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Former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville defeats former attorney general Jeff Sessions in the Alabama Republican primary. Tuberville will face Democratic incumbent Doug Jones.
2020-07-14

The U.S. Senate votes to confirm Trump nominee William Barr as United States Attorney General with a vote of 54–45.
2019-02-14

Jeff Sessions asked to resign as United States Attorney General at the request of President Donald Trump. Matthew Whitaker, Sessions' chief of staff, is appointed acting Attorney General.
2018-11-7

Voters in Alabama go to the polls to fill the United States Senate seat vacated by current United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The race is between Roy Moore (R) and Doug Jones (D).
2017-12-12

The United States Senate, in a 53–47 vote, confirms Steven Mnuchin to be Treasury Secretary.
2017-02-13

The United States Senate, in a 52 to 47 vote, confirms physician and U.S. Representative Tom Price to be Secretary of Health and Human Services.
2017-02-10

The U.S. Senate votes, along party lines (49-43), to not let Senator Elizabeth Warren participate in the debate about Senator Jeff Sessions's nomination to be the Attorney General in President Donald Trump's Cabinet because she violated Senate rule XIX when she was reading letters from the late Coretta Scott King and the late Senator Ted Kennedy that were critical of Sen. Sessions, thereby impugning his character.
2017-02-7

The U.S. Senate confirms, via Vice President Mike Pence's unprecedented tie-breaking vote, Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education.
2017-02-7

Trump nominates Rick Dearborn, United States Attorney General designee and Senator Jeff Sessions' former chief of staff, as head of the White House legislative affairs office.
2017-01-4

Officials serving on President-elect Donald Trump's transition team reveal selections for high-level positions, including Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General, Mike Pompeo for Director of the CIA and Michael T. Flynn for National Security Advisor.
2016-11-18