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Trump, Putin Met for Undisclosed, Private Discussion During G20 Summit
President Trump secretly met with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a one-on-one discussion over dinner during the Group of 20 summit meeting earlier this month, the New York Times reports.
Homeland Security Enlists American College Students in Fight Against Terrorism
Homeland Security’s battle to stop the radicalization and recruitment of young people has tapped American college students for help.
Disgraced Ex-House Speaker Dennis Hastert Released From Federal Prison
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, 75, who had long been regarded in the public eye as just a Regular Joe from the Midwest — that is until his scandal emerged — has been released from a federal prison hospital in Minnesota and transferred to a halfway house in Chicago, Josh Gerstein of…
Secret Service Employee Stole Authentic Money While Examining Counterfeit Cash
A Secret Service technician whose job was to determine whether suspicious currency was counterfeit pocketed some of the cash that was authentic.
Border Patrol Union: Significant Decline in Illegal Crossings ‘Nothing Short of Miraculous’
The significant decline in illegal border crossings between the U.S. and Mexico is “nothing short of miraculous,” National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd said on C-SPAN Monday.
Fact-Checking Trump Jr.’s Shifting Statements on Meeting with Russian Lawyer
CNN’s Jake Tapper and FactCheck.org released a fact-checking video in which they examined Donald Trump Jr.’s changing statements about a June 2o16 meeting with a Russian lawyer at Trump Tower.
Former FBI Agent May Have Jeopardized Child Predator Cases
A former FBI agent’s conviction in connection with sharing confidential information with a married woman with whom he was having an affair may have jeopardized as many as three child predator cases.
Top Democrat Requests Secret Service Records on Trump Jr. Meeting
Elijah Cummings, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, is requesting documents that would reveal the vetting of who arrived and exited the Trump Tower on June 9, 2016.