Новости за 14.09.2017

The House on Thursday backed legislation that would make membership in a criminal gang grounds for deportation as Republicans warned of the dangers of the violent street gang MS-13.

Timothy Kangas, the agency's chief operating officer since April 2016, was let go after he failed to aggressively pursue revenue-generating proposals that might free the campuses from chronic insolvency, said David Tillotson III, a senior Pentagon official who oversees the agency.

The Trump administration on Thursday extended sanctions relief to Iran, avoiding imminent action that could implode the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, even as President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson accused Tehran of not respecting the entire agreement.

The U.S. military has detained an American captured in Syria fighting for the Islamic State, the Pentagon said Thursday.

Six Flags Magic Mountain plans to build a new ride for thrill seekers who have no fear of heights.

The Department of Veterans Affairs will open a third call center in the fall to handle an anticipated increase in calls to the veterans crisis hotline. The announcement comes just nine months after a second call center was opened in Atlanta.

President Donald Trump doled out hoagies and handshakes in the sweltering Florida heat on Thursday as he took a firsthand tour of Irma's devastation and liberally dispensed congratulatory words about the federal and state recovery effort.

A Michigan airman whose plane crashed during World War II has been identified among the remains recently discovered on a Pacific Ocean island, the U.S. government said Thursday.

Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan welcomed a new command sergeant major on Thursday.

A Bulgarian court has sentenced three Syrian nationals to six years in prison on terrorism charges.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has delivered the toughest condemnation yet from a Trump administration official of the persecution of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims, likening the violence against them to ethnic cleansing and demanding it stop.

"Is it like 'Dirty Dancing'?" That's the question I'm inevitably asked when I tell people that I'm headed to Timberlock, an old-fashioned camp in the Adirondack Mountains of New York.

The Treasury Department said Thursday that a concern about secure communications is what prompted Secretary Steven Mnuchin to inquire about using a government plane for his European honeymoon in August.

“The Vietnam War” turned into an 18-hour, 10-part project that took a decade to complete. It involved poring through 100,000 photographs, spending thousands of hours with archival footage and recordings, talking to 1,000 witnesses and ultimately, telling stories from 79 perspectives.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Thursday he will retaliate against a U.S. halt on the issuing of most visas to senior foreign ministry officials and their families by suspending missions by U.S. military-led teams searching for the remains of Americans missing in action from the Vietnam War.

A judge may be close to a ruling in the case of a former St. Louis police officer charged with first-degree murder in the 2011 death of a drug suspect, and Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens said Thursday that he has put the National Guard on standby in case unrest breaks out.

Gunmen stormed a checkpoint and a restaurant crowded with Shiite pilgrims, killing at least 60 people and wounding 83 in a coordinated attack in southern Iraq, the provincial governor said.

A New Jersey National Guard unit is headed to the Virgin Islands to help with recovery efforts from Hurricane Irma.

Army Staff Sgt. Sean Devoy, 28, was killed after falling during medical evacuation hoist training for an HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter crew. He was a medic stationed at Fort Riley in Kansas.

President Donald Trump has an unlikely defender of his approach to immigration law: former President Jimmy Carter.

Eight U.S. special operations forces were injured Thursday during a training exercise at Fort Bragg, according to an Army spokesman.

The Florida Guard has moved into Irma’s disaster zone, where functioning power outlets are rare, communications spotty and flushing toilets nonexistent. “We’re in here for the long haul,” said Capt. John Beamer, the operations officer managing the team from Miramar.

Less than 20 percent of a 461,000-gallon gasoline spill in Texas during Hurricane Harvey was recovered by the company responsible, while the rest evaporated or soaked into the ground, a U.S. Coast Guard official said Thursday.

Four Chinese navy ships have departed for joint drills with Russia in the latest sign of growing cooperation between the two militaries that could challenge the U.S. armed forces' role in the Asia-Pacific.

One soldier died and 23 servicemembers were injured in three days during training exercises at Fort Hood, Fort Bragg and Camp Pendleton, defense officials said.