Новости за 02.02.2018

For months, legal scholars have debated whether the president’s actions behind closed doors constitute obstruction of justice. Now Trump is doing it out in the open for all to see.

A list of the 875 U.S. Air Force first lieutenants who have been selected for promotion to captain during the Calendar Year 2017C Captain Line of the Air Force, Chaplain, Line of the Air Force – Judge Advocate, Nurse Corps, Medical Service Corps and Biomedical Sciences Corps quarterly selection process, as announced on Feb. 2, 2018.

The House Intelligence Committee released a controversial classified memo Friday that Republicans say reveals improper government surveillance during the 2016 presidential race – which President Donald Trump said shows a pro-Democratic tilt at the FBI and Justice Department – but that the FBI warned is inaccurate.

The Japan Coast Guard plans to install radars and surveillance cameras on remote islands to boost its ability to monitor and respond to illegal operations by North Korean fishing vessels in the Sea of Japan and repeated incursions by Chinese ships in Japan's territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture.

The Department of Veterans Affairs won’t pursue a change to its longtime motto despite complaints that it excludes women and symbolizes barriers for female veterans within the VA health care system.

Let me take you back to the ‘90s really quick, an era where anime could pretty much only be found at Blockbuster videos and interest in Japanese cartoons was considered a hobby only for the socially inept. This was around the time I had my first exposure to the Dragon Ball franchise in the form of imported Super Famicom fighting games. These 2D brawlers were like nothing I’d seen stateside. Who were these characters with spiky blonde hair and how could throwing fireballs be as simple as pushing a button?

The military, along with the rest of the government, is operating off its fourth short-term funding bill since the 2018 fiscal year started Oct. 1. It’s become common practice for Congress to rely on the continuing resolutions, or CRs, until a full budget is approved. Some are betting against a Feb. 8 shutdown, especially if House Republican fiscal hawks and Senate Democrats are on board with a funding deal.

A man who drove a van into worshippers near a London mosque, killing one man and injuring a dozen others, was sentenced Friday to at least 43 years in prison for what a judge called a crime driven by "malevolent hatred."

The U.S. government changed Robert Yano’s classification from citizen to illegal alien — for no other reason than his ethnicity. He remained in an internment camp in Arizona until, at age 19, he was allowed to fight for his country.

Subsistence allowance payments would normally have been disbursed Jan. 31. But now they will be delayed until Tuesday, due to a computer glitch, according to an internal memo. The memo instructs operators to apologize to veterans and tell them their payments are on the way.

The Air Force has grounded the T-6A Texan II it uses to train many of its new pilots after oxygen-deprivation symptoms were reported among pilots at three stateside bases.

The director of a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Oregon was replaced and reassigned this week as part of an agency-wide crackdown on poor-performing VA medical centers.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis issued a stern warning Friday to the embattled Syrian regime that the United States is investigating claims of its recent use of banned chemical weapons.

A veteran's service dog that had been missing for about three weeks was found dead of a gunshot wound, according to reports. Gunner, a Siberian husky, was found Monday dumped near railroad tracks, shot in the head, the dogs owner said.

Before he came to Fort Bragg, Command Sgt. Maj. John Cervenka spent more than two decades as a Ranger instructor, a senior drill sergeant and a leader in numerous other positions within infantry units. But at Fort Bragg, instead of training soldiers and maneuvering troops, Cervenka helped support what would be one of the largest cities in North Carolina. On Thursday, Cervenka relinquished responsibility as the garrison's senior noncommissioned officer to Command Sgt. Maj. Eric McCray.

Times and dates for theaters in Belgium, England, Germany, Greece, Italy, Turkey and the Netherlands.

When we advocate never being alone with women — whether at work or in social settings — we’re saying, “No, I don’t know the difference between appropriate and inappropriate behavior and I can’t be bothered to try.”

We need to be more like our military. Each day I work with those with whom I politically disagree, but in the end, we put aside those differences to accomplish a mission. We are conservatives from Alabama and liberals from Minneapolis, but we share something much more important: our love of country.

We’re all at risk of getting burned out on impending disasters. It can feel useless to get prepared for any one of these threats when all the others loom.

There is still time for the world to come together to reduce and ultimately eliminate nuclear threats — most urgently by taking action to reduce the risk of an accident, mistake or miscalculation.

Visual effects artist Jeff Unay makes his directorial debut with the spare and brutal documentary “The Cage Fighter,” an unflinching portrait of a man finding himself in the ring. Using a fly-on-the-wall style, Unay captures the mind of a fighter through the life of Joe Carman, an aging mixed martial arts fighter who subjects his body and spirit to intense violence, despite the protestations of his family.

Thom Tran was only four days into his first deployment when he was shot in the head. After his medical discharge from the Army, Tran found the transition to civilian life difficult. Having discovered how helpful it was to discuss his troubles with other veterans, he launched a podcast called “Battle Scars” last year.

Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of an Army Ranger at an Oregon Coast training center, the Clatsop County Sheriff's Office said Thursday.

State officials claim that retired Marine Lt. Col. Antonio Colmenares, a volunteer with the Miami branch of the Florida Veterans Foundation sold 27,000 blankets and 9,700 ready-to-eat meals, donated for homeless veterans, for $46,800. He also sold a stockpile of donated sleeping bags, cots and backpacks to a South Florida tactical supply store for nearly $80,000.