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![CBP Hires Private Company to Help Hire 5,000 Border Patrol Agents](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/border-patrol-agent-via-border-patrol.jpg)
CBP Hires Private Company to Help Hire 5,000 Border Patrol Agents
Customs and Border Protection is paying a private company $297 million to help hire 5,000 new Border Patrol agents.
![NYC Bombing Suspect Mocked Trump Before Botched Attack](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/akayed-ullah-via-twitter.jpg)
NYC Bombing Suspect Mocked Trump Before Botched Attack
The 27-year-old Bangladeshi immigrant accused of a botched suicide bombing in the New York subway Monday morning mocked President Trump just hours before the attack, authorities said Tuesday.
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House Dems Ask DOJ to Reveal Records That Show Anti-Clinton Bias
Top Congressional Democrats are urging the Justice Department to disclose documents that would reveal evidence that the FBI is engaged in “political bias or personal animus.”
![Did Trump Instruct Flynn to Lie about Contacts with Russia?](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/donald-trump-dsgr.jpg)
Did Trump Instruct Flynn to Lie about Contacts with Russia?
The special counsel team investigating possible collusion between Donald Trump and Russia appears to be focusing on whether the president instructed National Security Adviser Michael Flynn to lie to the FBI.
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Homeland Security Warned of Possible Terror Attack Days Before NYC Bombing
Just five days before a bungled New York City subway bombing, Homeland Security warned of the potential for an ISIS terrorist attack, possibly by a lone wolf.
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FBI Mulls Criminal Probe over Use of Fetal Tissue in Medical Research
The FBI is mulling criminal investigations over the use of aborted fetus tissue in medical research at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center and the Southwestern Women’s Options abortion clinic in Albuquerque.
![What We Know about NYC Bombing Suspect Akayed Ullah](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Akayed-Ullah.jpg)
What We Know about NYC Bombing Suspect Akayed Ullah
The 27-year-old Bangladeshi immigrant accused of trying to detonate a crude pipe bomb in a New York City subway station Monday morning was inspired by ISIS to avenge the deaths of Muslims worldwide.
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Former FBI Agents Defend Mueller Probe As Trump Escalates Attacks
Former FBI agents are defending the special counsel investigation amid escalating attacks by President Trump and other Republicans.