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Anti-immigration mind meld: What brought the two together? Immigration. Sessions staked out a position for himself in the senate as an immigration hawk even within the Republican caucus. When Republican leaders like Marco Rubio, John McCain, Jeff Flake, and Lindsey Graham formed the right flank of an immigration reform “Gang of Eight” in 2013 alongside senate Democratic heavyweights, it was Sessions who helped kill the nascent effort at a bipartisan bill. In 2014, he took the consolation prize of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s immigration subcommittee chairmanship and turned himself into the upper chamber’s leading anti-immigration hawk. … [Read more...] about From MAGA Hero to Zero: How Trump Soured on Jeff Sessions

10:42 a.m. Former CDC directors blast Trump administration for politicizing pandemic: Four former heads of the CDC accused the Trump administration Tuesday of imperiling public health and lives by undermining CDC coronavirus response recommendations. In an op-ed in the Washington Post they wrote, “We cannot recall over our collective tenure a single time when political pressure led to a change in the interpretation of scientific evidence,” but, they said, the Trump administration has “cast public doubt” on CDC guidance relying on just such science. They specifically called out Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and said she “characterized the CDC guidelines as an impediment to reopening schools quickly rather than what they are: the path to doing so safely.” … [Read more...] about Coronavirus live updates: Bay Area hospitalizations jump to record 633 COVID-19 patients, death toll rises in 5 Bay Area counties

Washington (CNN)Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions came up short in a fight for his political life. Democrats picked their candidate to take on Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins in the fall. President Donald Trump's former physician Ronny Jackson won a GOP primary runoff for a Texas congressional seat. … [Read more...] about Key takeaways from primary elections and runoffs in Texas, Alabama and Maine

Now Tuberville is no Roy Moore, the 2017 Republican nominee against Jones; he has less ideological and ethical baggage than that famously theocratic gadfly with a history of credible sexual misconduct allegations involving underage girls. But he’s a political novice, with proximity to financial fraud in his recent history, and is running on a message of fidelity to Trump that seems slack-jawed even by MAGA standards. It’s no secret that Team Jones preferred to take on Tubs rather than his seasoned opponent. It will be an interesting race that may depend on whether Joe Biden cuts into Trump’s lead even in places like Alabama enough to trim the president’s coattails. … [Read more...] about Tuberville Ends Jeff Sessions’s Political Career in Alabama Primary Runoff

Now, an eight-point lead is nothing to sniff at — especially since Moore just survived a bruising primary fight, while Jones has yet to be subjected to a multimillion-dollar barrage of negative ads. But this is Alabama we’re talking about. Last year, the state’s conservative Republican senator Richard Shelby won reelection by 30 points. The last time Alabama sent a Democrat to the Senate, Shelby was still a Democrat (Shelby was the one they sent). Alabamians haven’t elected a non-Shelby, non-incumbent Democrat since 1978. … [Read more...] about Democrats Have a Real Chance to Beat Roy Moore — They Should Take It