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Trump Chooses Retired Marine General Kelly to Head Homeland Security
President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run Homeland Security is retired Marine Gen. John F. Kelly, a border-security hawk who retired in February as chief of the U.S. Southern Command.
New FBI Headquarters Gets Green Light from Congressional Commitee
The long-delayed effort to build a new FBI headquarters has gotten the green light from the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to move forward.
Lawyer: FBI Agent Who Shot at Officer in Michigan Felt Paranoid
An FBI agent who fired his gun at a police officer outside a fitness club in Grand Rapids, Mi., was paranoid and couldn’t recall most of what happened, his lawyer said.
ATF: Warehouse Fire That Killed 36 People Trapped People on Second Floor
An enormous fire that ripped through a converted Oakland, Calif., warehouse and killed at least 36 people broke out on the first floor, trapping people on the second floor, the ATF said.
DEA Reports Spike in Cocaine Availability And Use in U.S.
A cocaine production boom in Colombia has increased use and availability of the drug in the United States for the first time in nearly a decade, the DEA reports.
Irony of Trump’s Choice for Secretary of State Draws Criticism from Ex-FBI Agents
President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Gen. David Petraeus to be the secretary of state has drawn criticism from within the FBI.
Huffington Post Reporter Under FBI Investigation for Twitter ‘Joke’
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Huffington Post editor who joked about “destroying Trump ballots” at a Washington D.C. voting site is under investigation by the FBI, the journalist wrote. On Halloween, Nick Baumann tweeted, “I love my job working at a voting site in washington dc destroying trump ballots.” A day later, Baumann said his…
Senators Introduce Bill Aimed at Increasing Number of Border Patrol Agents
U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake and Heidi Heitkamp introduced legislation aimed at increasing the number of Border Patrol agents at ports of entry.