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FBI Raids UAW Locations As Part of Ongoing Corruption Probe
The FBI’s ongoing investigation of corruption within the auto industry led to raids four states targeting the United Auto Workers on Wednesday.
DEA Inches Closer to Opening Up More Marijuana Research
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA’s hesitance to allow for more serious research into marijuana may finally be coming to an end. The agency announced this week that it’s going to enable more researchers to grow cannabis for studies. For decades, the only entity allowed to research marijuana was the University of Mississippi. The move…
Trump Administration Transfers $271M from DHS Agencies to Support Border Enforcement
The Department of Homeland Security plans to transfer $271 million from some of its agencies to support the Trump administration’s border enforcement efforts.
Attorney General William Barr Books Holiday Party at Trump Hotel in D.C.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Right or wrong, the optics look bad. Last month, Attorney General William Barr booked a “Family Holiday Party” in President Trump’s D.C. hotel on Dec. 8 that is likely to deliver Trump’s business more than $30,000 in revenue, Jonathan O’Connell and David Fahrenthold of the Washington Post write. The party will…
Former ATF Security Guard Gets 14 Years in Prison for Stealing Firearms, Ammunition from Agency
ATF recovered 4,625 guns and firearm parts, including 120 rifles, 60 pistols, four automatic machine guns and three components to make rocket launchers.
Jailed Man Charged with Threatening to Kill Trump, Blow Up White House, Trump Tower
A New York man locked up in a Pennsylvania jail was charged with threatening to kill President Trump and blowing up the White House, Trump Tower, the Pentagon and the United National headquarters once he gets released from prison.
FBI Received Increase in Tips from the Public Following Massacres in El Paso, Toledo
Tips to the FBI increased following the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, a sign that the public is taking the gun deaths more seriously.
Journalist Who Exposed ‘Whitey’ Bulger’s Ties with FBI Dies
Gerald M. O’Neill, an intrepid Boston Globe journalist who helped exposed mobster James “Whitey” Bulger as an FBI informant, has died.