![FBI Agents Association Honors Dr. Fauci at Annual Event](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Screen-Shot-2020-11-20-at-2.33.49-PM.png)
FBI Agents Association Honors Dr. Fauci at Annual Event
By Allan Lengel The FBI Agents Association (FBIAA), which represents more than 14,000 active and retired agents, honored Dr. Anthony Fauci at its seventh annual “G-Man Honors: A Salute to FBI Heroes” event on Thursday night. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), was the keynote speaker and received the association’s Distinguished Service Award. All proceeds from…
![Four Potential Homeland Security Secretaries Under President-Elect Biden](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Joe-Biden-shutterstock_1747932749.jpg)
Four Potential Homeland Security Secretaries Under President-Elect Biden
President-elect Joe Biden with be tasked with reforming the Department of Homeland Security and that will begin with a new leader.
![Men Charged in Plot to Kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer Also Mulled Televised Executions, Prosecutors Say](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Whitmer-13.jpg)
Men Charged in Plot to Kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer Also Mulled Televised Executions, Prosecutors Say
A militia group charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer had devised alternative plans that included televised executions and burning down the state Capitol building while it was in session, prosecutors said.
![‘Nazi-Obsessed’ Man Sentenced to 32 Years in Prison on Firearms, Ammunition Charges](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Nazi-Suffolk-county-PD.jpg)
‘Nazi-Obsessed’ Man Sentenced to 32 Years in Prison on Firearms, Ammunition Charges
A Pittsburgh man who the FBI said is obsessed with Nazis was sentenced to 32 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of firearms and ammunition.
![Mexico Threatens to Remove DEA from Country After Arrest of Ex-Mexican Defense Minister](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Salvador-Cienfuegos-Zepeda.jpg)
Mexico Threatens to Remove DEA from Country After Arrest of Ex-Mexican Defense Minister
Mexican officials are so incensed with the arrest of a former Mexican defense minister on drug trafficking charges that they’ve threatened to remove the DEA from the country.
![Questions Persist: Why Did DOJ Move to Drop Charges Against an Ex-Mexican Defense Minister?](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Screen-Shot-2020-11-18-at-10.28.00-AM.png)
Questions Persist: Why Did DOJ Move to Drop Charges Against an Ex-Mexican Defense Minister?
By Allan Lengel The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to drop drug trafficking and corruption charges against a former Mexican defense minister, the New York Times reports, raising questions as to why? The official word is that the U.S. wants to let Mexican officials investigate Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, who was arrested about…
![FBI Investigating Texas AG Ken Paxton Over Allegations of Bribery, Other Crimes](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Ken-Paxton-AG.jpg)
FBI Investigating Texas AG Ken Paxton Over Allegations of Bribery, Other Crimes
The FBI is investigating Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on allegations that he used his office to help a wealthy donor.