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Leading that division as acting assistant attorney general will allow Dana Boente to oversee the FBI's investigation. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Dana Boente to lead DOJ’s national security division, oversee Russia probe

Kelly Cohen · April 28, 2017 7:08 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions did not disclose meeting with Russian officials and other foreign contacts on a security clearance form he filled out being confirmed by the Senate, CNN reported Wednesday evening. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Jeff Sessions warns gangs: ‘We are targeting you’

Kelly Cohen · April 28, 2017 3:49 pm

Texas can now also criminally charge police chiefs and other city officials should they not help enforce immigration law. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas House votes to ban ‘sanctuary cities’

Kelly Cohen · April 27, 2017 5:11 pm

There have been 39 law enforcement deaths in 2017 so far, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page. (Bob Owen/The San Antonio Express-News via AP, Pool)

House moves bill making it easier to seek death penalty for cop killers

Kelly Cohen · April 27, 2017 4:22 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced late Wednesday that the Department of Justice will appeal a ruling by a federal court that struck down President Trump's executive order on sanctuary cities. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

AG Sessions: Justice Department will appeal sanctuary city ruling

Kelly Cohen · April 27, 2017 2:14 am

"We are giving people who are victimized by illegal aliens, for the first time, a voice of their own," Kelly said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

DHS opens office to help victims of illegal immigrant crime

Kelly Cohen · April 26, 2017 4:06 pm

The Senate confirmed Rod J. Rosenstein Tuesday evening to be the second-highest official at the Justice Department, giving Attorney General Jeff Sessions his first high-level counterpart since he was sworn in early February. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate confirms Rod Rosenstein as deputy attorney general

Kelly Cohen · April 25, 2017 9:21 pm

The Leavenworth Detention Center is a 1,200 bed maximum-security facility is run by CoreCivic.

DOJ inspector general: Privately run federal prison poses safety risks for inmates, prisoners

Kelly Cohen · April 25, 2017 8:43 pm

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)

National Security

Anti-Semitic incidents spike in first quarter of 2017

Kelly Cohen · April 24, 2017 7:49 pm