Trial opens for Navy vet arrested near Obama’s DC home in 2023
Investigators found two guns, roughly 400 rounds of ammunition and a machete in Taylor Taranto’s van after he showed up near Obama’s home.
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press
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Judge awards $680K to Hawaii military families over fuel-tainted water
The cases set the legal tone for thousands more military families and civilians suing over a 2021 jet fuel leak into a Navy drinking water system on Oahu.
Trump pardons Navy veteran convicted in Capitol riot
Thomas Caldwell, a retired Navy intelligence officer, was tried alongside Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes but acquitted of seditious conspiracy.
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press
Senate Democrats plan ‘shadow hearings’ on controversial VA cuts
The move comes as VA Secretary Doug Collins has accused Democrats of creating panic over planned department reforms.
Vet’s Capitol riot pardon covers separate weapons case: Prosecutors
The DOJ said an Army veteran's separate conviction for illegally possessing stolen grenades and classified info is covered by Trump’s pardon.
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press