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A communications sergeant attached to a Special Forces unit, Tran was on a patrol near Tallil Air Base in southern Iraq in 2003 when he got hit. He quickly got back to work after receiving a few staples and a tetanus shot, but complications forced his medical discharge from the Army a year after returning from overseas.
President Trump's job approval rating fell to just 33 percent in a Gallup poll this week. One of his campaign aides pleaded guilty in the Russia probe and two more were indicted.
Within the last two months, gas prices have risen at 10% and Senator Mike San Nicolas is concerned about how the increase will affect the cost of living on Guam. After receiving a notice from the Federal Trade Commission choosing not to investigate Guam's inflating gas prices, San Nicolas issued a letter to Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo.
Governor Calvo will be calling for a 50-percent increase in the gross receipts tax to cover the projected 48-million dollar revenue shortfall from the Trump tax cuts. Lester Carlson of the Governor's fiscal team says he will present the proposed increase when the Special Economic Session convenes again next week.
Democratic candidates for Minnesota governor are crushing their Republican opponents in the fundraising race, a signal GOP donors may be waiting to see whether former Gov. Tim Pawlenty decides to seek his old job. According to fundraising reports released Thursday, top Democratic candidates ended 2017 with a hefty cash advantage compared to lackluster totals across the GOP field.
A top adviser says former Gov. Tim Pawlenty has scheduled a meeting with his inner circle as he nears a decision on whether to run for governor. Pawlenty's possibly entry has been the source of speculation for months, and would likely be the immediate favorite among Republicans if he gets in.
A federal judge on Thursday blocked the government from deporting dozens of Christian Indonesians who fear persecution if returned home, until they're given a chance to fight their removal. U.S. District Judge Patti Saris in Boston said 50 Indonesians living illegally in New Hampshire must be given time to reopen their immigration cases and argue that the conditions in their home country have changed.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., a close ally of President Donald Trump who has become a fierce critic of the FBI and the Justice Department, strides to a GOP conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. House Speaker Paul Ryan is defending a vote by Republicans on the House intelligence committee to release a classified memo on the Russia investigation.
With concern at the White House about potential blowback from FBI Director Christopher Wray, the FBI continues to have "grave concerns" over release of a memo from House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes, a source said Thursday. The House Intelligence Committee, in a party-line vote on Monday, moved to release the highly controversial memo alleging abuse of surveillance powers by the FBI and put release of the memo in President Donald Trump's hands.
Appearing on Fox News Thursday evening with host Martha MacCallum, the network's chief national correspondent, Ed Henry, revealed those eager to see the FISA abuse memo released may be in for even more surprises than previously thought. "Senior Republicans are pushing back on reports suggesting that this memo will not live up to the hype, telling me there are four separate explosive revelations in the memo that have not leaked out ahead of tomorrows expected release," Henry told MacCallum.
In a harsh rebuke of Rep. Devin Nunes, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday demanding that Nunes step down from his position as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. Thursday's letter comes a day after Nunes was accused of making " material changes " to a secret memo before it was sent to the president for public release.
Republican Chele Farley, who most recently served as New York City finance chair of the state party, on Thursday launched a run against U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who is up for re-election to a second full term this fall. Farley, a partner at the equity firm Mistral Capital, launched her effort with a video that borrowed an argument recently deployed by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo : New York State pays roughly more in federal taxes than it gets back in federal aid - money, Farley said, that could be used to rebuild state infrastructure and boost education, among other things.
Democrats are ratcheting up pressure on House Speaker Paul Ryan to intervene in the growing controversy involving House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, who quietly changed his explosive memo alleging FBI abuse without informing many of his colleagues. The top Democrat in the Senate and the House say Republicans have "decided to sow conspiracy theories" and "attack the integrity and credibility of federal law enforcement as a means" to protect President Donald Trump and undercut special counsel Robert Mueller.
CNN might want to change its name to Collusion Narrative Network; as the network's morning program New Day spent nearly all of its three-hour time slot Thursday morning discussing the latest developments in the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Of course, many in the media desperately want to believe that the Trump campaign colluded with the Russians in order to secure his upset victory.
President Donald Trump made it clear Tuesday night that he's decided to make public a sensitive memo that alleges bias by FBI agents in the ongoing investigation into Russian efforts to influence U.S. voters in 2016. "One-hundred percent," Trump is heard on camera after his State of the Union speech, telling a South Carolina congressman of his intent to declassify the secret document That decision would directly conflict with Trump's own Justice Department and FBI Director Christopher Wray, who have argued that it would be reckless to release the memo without a thorough review.
President Donald Trump's State of the Union offer of a "down-the-middle compromise" on immigration did nothing to move Republicans and Democrats closer to a deal, as Democrats accused the president of lacing his speech with racially charged remarks and Republicans dug in on their demands. The reaction to Trump's high-profile overture suggested both parties were settling into a protracted tug-of-war.
Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Devin Nunes has become the face of Republicans' questioning of the FBI in the Russia probe. California Rep. Devin Nunes has staked his name on questioning the FBI's Russia investigation, but his long term political future could suffer from joining Team Trump.
Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., adjusts her "Recy" button as she joins other House members in wearing black in support of the #MeToo and Time's Up movements, ahead of State of the Union address Tuesday in Washington. President Trump may have been the one with the microphone at his first State of the Union address in the Capitol on Tuesday night, but that didn't stop the members of the audience from delivering their own pointed messages with a series of politically-charged fashion choices.
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez's biggest hurdle to re-election was removed Wednesday when the Justice Department announced it no longer would try him on criminal corruption charges. "Case closed, both in terms of the court and in terms of the political impact for his re-election campaign,'' said Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute.