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9 former FBI agents who worked on Trump classified docs case sue over their firings

Nine former FBI agents who investigated President Donald Trump and his alleged mishandling of classified documents after he left office following his first term filed suit against the FBI and Justice Department on Thursday alleging they were unlawfully terminated solely for their role in the probe.

The nine agents, who in the suit say they collectively count "over a century" of experience in the bureau on cases spanning from the Boston Marathon bombing to the first assassination attempt targeting President Trump, say they were all fired over the course of two days in February this year by FBI Director Kash Patel.

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At least 3 dead in Oregon elementary school shooting, sources say; suspect also dead

At least three people are dead, including children, after a shooting at an elementary school in Oregon on Thursday, according to preliminary information from multiple sources. The suspected shooter was shot and killed in the school -- Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend -- possibly by a bystander, authorities said earlier. Police initially received a call right before 1 p.m. PT Thursday about a shot fired into a car outside the school, according to Bend Police Department spokesperson Sheila Miller.

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Vance says "selling access to the White House" is "disgusting"

Vice President JD Vance told CBS News in a "Things That Matter" town hall in Michigan that anybody who is "selling access to the White House" should "suffer consequences."

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Tip-off foiled US teen's plot to attack Hindu temple, police say

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Feds probing suspicious letters to election officials, lawmakers

Federal investigators said they are looking into suspicious letters containing unknown substances that were mailed to state election officials and congressional offices.

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