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The news that Doug Jones was Joe Biden's choice for U.S. attorney general drew attention to the former Alabama senator's prosecution of KKK members who bombed a historic Black church in Birmingham that killed four little Black girls in 1963.

NEW YORK (AP) — Letitia James, a longtime New York City politician with ties to both the state’s underclass and its elites, beat three other candidates in a Democratic primary for attorney general on Thursday, then turned her sights on the man she saw as her real opponent: President Donald Trump. “This campaign was really […]

  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Two New Jersey radio hosts are receiving heavy criticism for repeatedly referring to the state’s attorney general as “turban man” on air. The Record reports WKXW-FM hosts Dennis Malloy and Judi Franco made the comments Wednesday while discussing Gurbir Grewal’s recent order to suspend marijuana prosecutions in the state. Grewal […]

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who held himself out as a champion of women and a liberal foil to President Donald Trump, resigned from office after four women accused him of physical violence during intimate encounters. It was a swift and stunning fall for a Democrat who had pledged to […]

The Illinois midterm elections are around the corner and it’s important for people to know whose running, what their plan is to make the state better and if it’s what you the voter believe in. Roland Martin talks with Sharon Fairly & Kwame Raoul both African-American Democratic Candidates running for Illinois State Attorney General about […]

Scores of demonstrators gathered outside of Mitch McConnell's home to protest the silencing of Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Friday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Sen. Jeff Sessions to be attorney general in the Trump administration despite fierce Democratic opposition to the Alabama Republican over his record on civil rights and immigration. The 52-47 nearly party-line vote capped weeks of divisive battles over Sessions, an early supporter of President Donald Trump and […]

More than 1,300 law professors signed an open letter protesting Jeff Sessions' nomination. They voice concerns about his record.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Several NAACP protesters led by their national president were escorted away in handcuffs by police after staging a sit-in Tuesday at the Alabama office of Sen. Jeff Sessions, the nominee for U.S. attorney general, the civil rights group said. The organization held the demonstration to protest Sessions’ nomination by President-elect Donald […]

On the evening of Saturday May 30th, Joe Biden‘s son Beau Biden passed away following a long battle with brain cancer. He was 46 years old. The Huffington…

It’s about time. After five months in political limbo, Loretta Lynch was confirmed Thursday as the first African American female U.S. Attorney General and will…

It’s about time. After five months in political limbo, Loretta Lynch was confirmed Thursday as the first African American female U.S. Attorney General and will lead the Justice Department at a time when police-related killings of unarmed black men has erupted into a national crisis. Lynch, 55, who was subjected to the longest wait for […]