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![House Republicans Want to Boost Funding for Border Patrol, ICE, TSA](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/congress-copy.jpg)
House Republicans Want to Boost Funding for Border Patrol, ICE, TSA
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com House Republicans proposed a spending bill for Homeland Security that includes a $100 million increase over current funding levels. The increase is $432 million more than President Obama requested for fiscal year 2017, the Washington Examiner reports. Republicans supported the increase in funding to boost border security, aviation security protection and…
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Man Killed in Shootout with DEA Outside of His Kansas City Home
A man was killed after opening fire at DEA agents who went to his Kansas City home to serve a warrant.
![The Battle Over the Hoover Legacy Includes the Naming of The New FBI Headquarters](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/hoover-medal-500.jpg)
The Battle Over the Hoover Legacy Includes the Naming of The New FBI Headquarters
By Allan Lengel For ABC News.com A debate is brewing inside the Beltway and beyond, pitting some current and retired FBI agents against one another in a fight over the legacy of J. Edgar Hoover and whether the name of the Bureau’s first and most controversial director should grace the FBI’s proposed new $1.8 billion…
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FBI Increasingly Conducting Undercover Stings to Investigate Suspected ISIS Supporters
The FBI is increasingly conducting undercover operations to investigate American suspected of supporting ISIS.
![Texas Man Sentenced to 47 Years in Prison for Shooting at Border Patrol Agent](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Carl-Wayne-Wiley-640x504.jpg)
Texas Man Sentenced to 47 Years in Prison for Shooting at Border Patrol Agent
A Texas man who shot at a Border Patrol agent has been sentenced to more than 47 years in federal prison.
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DEA Head Warns of Alarming Increase in Overdoses from Synthetic Drugs
Synthetic designer drugs are causing an alarming number of overdoses, especially among young people, DEA head Chuck Rosenberg told a U.S. Senate Committee.
![A Chat With the Head of the Detroit FBI on ISIS, Corruption, Jimmy Hoffa and Flint](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/article_landing_gelios4_22010.png)
A Chat With the Head of the Detroit FBI on ISIS, Corruption, Jimmy Hoffa and Flint
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — It has been anything but dull since David P. Gelios arrived eight months ago from FBI headquarters in Washington to head up the Detroit FBI office. For one, his agents have been busy probing the highly-publicized Flint water crisis. And then there’s the kickback scandal in Detroit Public Schools…
![FBI Wants to Bypass Warrants to Access Internet Browser Histories of Terrorism, Spy Suspects](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/computer-photo.jpg)
FBI Wants to Bypass Warrants to Access Internet Browser Histories of Terrorism, Spy Suspects
The FBI wants the authority to access Internet browser histories and other electronic data of terrorism and spy cases without a warrant.