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President Donald Trump, facing questions about a controversial military operation, made the first U.S. combat death on his watch a moment of riveting drama during his Tuesday address to Congress.
In a scene of powerful emotion that brought the audience in the House chamber to its feet, Trump introduced and applauded Carryn Owens, the widow of Ryan Owens, a Navy SEAL killed during a late January raid in Yemen that went badly wrong.
Rep. Ted Lieu has low expectations for President Donald Trump's speech to Congress on Tuesday night.
"I just want the president to stop lying and making stuff up," the California Democrat said in an interview with "Power Lunch" ahead of the speech.
He called the more than 100 documented "false and misleading statements" pointed out recently by The Washington Post "not acceptable."
However, Rep. Jim Renacci, R-Ohio, points out that Trump is not an orator, but a businessman.
Poisonous political divisions have spawned an encryption arms race across the Trump administration, as both the president's advisers and career civil servants scramble to cover their digital tracks in a capital nervous about leaks.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) on Sunday blasted President Trump for his Twitter attacks of news outlets, saying if the president spent more time focused on his intelligence briefings, Navy SEAL William "Ryan" Owens might still be alive.
Owens was killed last month during a raid on al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). U.S. Central Command said it killed 14 AQAP operatives, but reports following the raid also said up to 30 civilians may have been killed as a result of the mission.
Warned of a possible federal crackdown on marijuana, California elected officials and cannabis industry leaders said Friday they were preparing for a potential showdown in the courts and Congress to protect the legalization measure approved by state voters in November.
On January 30, 23-year-old Torrance resident Ruhi Khan drove her brother to Los Angeles International Airport for his routine departure to American University of Antigua, a medical school in the Caribbean. She did not intend to join the thousands of protesters assembled at Tom Bradley International Terminal demonstrating against President Donald Trump's travel ban.
Her brother's unexpected encounter with airport security quickly changed her evening plans.
Two months after then President-elect President Donald Trump infamously told MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough "let it be an arms race," Trump is again dangling the prospect of a heated nuclear arms competition with Russia in front of the world.
Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) became the latest Democratic lawmaker this week to openly question President Trump's mental health.
Yarmuth said in remarks to a local NAACP chapter that were posted on YouTube this week that Trump is "totally unfit for the office he serves in."
Twitter is President Trump's megaphone, allowing him to share his unfiltered thoughts in real time with the entire world, but what could happen if someone hacked his account?
Experts say a hack and some unauthorized tweets could lead to all sorts of chaos, including profiteering and causing mayhem on the world stage.
Creative Artists Agency will host a day-long nonpartisan summit with U.S. political leaders, employees, advocates and guests called "Take Action Day" on Feb. 23.