Новости за 23.08.2018

Without a spending measure in place by Oct. 1, lawmakers might need to pass a temporary budget measure, which is known as a continuing resolution, to keep the government operating.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on a trip Thursday to Lithuania, welcomed the decision by major international airlines to end their direct flights to Iran's capital of Tehran in September.

A malfunctioning retaining pin led to a box of ammunition dropping from an Army aircraft onto an El Paso elementary school in May, an investigation from the 1st Armored Division found.

The next arms race could involve hypersonic missiles that travel five times faster than the speed of sound. To compete, U.S. development efforts have gone into hyperdrive.

“Did you hear the one about three robots that walk into a bar?” asked Republican Sen. Jeff Flake. “No, you haven’t. It’s not a joke but rather a project paid for in part by the Department of Defense.”

“Did you hear the one about three robots that walk into a bar?” asked Republican Sen. Jeff Flake. “No, you haven’t. It’s not a joke but rather a project paid for in part by the Department of Defense.”

The general in charge of training for the Army’s sustainment and logistics programs has been relieved of duty and is the subject of an official investigation, defense officials said Thursday.

Environmental advocates are suing the U.S. Coast Guard on claims the federal agency is not prepared to clean up a Line 5 oil spill in the Straits of Mackinac in Michigan.

An outbreak of fighting in Ukraine's rebel-held east has killed four troops and left another seven wounded, officials said Thursday.

Since 1999, the VA has excluded “gender alterations” from its medical benefits package. For another two weeks, the VA is taking comments about a proposal to remove that ban for veterans who have a high enough disability rating to qualify them for comprehensive medical care from the VA.

A destroyer and a transport vessel are conducting separate missions in the Black Sea, only the second time since 2014 that two Navy vessels have operated simultaneously in this tense region for more than just exercises.

After President Donald Trump said Thursday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions "never took control of the Justice Department," Sessions responded that he and his department "will not be improperly influenced by political considerations."

Former Royals players George Brett, Bret Saberhagen, Mike Sweeney and Reggie Sanders will greet U.S. troops at four sites in the Middle East next month in partnership with Fox Sports Kansas City and the USO.

A trade union representing German journalists called Thursday for authorities to examine the treatment of the media by police following two incidents in which officers prevented reporters from covering far-right demonstrations.

A senior Trump administration official says the Education Department is weighing whether to allow states to use federal grants earmarked for academic enrichment to purchase guns for schools.

Alarm bells went off Wednesday when the Democratic National Committee said hackers attempted to gain access to the party's voter file. But on Thursday, the DNC announced that the supposed hack was "built by a third party as part of a simulated phishing test."

The Russian Central Bank said Thursday it will halt foreign currency purchases, a move that helped the ruble to recover from its lowest level against the dollar since 2016.

The body of a U.S. Navy veteran has been found in the Willamette River near Albany nearly three weeks after his family reported him missing.

Hurricane Lane soaked Hawaii's Big Island on Thursday, dumping 12 inches of rain in as many hours as residents stocked up on supplies and tried to protect their homes ahead of the state's first hurricane since 1992.

Cimaron makes landfall over Osaka-Kobe area, continues on course to exit land over the Sea of Japan by early Friday morning.

A force reconnaissance Marine who was meritoriously promoted by then-III Marine Expeditionary Force commander Lt. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson earlier this month has died in a car accident, Marine officials said Thursday.

Laws, once stretched from their limited language and proper purpose, are difficult to pound back into shape.

Soulik continues weakening, while the shelter-in-place order has been rescinded at Kunsan.

Soulik makes landfall over southwestern Korea, making way through central part of republic toward Sea of Japan.