WASHINGTON -- After Jeff Sessions announced his resignation as the country's chief law enforcement officer, President Donald Trump tweeted that Sessions' chief of staff Matthew Whitaker will take over ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has chosen former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker to serve as U.S. ambassador to NATO, the bedrock Western alliance that the president-elect ...

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein continues to oversee special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation even though acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker has decided not to recuse himself ...

Matt Whitaker is a real piece of work. In the less than a week since his appointment to acting Attorney General by President Trump, journalists have uncovered a history that includes working as an ...

Trump may not “bypass the constitutional and statutory requirements for appointing someone to that office,” the plaintiffs said in a draft filing obtained by The New York Times. Now, Whitaker’s ...

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Wednesday released an internal legal opinion supporting the legality of Matthew Whitaker's appointment as acting attorney general as Democrats press the case ...

While President Donald Trump‘s appointment of Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker stirs controversy, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) refused to say whether he supported him as a permanent replacement ...

Three Senate Democrats filed a lawsuit Monday arguing that Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker's appointment is unconstitutional and asking a federal judge to remove him. The suit, filed by Sens.

WASHINGTON - Matthew Whitaker, in his first and likely last appearance before Congress as acting attorney general, sparred for hours Friday with Democrats who sternly warned him not to impede special ...

Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker listens to a question from Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., as he appears before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, Friday, Feb ...

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has chosen former acting Atty. Gen. Matt Whitaker to serve as U.S. ambassador to NATO, the bedrock Western alliance that the president-elect has ...