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Sessions' appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee would come amid numerous congressional and Justice Department investigations. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Jeff Sessions could testify before Senate Judiciary Committee as early as September

Kelly Cohen · August 29, 2017 6:24 pm

The program provides a surplus of Defense Department military style equipment and weapons to state and local law enforcement agencies for use in "counter-narcotics and counter-terrorism operations," as well as to "enhance officer safety." (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

National Security

Trump to lift ban on sending some military equipment to police

Kelly Cohen · August 28, 2017 2:00 pm

Officials also said that while immigration laws would not be suspended during the storm, their implementation would be halted in key areas, such as "evacuation sites, or assistance centers such as shelters or food banks." (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Feds move illegal immigrant detainees away from Hurricane Harvey

Kelly Cohen · August 25, 2017 8:04 pm

Democratic lawmakers are demanding that Attorney General Jeff Sessions explain his decision to withhold "critical violence prevention funds" from sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate with federal officials on immigration. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Democrats demand answers from Jeff Sessions on sanctuary cities policy

Kelly Cohen · August 25, 2017 5:38 pm

Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer, right, said Thursday the City Council is meeting behind closed doors to discuss personnel matters following the Aug. 12 white supremacist rally that turned violent in the heart of the city. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer: Police chief said ‘stay out of my way’ when planning for protest

Kelly Cohen · August 24, 2017 4:05 pm

"His expertise and understanding of the challenges we continue to face today will go a long way in sparking rich discussion and advancing meaningful debates across campus, " said Howard University President Wayne A.I. Frederick. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

James Comey gets lecture series at Howard University

Kelly Cohen · August 23, 2017 3:14 pm

UVA is in Charlottesville, Va., where violent protests broke out less than two weeks ago when white supremacists gathered to oppose the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

ESPN pulls Asian-American commentator Robert Lee off UVA football game

Kelly Cohen · August 23, 2017 2:12 am

In a reply brief filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia on Tuesday to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, the Justice Department says it is modifying its request, no longer pursuing its broad request for the IP data -- i.e. data that would have personally identified the visitors to the site -- for visitors to disruptj20.org. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Justice Department backtracks on request for visitor info to anti-Trump website

Kelly Cohen · August 22, 2017 11:04 pm

"It was a property rights issue as it began. The President of the United States [Abraham Lincoln], who was a very brilliant politician, really made it about slavery to a great degree," Maine Gov. Paul LePage added. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Maine Gov. Paul LePage says Civil War first fought over land

Kelly Cohen · August 22, 2017 9:57 pm

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens appointed a board to further investigate the case of Marcellus Williams, who was convicted of killing a former newspaper reporter in 1998. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)

Missouri governor stays execution amid DNA questions

Kelly Cohen · August 22, 2017 8:09 pm

The USS John McCain collided with a merchant ship east of Singapore and the Strait of Malacca, the Navy said.

National Security

10 sailors still missing after the USS John S. McCain collided with a merchant ship east of Singapore

Kelly Cohen, Daniel Chaitin · August 21, 2017 12:23 am

"Heading back to Washington after working hard and watching some of the worst and most dishonest Fake News reporting I have ever seen!", Trump said in a Sunday night tweet. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump heads back to DC after witnessing the ‘worst and most dishonest Fake News’ reporting

Kelly Cohen · August 20, 2017 11:47 pm