Senate confirms Sessions as U.S. attorney general

Jeff Sessions was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the next U.S. Attorney GeneralAlabama Sen. Jeff Sessions
The U.S. Senate confirmed Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions as U.S. attorney general on Wednesday.
The 52-47 vote broke largely along party lines and capped weeks of divisive battles over Sessions, an early supporter of President Donald Trump and one of the Senate’s most conservative Republicans. Democrats laced into Sessions over his ties to Trump and his record on civil rights and immigra