The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate confirmed Jeff Sessions at attorney general Wednesday night following a contentious debate and a stream of controversy about the immigration hard-liner having a racist past.

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Sen. Kamala Harris gave a rousing, condemning speech against Sen. Jeff Sessions, who is nominated for U.S. Attorney General.

With just a week under her belt as the nation’s top lawyer, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch will head to Baltimore in the aftermath of…

img class=”alignnone size-full wp-image-510862″ src=”http://newsone.com/files/2010/05/holder.jpg” alt=”Times Square Probe” width=”512″ height=”362″ /> From the Washington Post: When Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. stepped up to the lectern at 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, it was more than an unusual middle-of-the-night appearance trumpeting the swift arrest of an alleged terrorist. It also marked a rare moment of […]