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Secret Service Agents Who Sacrifice Their Lives to Protect the President Are Working without Pay
The men and women who have sworn to sacrifice their own lives to protect the president are not receiving paychecks under the government shutdown.
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Carl Bernstein: Mueller’s Report Will Allege Trump helped Kremlin ‘destabilize’ the U.S.
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian election interference will allege that President Trump helped the Kremlin “destabilize the United States,” according to famed journalist Carl Bernstein.
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Airports Brace for Safety Issues As TSA Employees React to Government Shutdown
A government shutdown over border safety could soon cause serious security problems at airports, where more than 51,000 TSA employees began working without pay Friday.
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FBI Group Calls for End to Shutdown, Saying National Security Is at Stake
A group representing thousands of FBI agents is calling for an end to the government shutdown, saying national security is at stake.
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Mueller is Close ‘Personal Friends’ with His Likely New Boss, William Barr
President Trump has long complained that special counsel Robert Mueller and his former FBI director, James Comey, were “Best friends, just one of many Mueller Conflicts of Interest.”
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New Legislation Will Help Prosecutors Bring Justice to Civil Rights-Era Killings
Prosecutors have struggled for decades to bring justice to victims of civil rights-era killings.
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Accidental Reveal of Manafort’s Interactions with Russians Raises Prospect of Collusion
One of the most revealing details of Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russia was made public this week by accident.