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THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - REPORT: Second Air Force Plane Lost in Middle East, Pilot Rescued.

According to two U.S. officials speaking on condition of anonymity, a second Air Force combat plane crashed in the Persian Gulf region on Friday. The officials said the A-10 Warthog attack plane’s lone pilot was safely rescued. The post REPORT: Second Air Force Plane Lost in Middle East, Pilot Rescued. appeared first on The National Pulse .

PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A second Air Force combat plane crashed in the Persian Gulf region, according to reports. WHO WAS INVOLVED: The lone pilot of the A-10 Warthog attack plane, U.S. officials. WHEN & WHERE: Friday, near the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf region. IMPACT: Search-and-rescue operations are reportedly ongoing following a separate incident involving the downing of another plane by Iran. IN FULL According to two U.S. officials speaking on condition of anonymity, a second Air Force combat plane crashed in the Persian Gulf region on Friday. The officials said the A-10 Warthog attack plane’s lone pilot was safely rescued. The crash is said to have happened near the Strait of Hormuz at roughly the same time an…Open

YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Congressional Republicans Butting Heads With Leadership Over New DHS Deal

House GOP leaders have a tough task ahead in passing a two-step plan to end the record-setting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown as their members call for passage of a Republican-only bill to fund immigration enforcement before they accept a bipartisan Senate bill to fund the rest of the department. House Republicans are feeling whiplash, and on a closed conference call Thursday they fumed over pressure to pass the Senate bill. That measure, which has already passed the upper chamber via unanimous consent, would fund the bulk of DHS outside of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol, leaving funding for those agencies in a GOP-only reconciliation bill to pass by June 1. Democrats have refused to vote for…