HIGHLIGHTS-The Trump presidency on Feb. 8 at 9:50 P.M. EST/0250 GMT

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HIGHLIGHTS-The Trump presidency on Feb. 8 at 9:50 P.M. EST/0250 GMT

Highlights of the day for U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday: CABINET A bitterly divided U.S. Senate confirms Republican Senator Jeff Sessions as the next attorney general after strong pushback from Democrats concerned about his record on civil rights. Hillary Clinton and other Democrats flock to support U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren for criticizing Trump's nominee for attorney general after being silenced by Republicans on the Senate floor. IMMIGRATION Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, describes as "demoralizing" and "disheartening" the U.S. president's Twitter attacks on a judge who suspended Trump's travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries, a spokesman for Gorsuch says.

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US Senate confirms Jeff Sessions as attorney general

Washington, Feb 9 (IANS) The US Senate confirmed Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama as the new attorney general, the media reported on Thursday. Sessions -- one of Trump's closest advisers and his earliest supporter in the Senate -- was confirmed after there were 52 votes in favour and 47, CNN reported. The swearing-in of Sessions will take place on Thursday morning at the White House.

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U.S. high court nominee calls Trump's attacks on judiciary 'demoralizing'

Donald Trump's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch, on Wednesday described the president's Twitter attacks on the judiciary as "disheartening and demoralizing," Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal said. Gorsuch spokesman Ron Bonjean, a Republican strategist hired by the White House to help guide the judge's nomination through the U.S. Senate, confirmed that Gorsuch used those words when he met Blumenthal. Trump took to Twitter over the weekend to condemn the Friday order by Judge James Robart that placed on hold the president's Jan. 27 temporary travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority countries and on all refugees.

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