Jeff Sessions
Q. & A.
The Trump Administration’s Extraordinary Leak Investigations
A Times reporter on the news that Democrats’ and reporters’ phone data were seized by the Justice Department.
Campaign Chronicles
Jeff Sessions’s Defeat in Alabama, a Final Insult from Donald Trump
The President’s interest in the Republican primary seemed to be about continuing to punish his former Attorney General. He had already cast him out of Washington; now he wanted to bury him.
Profiles
How Stephen Miller Manipulates Donald Trump to Further His Immigration Obsession
Donald Trump’s senior adviser has been the true driving force behind this Administration’s racist agenda. How far will he go?
Comment Podcast
Party of One
In firing the Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, the President is bringing the country closer to a constitutional crisis. Many Republicans seem fine with it.
Comment
The Post-Midterms Dangers of Donald Trump
In firing the Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, the President is bringing the country closer to a constitutional crisis. Many Republicans seem fine with it.
Our Columnists
Weekend Reading: From the Midterms to Matthew Whitaker and Stormy Daniels
An insightful collection of this week’s most important stories.
Daily Comment
Donald Trump, Jeff Sessions, and the Dangers of a Slow-Motion Watergate
No President since Nixon had disrespected the fact that federal law-enforcement officials should not be used for political purposes—until Trump fired his Attorney General.
News Desk
Jeff Sessions Is Out, But His Dark Vision for Immigration Policy Lives On
To the extent that President Trump has styled himself as an anti-immigration crusader, it has been with a script written entirely by the former Attorney General.
Our Columnists
Trump’s Effort to Hobble the Mueller Investigation Must Be Stopped
The President has installed a more loyal, and perhaps more pliable, figure to oversee the final stages of the Russia inquiry.
Daily Cartoon
Daily Cartoon: Thursday, November 8th
The Current
Trump Fires Jeff Sessions, and Throws His Administration Back Into Chaos
When the Attorney General’s resignation letter became public, it was clear that he had resigned at Trump’s request.
Daily Comment
The Trump Administration Seeks to Deport an Abuse Victim Who Fears for Her Life
She asks Americans to consider her fate: if forced to return to Honduras, she risks further assaults by her former common-law husband, who threatened to kill her.
News Desk
Trump Reportedly Called Sessions a “Dumb Southerner.” What Do Alabama Republicans Think of That?
Some people in the Attorney General’s home state were hesitant to condemn comments attributed to the President in a new book about the White House.
Daily Comment
What the Bible Really Says About Trump’s Zero-Tolerance Immigration Policy
God does not just “feel” for victims; God sides with them, period. This is the whole point of Biblical faith.
Our Columnists
Trump Versus the Resistance
The President’s policy of separating migrant families at the southern border has cultivated a backlash that may help his opponents get past their own differences.
Daily Comment
Trump’s Cruelty and the Crying Children
The Political Scene Podcast