseeing the investigation in its final but potentially explosive stages.
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Jeff Sessions Forced Out as Attorney General by Trump
Attorney General Jeff Sessions was pushed out as the country's chief law enforcement officer after enduring more than a year of blistering and personal attacks from President Donald Trump.
Did 80 Percent of Undocumented Minors Arrive in the United States Without Parents?
Both the White House and Attorney General have used (and misused) a rudimentary and unverifiable statistic in order to downplay their roles in the family separation crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.
HHS: Reunification of Migrant Children With Detained Parents Will Mean Prolonged Child Detention
Health and Human Services officials said they will reunite children with detained parents if Congress lifts a 20-day limit on child detention.
Did Methodists Bring Church Charges Against Jeff Sessions?
Hundreds of the Attorney General's fellow church-members signed a letter claiming his "zero-tolerance" immigration policy had harmed "thousands of vulnerable humans."
Does the United States Have a Plan to Reunite Children Separated From Parents at the Border?
Attorneys, politicians, and journalists all describe a bureaucracy unprepared for the challenges of reuniting large numbers of children forcibly separated from their parents.
Was the ‘Law to Separate Families’ Passed in 1997 or ‘by Democrats’?
There is no federal law mandating children and parents be separated at the border; a policy resulting in that outcome was enacted in May 2018.
Is the Trump Administration Putting Immigrant Children in ‘Tent Cities’?
Multiple news outlets reported that the Department of Health and Human Services is planning tent cities to accommodate a recent influx of immigrant children — but the practice is not new.
Did Jeff Sessions Say ‘If We Inflict Fear and Pain on Children, Adults Won’t Want to Come Here’?
A quote widely attributed to the Attorney General appeared to stem from a viral video shared by Sen. Jeff Merkley's visit to a detention center.
Attorney General Sessions Reverses Protections for Asylum Seekers Fleeing Domestic Violence, Gangs
Immigration lawyers have already vowed to take legal action against Sessions's ruling, which would deny asylum to almost all victims of gang violence and domestic abuse.
Are More Than 10,000 Children in U.S. Detention Centers?
The Department of Health and Human Services announced that 10,773 unaccompanied immigrant children were indeed in detention facilities as of May 2018.
Sessions: Sheriffs Are a ‘Critical Part of the Anglo-American Heritage of Law Enforcement’
His comments were reportedly a reference to the legal tradition of common law that the American sheriff's system shares with England.
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Are These Images of Donald Trump and Ghislaine Maxwell Real?
Socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested on sex abuse charges connected to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Did Trump Say Operation Desert Storm Took Place in Vietnam?
The president's 2020 Independence Day address wasn't the smoothest of speeches, but neither was it as historically challenged as claimed by some critics.
Does a New Facebook Algorithm Only Show You 26 Friends?
Facebook hasn't limited your feed to only a certain number of people, and sharing a post saying otherwise won't make any difference.
Background Check: Investigating George Floyd’s Criminal Record
The question of past arrests often surfaces among people who want to rationalize police officers' actions when Black men are killed in custody.