Tag: Kelly Cohen

Indians hold placards in front of the cremation pyre of Srinivas Kuchibhotla, a 32-year-old engineer who was killed in an apparently racially motivated shooting in a crowded Kansas bar, at a crematorium in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, Feb.28, 2017. According to witnesses, the gunman yelled "get out of my country" at Kuchibhotla and Alok Madasani before he opened fire at Austin's Bar and Grill in Olathe, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City, on Wednesday evening. Both men had come to the U.S. from India to study and worked as engineers at GPS-maker Garmin. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

White House calls Kansas shooting ‘racially motivated hatred’

Kelly Cohen · February 28, 2017 8:13 pm

Sessions also promised that his Justice Department would prioritize cases against violent crimes. (CBP Photo by Glenn Fawcett)

Sessions warns of ‘viral videos’ and ‘targeted’ police killings

Kelly Cohen · February 28, 2017 6:15 pm

"We've done a lot of good. We need to not give up on that progress," Sessions said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Sessions promises crackdown on ‘dangerous’ rise in crime

Kelly Cohen · February 28, 2017 4:53 pm

Trump: Black colleges an ‘absolute priority’ in my administration

Kelly Cohen · February 28, 2017 3:48 pm

Dean is arguing 30 years was enough for the gun and robbery convictions combined. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court to hear oral argument on limits of sentencing

Kelly Cohen · February 27, 2017 10:31 pm

The Trump administration will not continue the fight against Texas' under the new Attorney General Jeff Sessions. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Trump to drop federal challenge of Texas voter ID law

Kelly Cohen · February 27, 2017 7:22 pm

Several states resumed debate over whether to ease or restrict access to bathrooms by transgender students. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

States resume bathroom battles after Trump’s transgender guidance

Kelly Cohen · February 25, 2017 5:37 am

Alabama is the last state in the nation to allow judicial overrides in capital cases. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)

Alabama moves closer to end ‘judicial overrides’ in capital cases

Kelly Cohen · February 24, 2017 5:33 pm

The memo is a reversal of the Obama administration's plan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

Sessions issues memo to continue use of private prisons

Kelly Cohen · February 23, 2017 10:02 pm

"Hold us accountable to what we promised, and delivering what we promised," Bannon said. (Screengrab/Twitter)

Bannon asks conservatives to ‘have our back’

Kelly Cohen · February 23, 2017 7:28 pm

Mayor Muriel Bowser named 27-year police veteran Peter J. Newsham as D.C.'s new police chief. (Screengrab/Washington Metropolitan Police Dept. Facebook)

Police veteran named new DC police chief

Kelly Cohen · February 23, 2017 4:32 pm

After a report that Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos had a disagreement over removing the protection guidelines President Obama put forth for transgender students, the two came together Wednesday to do just that. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Sessions, DeVos explain removal of Obama’s transgender school guidelines

Kelly Cohen · February 23, 2017 4:08 am