Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is being considered to replace Jeff Sessions as attorney general, two sources familiar with the matter tell CBS News. 

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is a possible contender to permanently replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions, sources familiar with the matter tell CBS News. 

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has submitted his resignation letter to President Donald Trump, according to the Associated Press.

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said that she would consider running for president at a town hall in Holyoke, Massachusetts, on Saturday. 

Even as the partisan divide in Washington seems to grow more pronounced, glimmers of bipartisanship still appear.

George Papadopoulos, the former Trump campaign adviser who sought to broker a meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin during the 2016 presidential campaign, was sentenced to 14 days in prison and 12 months of supervised release on Friday for lying to the FBI about his contacts with foreign nationals during the campaign.

While President Trump campaigns for Republicans in the Midwest, he continues to refute two accounts that similarly portray a White House in chaos, with aides steadily working against his desires.

President Trump and several top White House officials deny saying many of the quotes that appear in Bob Woodward's new book on the Trump administration. 

Bob Woodward's new book "Fear," scheduled to be released later in September, reveals vivid accounts of dysfunction behind the scenes in the Trump White House. 

Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina shared a close friendship with the late Sen. John McCain for more than 20 years.