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In this file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks in Columbus, Ohio. Sessions moved Thursday to again punish so-called sanctuary cities, this time threatening to deny federal crime-fighting resources to four cities beset by violence if they don’t step up efforts to help detain and deport people living in the country illegally. - Jay LaPrete — The Associated Press file

4 sanctuary cities facing loss of crime-fighting assistance

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

WASHINGTON >> Attorney General Jeff Sessions moved Thursday to again punish so-called sanctuary cities, this time threatening to deny federal crime-fighting resources to four cities beset by violence if they...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions boards his plane at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday. With his future as the nation’s top prosecutor in doubt after a week of blistering public scorn from the president. - Pablo Martinez Monsivais — The Associated Press

Under blistering Trump criticism, Jeff Sessions heads to El Salvador

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

WASHINGTON >> With his future as the nation’s top prosecutor in doubt after a week of blistering public scorn from the president, Attorney General Jeff Sessions flew to El Salvador...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, right, with Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, speaks about opioid addiction during a news conference, Thursday at the Justice Department in Washington. - Jacquelyn Martin — The Associated Press

412 people charged in health fraud schemes worth $1.3 billion

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

WASHINGTON >> U.S. prosecutors announced Thursday that they have charged more than 400 people with taking part in health care fraud and opioid scams that totaled $1.3 billion in false...

In this file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks in Bethesda, Md. Sessions is visiting the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, which he has called a fine place to house new terrorism suspects. - Jacquelyn Martin — The Associated Press file

Attorney General Sessions visiting Guantanamo Bay prison

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

WASHINGTON >> Attorney General Jeff Sessions is visiting Guantanamo Bay Friday in a show of support for the prison he has called a fine place to detain new terrorism suspects,...

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