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San Francisco and Santa Clara County both won preliminary injunctions on Tuesday against Trumps' Jan. 25 executive order. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Federal judge blocks Trump’s sanctuary cities executive order

Kelly Cohen · April 25, 2017 8:17 pm

A handful of mayors told Attorney General Jeff Sessions Tuesday that they are not breaking federal law by imposing "sanctuary" policies aimed at protecting illegal immigrants. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Mayors tell Jeff Sessions: We are not ‘sanctuary cities’

Kelly Cohen · April 25, 2017 5:55 pm

Sessions also praised state and local law enforcement, saying the last 30 years saw "fabulous" improvements in terms of policing. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Sessions continues to push tough-on-crime message

Kelly Cohen · April 24, 2017 8:44 pm

The Anti-Defamation League found an 86 percent increase in reported anti-Semitic incidents such as bomb threats, harassment and vandalism during the first three months of 2017 compared to the same period last year. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)

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Anti-Semitic incidents spike in first quarter of 2017

Kelly Cohen · April 24, 2017 7:49 pm

Mayors Mitch Landrieu of New Orleans and Steve Adler of Austin — both Democrats — hail from cities that have been dubbed as sanctuary by Attorney General Sessions. (AP)

Mayors to meet with Jeff Sessions on Tuesday

Kelly Cohen · April 24, 2017 5:39 pm

The Department of Justice on Friday reprimanded eight "sanctuary cities" for failing to adhere to federal requests to detain illegal immigrants. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Justice Department reprimands ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions on illegal immigration

Kelly Cohen · April 21, 2017 4:13 pm

There are nearly 1.6 million ex-felons in the Sunshine State, which is known as having some of the most strict voting regulations in the country. (Wikipedia Commons)

Voting rights for ex-felons may be on Florida’s 2018 ballot

Kelly Cohen · April 20, 2017 9:34 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions tours the U.S.-Mexico border with border officials in Nogales, Ariz. Sessions announced making immigration enforcement a key Justice Department priority, saying he will speed up deportations of immigrants in the country illegally who were convicted of federal crimes. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Jeff Sessions cites ‘incredible progress’ on immigration at the border

Kelly Cohen · April 20, 2017 8:44 pm

North Carolina lost 10 ACC championship events for the 2016-17 season. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

ACC basketball returns to North Carolina after ‘bathroom bill’ repeal

Kelly Cohen · April 19, 2017 7:17 pm

Jeff Sessions: US still the ‘most generous nation’ despite immigration crackdown

Kelly Cohen · April 19, 2017 4:11 pm

The reason for the uptick in the murder rate is in large part because of Baltimore, Chicago and Houston, which together 'account for around half of the increase in murder in major cities between 2014 and 2016.' (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

US murder rate expected to rise 8 percent in 2016

Kelly Cohen · April 18, 2017 7:53 pm

Kelly on Tuesday took a tough line on marijuana by saying it can lead people to use harder drugs. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

DHS’ John Kelly takes harder position on marijuana after saying it’s ‘not a factor’ in the drug war

Kelly Cohen · April 18, 2017 4:13 pm