Border Patrol Agent Fatally Shoots 15-Year-Old at Texas Border

By Glynnesha Taylor ticklethewire.com A U.S. Border Patrol agent on a bicycle shot and killed a 15-year-old Mexican boy Monday at an international bridge near downtown El Paso during a rock throwing incident, authorities said, according to the Associated Press. According to authorities, agents had detained suspected illegal immigrants when some people started hurling rocks…

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FBI’s John Pistole Likely to Get Grilled on Collective Bargaining as TSA Nominee

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — John S. Pistole, the FBI’s second in command, who has been nominated to head the Transportation Security Administration, is expected to get grilled Thursday on his views about collective bargaining rights for TSA employees, the Washington Post reports. Pistole is scheduled to go before a Senate nomination hearing and…

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