Attorney General Jeff Sessions during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Nov. 14. Sessions ultimately won confirmation on a 52-to-47 vote, and he moved quickly to make the Justice Department his own. Allies of Sessions say the policy is driven not by racial animus but by a desire to respond to increasing crime. About the same time, he reversed a three-year-old Justice Department policy that protected transgender people from workplace discrimination by private employers and state and local governments. The Justice Department has similarly rolled back Obama administration positions in court cases over voting rights.

Source: Washington Post November 24, 2017 22:07 UTC