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In 1997, an Alabama judge said the state's attorney general's office, then headed by Sen. Jeff Sessions, was one of the worst cases of prosecutorial misconduct he'd ever seen. CNN's Drew Griffin reports.

Condoleezza Rice, who served as secretary of state to former President George W. Bush, endorsed former Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions Monday to be President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general.

President-elect Donald Trump's nominees for top Cabinet posts will be in the spotlight this week as the Senate holds a frenzy of confirmation hearings.

The State Department on Monday formally apologized for what it describes as decades of discrimination against LGBT employees and job applicants, a rare statement meant to right wrongs that preceded current Secretary of State John Kerry.

Bank of America is being accused of stiffing the FDIC, the government agency that insures people's deposits against a bank failure.

The White House lambasted Senate Republicans Monday for allowing confirmation hearings to proceed on some of President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees before their government ethics vetting is complete.

Dylann Roof's federal trial is nearing its final chapter.

In my view, the media spends too much time treating politics like a baseball game, a personality contest or a soap opera. We need to focus less on polls, fundraisers, gaffes and who's running for president in four years, and more on the very serious problems facing the American people -- problems which get relatively little discussion. I hope that's what our town meeting on CNN tonight will accomplish.

House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz said Monday he will continue to investigate Hillary Clinton's use of a primary email server while leading the State Department, but claimed he "won't be a cheerleader" for President-elect Donald Trump.

Cristiano Ronaldo's 2017 has begun like 2016 ended, with more silverware.

The 74th Golden Globe Awards were held Sunday.

At least 10 people have been wounded by a vehicular attack in Jerusalem, Magen David Adom of Israel's emergency services said.

(CNN) --A US Navy ship fired warning shots at one or more Iranian boats on Sunday near the Strait of Hormuz, a US official said Monday.

Outgoing CIA Director John Brennan says President-elect Donald Trump's failure to appreciate the value and importance of the intelligence community could put the nation "at great risk and peril."

BMW is sticking with plans to open a new factory in Mexico in 2019 despite warnings from president-elect Donald Trump that he will slap a border tax on cars imported from the country.

Organ transplants performed in the United States reached a record high during 2016, for the fourth year in a row, according to preliminary data from the United Network for Organ Sharing.

For Tom Hardy admirers, just landing him to star in a series after several high-profile movies -- among them "Mad Max: Fury Road" -- represents a coup for FX. That the result, "Taboo," proves very good, set in an enticing period and graced with a splendid supporting cast, is a happy bonus.

Cutting deals in smoke filled rooms of the Capitol doesn't happen anymore. Sipping scotch in a senator's hideaway to help find compromise is mostly a relic of a time gone by.

Twitter was the true winner of Sunday night's Golden Globe Awards.