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Joshua Holt, who traveled to Venezuela from Utah in 2016 to marry a Spanish-speaking Mormon woman but soon found himself jailed and later branded the CIA's top spy in Latin America, has been set free by the anti-American Maduro government. Holt and his wife, Thamara Caleno, arrived Saturday evening at Washington Dulles International Airport for a tearful reunion with his parents, Laurie and Jason Holt.
When news broke of employees at the Department of Veteran Affairs putting the lives of veterans at risk with waiting lists to die, the country was outraged.
'It wasn't really the vacation I was looking for': Mormon missionary, 26, jokes with President Trump as he and his ecstatic family thank him in the Oval Office after he helped secure his release from Venezuelan prison where he spent two years 'He's a sociopathic nut job': NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere 'kissed everyone on the lips', and 'treated women like pawns' says former top recruiter who exposed their branding practices Florida and Mississippi declare states of emergency as Subtropical Storm Alberto is set to make landfall and could bring up to ONE FOOT of rain and flooding Trump says he's still hopeful June 12 summit with North Korea will take place as South Korean leader reveals Kim Jong-un wants to keep Singapore date and is committed to 'complete denuclearization' President Trump claimed New York Times used 'phony' source 'who doesn't exist' for North Korea story when it was ... (more)
American Joshua Holt, who has been jailed in Venezuela without a trial for two years, has been released, officials said today. Sen. Orrin Hatch , R-Utah, who has advocated for Holt's release, said he's "honored" to be able to finally reunite the Utah native with his family.
An American who was held in a Venezuelan prison for nearly two years on weapons charges made it back to the U.S. Saturday evening where he was greeted by his family and President Trump. Josh Holt and his Venezuelan wife, Thamy, landed at Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C. There the couple and their daughter reunited with his family in a tearful meeting at the airport.
Assemblyman Jim Frazier, D-Solano, co-chair of the California Delta Legislative Caucus, has asked California's two U.S. senators to oppose a rider inserted into a congressional bill that would exempt the proposed twin tunnels project for the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta – dubbed WaterFix – from legal challenges under state or federal law. Sixteen additional lawmakers in the State Legislature also signed the letter, which was released Friday.
The Latest on the release of a Utah man, Joshua Holt, who has been held in Venezuela : President Donald Trump has welcomed to the White House an American held for two years in a Venezuelan jail, saying the Utah man has undergone a "very tough ordeal." Twenty-six-year-old Joshua Holt and his wife arrived Saturday evening at Washington Dulles International Airport.
Joshua Holt, an American who has been jailed in Venezuela without a trial for two years, has been released, officials said on Saturday. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, who has advocated for Holt's release, said he's "honored" to be able to finally reunite the Utah native with his family.
President Donald Trump welcomed Josh Holt, an American who had been held as a prisoner in Venezuela since the summer of 2016, back to the US on Saturday night. "You've gone through a lot, more than most people could endure," the President said to Holt as the two were seated side-by-side in the Oval Office.
"This wouldn't have happened without you," Hatch said. "When you look back on your tenure during the presidency, this is just one of many great things you're doing, but it's really a great thing.
"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.
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.
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.
An American held in Venezuela for nearly two years on weapons charges has been released and is on his way home, with a pit stop at the White House. President Trump hailed the release on Twitter Saturday morning, saying Utah resident Josh Holt would land in Washington around 7 p.m. and be reunited with his family.
An American held in Venezuela has been released and is on his way home, with a pit stop at the White House. President Trump hailed the release on Twitter Saturday morning, saying Utah resident Josh Holt would be at the White House at 7 p.m. with his family.
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. The Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee met with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro two days after the embattled socialist leader kicked out the top U.S. diplomat in the country.
John Cornyn Schumer: Congress must stop reported ZTE deal 'in its tracks' Hillicon Valley: Experts worry North Korea will retaliate with hacks over summit said on Saturday that he doesn't see a difference between an FBI informant and a spy in relation to recent revelations that the FBI used an informant to investigate the Trump presidential campaign. In an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt , Cornyn said that there is no difference between a "confidential informant" and a spy.
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.
U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., says the vodka shots story as embellished by U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., isn't true. File/Mic Smith/AP U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., says the vodka shots story as embellished by U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., isn't true.