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Second Trial Begins for Border Patrol Agent Who Killed Teenager in Cross-Border Shooting
A U.S. Border Patrol agent who killed a 16-year-old boy in a cross-border shooting is facing a second trial after he was acquitted of murder earlier this year.
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FBI, ATF Investigating Explosive Device Targeting Philanthropist George Soros
By Steve Neavling Ticklethewire.com The FBI and ATF are investigating an explosive device found Monday in a mailbox at the home of George Soros, the billionaire investor and philanthropist who often is the subject of right-wing conspiracy theories. Police said “an employee of the residence” found the suspicious package, moved it to a wooded area…
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Emails Disclose Angst, Handwringing at ATF After Vegas Shooting and Bump Stock Controversy
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Emails show the controversial rapid-fire bump stock device used in the Las Vegas massacre last year caused a lot of angst and handwringing inside ATF, a report in USA Today shows. It also shows why the devices are still legal in many states. Nick Penzenstadler of USA Today reports: Within hours…
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Mueller’s Investigation Appears to Be Winding Down, But Experts Say Maybe Not
Is special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation nearing an end?
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Ex-FBI Agent Gets 4 Years in Prison for Leaking Classified Info To a Reporter
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former FBI agent Terry J. Albury, 39, was sentenced in federal court Thursday in St. Paul, Minn., to four years in prison for leaking classified national defense information to a reporter who works for The Intercept. “We are conducting perhaps the most aggressive campaign against leaks in Department history,” said Attorney…
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Russian Woman Charged With Interfering With 2018 Elections
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In the first case of its kind involving the upcoming election, the Justice Department Friday announced that a Russian national has been charged with conspiracy to interfere in the U.S. political system, including the 2018 midterm election. “Today’s charges allege that Russian national Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova conspired with others who were…
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Trump Threatens to Deploy Military, Shut Down Mexican Border over Caravan of Immigrants
President Trump threatened Thursday to deploy the military and close the southern border if Mexico fails to stop thousands of immigrants heading toward the United States.