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![Update: Ex-Trump Campaign Chief Paul Manafort Pleads Guilty, Agrees to Cooperate](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/paul-manafort-mug.jpg)
Update: Ex-Trump Campaign Chief Paul Manafort Pleads Guilty, Agrees to Cooperate
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has reached a tentative plea deal ahead of his second trial.
![FBI Director Wray Defends Bureau Against Incessant Attacks by Trump & His Allies](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Screen-Shot-2018-09-13-at-11.07.56-AM.png)
FBI Director Wray Defends Bureau Against Incessant Attacks by Trump & His Allies
FBI Director Christopher Wray is defending the bureau against incessant attacks, most notably from President Trump, over the investigation of Russia meddling during the presidential election.
![FBI Swoops in on Space Observatory without Explanation, Prompting UFO Conspiracy Theories](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Sunspot-Solar-Observatory.jpg)
FBI Swoops in on Space Observatory without Explanation, Prompting UFO Conspiracy Theories
Conspiracy theories are swirling after the FBI secretly swooped in on a space observatory in New Mexico and evacuated it without any explanation.
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Homeland Security Shifted $10M from FEMA to Combat Immigration
The Trump administration shifted nearly $10 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency earlier this year to fund the detention and deportation immigrants.
![Trump Launches Fresh Attacks against FBI, DOJ on 9/11 Anniversary](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/trump-on-sept-11-via-white-house.jpg)
Trump Launches Fresh Attacks against FBI, DOJ on 9/11 Anniversary
President Trump seized on the 17th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to launch dubious assaults on the FBI and Justice Department.
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FBI Agent Sued in Botched Mission to Rescue Hostage in Houston
An FBI agent who shot and killed a hostage during a botched rescue mission in Houston in January has been sued.
![Terrorism Threats Are More Ubiquitous 17 Years After Sept. 11 Attacks, FBI Director Says](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/fbi-agent-in-colorado.jpg)
Terrorism Threats Are More Ubiquitous 17 Years After Sept. 11 Attacks, FBI Director Says
Seventeen years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the threat of terrorism “is everywhere, coast to coast, north, south, east, west,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said.
Actors Flip Remarks About Trump Triggers Secret Service Probe
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Making flip remarks about the president isn’t always so wise. The Secret Service is looking into a remark made by veteran TV star Carole Cooke as she exited a West Hollywood restaurant Sunday night, TMZ reports. TMZ photographer asked her what she thought about President Donald Trump and she remarked that it…