WASHINGTON (AP) — The acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement told senators Thursday that employees' morale has suffered because of the bitter political climate, and he apologized for sending a tweet in 2015 that suggested renaming the Democratic Party as the "NeoKlanist" party.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions says "nobody has a sense of humor anymore."
That's his assessment after drawing ire for seeming to dismiss the state of Hawaii as merely "an island in the Pacific."
Last week, Sessions criticized a federal judge's ruling in Hawaii that blocked the Trump administration's immigration ban.
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's Democratic lawmakers on Thursday criticized Attorney General Jeff Sessions after he expressed amazement on a radio show that a "judge sitting on an island in the Pacific" could stop the president's travel ban.
U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono responded by trying to give Sessions a civics lesson on Twitter, saying Hawaii has been a U.S. state for 58 years.