WASHINGTON — Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions has drastically limited the ability of federal law enforcement officials to use court-enforced agreements to overhaul local police departments accused of abuses and civil rights violations, the Justice Department announced late on Thursday. In a major last-minute act, Mr. Sessions signed a memorandum on Wednesday before President Trump […]

WASHINGTON — Matthew G. Whitaker, the acting attorney general, served on the advisory board of a Florida company that a federal judge shut down last year and fined nearly $26 million after the government accused it of scamming customers. The company, World Patent Marketing, “bilked thousands of consumers out of millions of dollars” by promising […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional Democrats on Thursday demanded emergency hearings in the U.S. House of Representatives to investigate President Donald Trump’s ouster of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, calling the move an effort to undermine a federal probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. Trump forced the resignation of Sessions on Wednesday, a day […]

Good Thursday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today. _____________________ • President Trump forced out Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday, ending a partnership that soured almost from the start, in part because of Mr. Sessions’s recusal from the Russia inquiry. Mr. Trump tapped Matthew Whitaker, Mr. Sessions’s […]

People were furious against the STM and took turns to grill the transit agency about their new reserved bus lane running along Maurice-Duplessis Boulevard. At an information session with the transit agency and borough officials Wednesday evening, residents asked multiple questions about the project. People wanted to know if officials had taken all factors into […]

(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision on Wednesday to oust Attorney General Jeff Sessions and replace him with a noted critic of Special Counsel Robert Mueller raised immediate fears among Democrats about the future of Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Trump appointed Matthew Whitaker, formerly Sessions’ chief of staff, as […]

Hi. Welcome to On Politics, your guide to the day in national politics. I’m Lisa Lerer, your host. The midterms are over and things are already moving fast in Washington. President Trump gave a 90-minute news conference this morning, vowing to adopt a “warlike posture” if Democrats investigate his administration. Then, he fired Attorney General […]

What TRUMP Said Fifty-five is the largest number of Republican senators in the last 100 years. — President Trump, in a White House news conference on Wednesday False. Republicans appeared to be on the verge of expanding their narrow Senate majority after Tuesday’s midterm elections. But even wins in all three races that remained uncertain […]

In life, Dennis Hof claimed many titles: “America’s pimp” and “the P.T. Barnum of Booty,” based on his notoriety as an outspoken brothel owner in Nevada. He called himself the “Trump of Pahrump,” nodding to his political style and the town he called home. In death, Mr. Hof earned a new title: Nevada state assemblyman. […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives pledged a new era of congressional scrutiny over President Donald Trump on Wednesday, shrugging off White House threats of political warfare if Democrats launch investigations into his affairs. “We have a constitutional responsibility for oversight,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters, a day […]