![Update: 29-Year Old Dies in Va. While Taking Physical Test to Become FBI Agent; Colleagues are Devastated](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/fbi1.gif)
News Story
![Mueller’s Potential Obstruction of Justice Case Against Trump Hones in on Fiery Relationship with AG Sessions](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Screen-Shot-2017-11-14-at-7.06.02-PM.png)
Mueller’s Potential Obstruction of Justice Case Against Trump Hones in on Fiery Relationship with AG Sessions
Donald Trump’s public humiliation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions has caught the attention of the special counsel team investigating Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election and whether the president obstructed justice.
![Trump’s Ex-Campaign Chairman Manafort Faces Sept. 17 Trial After Pleading Not Guilty](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Paul_Manafort.jpg)
Trump’s Ex-Campaign Chairman Manafort Faces Sept. 17 Trial After Pleading Not Guilty
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who is facing the prospect of spending the rest of his life in prison on numerous charges related to his business dealing in eastern Europe, pleaded not guilty in federal court Wednesday and is scheduled for a trial beginning Sept. 17.
![Hope Hicks Refuses to Answer Questions in Congressional Probe of Russian Interference](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Hope_Hicks_November_2017.jpg)
Hope Hicks Refuses to Answer Questions in Congressional Probe of Russian Interference
White House communications director Hope Hicks became the latest former or current Trump aide to refuse to answer questions about the Trump administration as part of a congressional investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
![Special Counsel’s Probe Focuses on Trump’s Business Ties Prior to Presidential Run](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Trump-white-house-3.jpg)
Special Counsel’s Probe Focuses on Trump’s Business Ties Prior to Presidential Run
Donald Trump’s business ties to Russia before he ran for president has come under the scope of the widening special counsel investigation into whether Trump’s campaign colluded with Moscow to help get him elected.
![Jill Sanborn, a Veteran Counterterrorism Expert, to Head FBI’s Minneapolis Division](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/jill-sanborn.jpg)
Jill Sanborn, a Veteran Counterterrorism Expert, to Head FBI’s Minneapolis Division
Jill Sanborn, a veteran counterterrorism agent who led the FBI’s investigation of the San Bernardino mass shooting in 2015, has been named special agent in charge of the bureau’s Minneapolis division.
![NSA Head Testifies Trump Failed to Order Action to Combat Russian Meddling](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Screen-Shot-2018-02-28-at-8.09.41-AM.png)
NSA Head Testifies Trump Failed to Order Action to Combat Russian Meddling
A top U.S. intelligence official told lawmakers Tuesday that President Trump has not ordered his agencies to combat Russia’s continuing inference in the American election process, despite what he called the Kremlin’s “sustained aggression.”
![Trump Aide Hope Hicks to Meet with House Committee Investigating Russia’s Interference](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/white-house-photo-of-donald-trump.jpg)
Trump Aide Hope Hicks to Meet with House Committee Investigating Russia’s Interference
President Trump’s longtime political aide Hope Hicks is scheduled to testify behind closed doors with the House Intelligence Committee that is investigating Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
![Former NFL Superstar Charles Tillman Tackles New Career As FBI Agent](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/charles-tilman.jpg)
Former NFL Superstar Charles Tillman Tackles New Career As FBI Agent
Former Chicago Bears superstar Charles “Peanut” Tillman is now an FBI agent.