Right-wing British provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos detained by immigration officials, authorities said on Friday

By The Associated Press
August 28, 2026 | 4:06 PM

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Right-wing British provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos detained by immigration officials, authorities said on Friday.

FBI no longer treating an applicant’s experience with prostitution as automatic bar against hiring

By The Associated Press
August 29, 2026 | 4:22 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI is dropping a categorical hiring ban on applicants who have had sexual encounters with prostitutes and will instead consider in a more holistic manner at least some candidates who have engaged in the practice in the past, according to people familiar with the matter. The move away from an automatic disqualification falls along a continuum of evolving recruitment standards within federal law enforcement and at the buttoned-up bureau, which several years ago relaxed its approach to candidates’ past marijuana use and has drawn more recent concern by current and former agents about a perceived loosening of recruitment requirements as it seeks to replenish its ranks. The bureau still intends to dismiss applicants who are revealed during the vetting process to have engaged in prostitution within the last 10 years, three or more times overall or while in a position of trust, according to guidance issued this past spring and described by a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to discuss internal decision-making and spoke on condition of anonymity. For others, it will allow for consideration of the context of the conduct rather than treat it as grounds for an automatic rejection from the FBI’s hiring process. The practical impact is not immediately clear since many who have engaged in prostitution may still be either immediately disqualified or weeded out upon further scrutiny from FBI polygraphers and security officials.

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