Three of the nation’s largest drug distributors have agreed to pay up to $1.1 billion to New York state to combat the ongoing opioid epidemic.
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Read More »July 20, 2021 Comments Off on New York to receive $1.1 billion in opioid epidemic settlement
Three of the nation’s largest drug distributors have agreed to pay up to $1.1 billion to New York state to combat the ongoing opioid epidemic.
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Read More »December 7, 2018 Comments Off on William Barr is top contender for attorney general
WASHINGTON – Former attorney general William Barr is President Donald Trump’s leading candidate to be nominated to lead the Justice Department, according to people familiar with the deliberations – a choice that could be announced in coming days as the ...
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Read More »May 15, 2018 Comments Off on iCardiac founder Zapesochny a candidate for state Attorney General
Alex Zapesochny, co-founder and former president and CEO of iCardiac, has announced his application for the position of New York attorney general. A 1996 graduate of American University’s Washington College of Law, Zapesochny spent three years as a prosecutor in ...
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Read More »March 3, 2017 Comments Off on Analysis: Special prosecutors create as much controversy as they resolve
Lots of investigations, lots of questionable results. That, in a nutshell, sums up the more than 40-year history of the role of special prosecutors, the outside lawyers the U.S. government has on occasion tapped to investigate wrongdoing by one of ...
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Read More »March 2, 2017 Comments Off on Sessions’ talks with Russians questioned
WASHINGTON — A growing number of Republicans joined Democratic leaders Thursday in calling for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to step aside from an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 White House election. Top Democrats demanded that Sessions go further ...
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Read More »February 17, 2017 Comments Off on Sessions sticks to Justice Department basics amid Russia uproar
A week into his tenure as U.S. attorney general, Jeff Sessions is going about the business of establishing his conservative agenda at the Justice Department — and keeping his distance from the political storms closing in. The former Republican senator ...
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Read More »February 9, 2017 Comments Off on Senate confirms Jeff Sessions for attorney general
WASHINGTON — 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 ...
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Read More »February 1, 2017 Comments Off on Jeff Sessions approved by Judiciary Committee after another bitter hearing
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday voted 11-9 to advance the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., as attorney general. He is expected to be confirmed by the full Senate by the end of the week. Republicans, who ...
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Read More »January 23, 2017 Comments Off on Commentary: Five myths about Sen. Jeff Sessions
Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., has been the subject of intense debate ever since Donald Trump nominated him to be attorney general. His critics argue that he could lead a radical rollback of civil rights policies, while supporters defend his record ...
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Read More »January 16, 2017 Comments Off on Lynch says US must hold police accountable
BALTIMORE — As a younger lawyer, Loretta Lynch prosecuted New York police officers who sodomized a Haitian immigrant in a precinct bathroom. As attorney general, she’s broadened her focus to go after entire police departments for unconstitutional practices. In an ...
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Read More »January 11, 2017 Comments Off on Booker: Sessions won’t seek justice for all
WASHINGTON — Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., testified Wednesday that Jeff Sessions is the wrong man to lead the Department of Justice, saying the Republican Alabama senator’s lengthy record in Congress exposed views that are inconsistent with the venerated job he ...
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Read More »January 10, 2017 Comments Off on Sessions says he’d be fair as AG
WASHINGTON — Sen. Jeff Sessions cast himself as a strong protector of law and order at his confirmation hearing Tuesday, promising that as attorney general he would crack down on illegal immigration, gun violence and the “scourge of radical Islamic ...
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