Trump says US prisoner Josh Holt has been released in Venezuela

"Good news about the release of the American hostage from Venezuela," Trump tweeted. "Should be landing in D.C. this evening and be in the White House, with his family, at about 7:00 P.M. The great people of Utah will be very happy!" Holt, 26, a Utah native, traveled to Venezuela in June 2016 to marry Venezuelan Thamara Caleo, according to news reports.

US man freed after 2 years in Venezuela prison

Freed prisoner Joshua Holt, his wife, Thamara Caleno, and her daughter board a plane at an airport in Caracas, Venezuela, for a flight to Washington in a photo provided by the Holt family. Freed prisoner Joshua Holt, his wife, Thamara Caleno, and her daughter board a plane at an airport in Caracas, Venezuela, for a flight to Washington in a photo provided by the Holt family.

American jailed in Venezuela for 2 years to return home to US

A group of Venezuelan political police officers, SEBIN, with their faces covered stand on guard at the main door of SEBIN headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela, May 16, 2018. American Joshua Holt, who has been jailed in Venezuela without a trial for two years, has been released, officials said today.

Family grateful for Utah man’s ‘miracle’ Venezuela release – Sat, 26 May 2018 PST

A Utah man jailed in Venezuela on weapons charges nearly two years ago was released Saturday after U.S. officials and his family pressed for his freedom from the South American country. "We are grateful to all who participated in this miracle," Joshua Holt's family said in a statement.

US Sen. Corker meets with Venezuela’s President Maduro

In this photo released by the Miraflores Presidential Press Office, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, left, shakes hands with Republican Senator Bob Corker during a meeting at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday May 25, 2018.

Deportation protection restored in high-profile Georgia case Source: AP

Federal immigration authorities have agreed to renew the temporary protection from deportation for a Mexican woman whose case made national headlines eight years ago when she was a Georgia college student, according to a court filing. The settlement agreement signed Monday and filed Friday in federal court in Atlanta is the latest twist in 30-year-old Jessica Colotl's quest to stay in the country she has called home for nearly two decades.

The Lajes Vector: Congressman Nunes Gets Stiffed

As was the case with Congressman Nunes' memo and his decision to prematurely end the superficial House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence investigation into the Russian active measures and cyberwarfare campaign against the US, Congressman Nunes didn't seem to accomplish much as a result of the DOJ briefings he demanded yesterday. From the AP : It was unclear how much information was given to lawmakers.

Trump pardons late boxer Jack Johnson a century later

President Donald Trump has granted a rare posthumous pardon to boxing's first black heavyweight champion, clearing Jack Johnson's name more than 100 years after what many see as his racially charged conviction. "I am taking this very righteous step, I believe, to correct a wrong that occurred in our history and to honor a truly legendary boxing champion," Trump said Thursday during an Oval Office ceremony.

Trump (and AL Sec. of State) Violating Free Speech Rights on Twitter: ‘BradCast’ 5/24/2018

Guest: Univ. of KY law professor Joshua A. Douglas; Also: 'Dotard' Prez nixes NK summit : Plus: ZOMBIE ALERT!... EPA locks out media; TX chem plant explodes; Lava at HI power plant; WI frack sludge spill; Closed coal plants' immediate health benefits; PLUS : NPS' uncensored climate study... Repub House Science Comm denies sea level rise; NASA finds humans changing global water supply; Britain to launch plastic tax; PLUS: Ex-con coal baron Blankenship is back!... Guest: Gun safety advocate Cliff Schecter on shootings in TX, FL, Vegas and how to prevent them; Also: Trump dangerously clueless in advance of planned summit with NK... EPA's Pruitt, facing 12 probes, grilled in Senate; Extreme storms kill 5 in Northeast; King County, WA files suit against oil companies; PLUS : Air pollution dangers extend into womb... EPA blocking water contamination report; Global warming intensifying storms; ... (more)

Trump cana t block tweets from ex-Guantanamo guard and a a Grammy-losing songwriter,a judge rules

President Trump's blocking of his critics on Twitter is unconstitutional, a judge ruled Wednesday in a decision that addresses a fairly new issue for our time: the relationship between those who govern and the governed on social media. Last July, seven Twitter users filed a lawsuit after being blocked from the @realDonaldTrump account, charging that their speech was being suppressed.

Trump planning to withhold aid from undocumented immigrant home countries

President Donald Trump said Wednesday his administration is devising a plan to withhold US foreign aid funds from the home countries of immigrants who illegally enter the United States. Speaking at a roundtable on illegal immigration and the MS-13 gang, Trump offered few specifics about the plan and it was unclear if he was referring to the illegal entry of any undocumented immigrant or those who have committed other crimes.

Trump warns against admitting unaccompanied migrant children

US President Donald Trump and his top Administration officials repeatedly warned that unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the southern border are potentially exposing America to eventual gang crime. Immigrant advocates have long said that the children, primarily from Central America, are fleeing violence in their home countries and seeking safe harbour in the United States.

Ex-Trump campaign chief seeks to suppress evidence seized by FBI

President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is asking a federal judge on Wednesday to suppress evidence seized by FBI agents working for Special Counsel Robert Mueller, saying they violated the U.S. Constitution's ban on unreasonable searches and seizures. The hearing before U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson is Manafort's latest bid to hinder the criminal case against him, though last week Jackson refused to dismiss the charges that include conspiring to launder money, conspiring to defraud the United States and failing to register as a foreign agent.

Taming the ‘animals’ of MS-13: Trump takes his gang crackdown to the suburbs

ICE agents frisk a suspected MS-13 gang member after arresting him at his home on March 29, 2018, in Brentwood, N.Y. For the second time in a year, President Trump will travel to Long Island Wednesday for a forum on combatting MS-13, the small but violent street gang that has been a central focus of his crackdown on illegal immigration. Outside the pockets of Long Island and a handful of communities in Maryland, Virginia, and California where MS-13 is mostly active, Trump's apparent obsession with the gang - whose membership of predominantly Central American immigrants makes up the focus on MS-13 rather than bigger threats.