Новости за 10.08.2017

President Donald Trump escalated a stunning feud against his top Senate partner Thursday, suggesting Majority Leader Mitch McConnell might have to think about stepping aside if he doesn't deliver on the president's agenda of health care, taxes and infrastructure.

An initial report from drug commission convened by President Trump and led by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie noted that the approximately 142 deaths each day from drug overdoses mean the death toll is "equal to September 11th every three weeks."

Army is coming off a rare winning season that was capped by something even rarer — a victory over archrival Navy. That hadn't happened since 2001, and the Black Knights punctuated it with an overtime bowl victory over North Texas to finish 8-5. For Army coach Jeff Monken, the sky's the limit.

Retired Chief Steward Andy Mills was one of the U.S. Navy's first black chiefs. Prior to a ceremony Thursday at the naval base in Coronado, California, Mills told reporters that he was overjoyed by the honor.

The U.S. started to seriously put together the Afghan air force in the past three years, just as the main contingent of NATO troops in the country was leaving. Now, the fledgling group of pilots and planes is one of the key programs the Pentagon wants to invest in as it considers sending more troops.

The Congressional Budget Office, in estimating the impact of key provisions in House and Senate defense authorization bills for fiscal 2018, also spotlights the higher out-of-pocket costs that military folks would face if various Senate-devised personnel initiatives survive negotiations with the House to shape a final bill.

President Donald Trump issued a new threat to North Korea on Thursday, demanding that Kim Jong Un's government "get their act together" or face extraordinary trouble. He said his previous "fire and fury" warning to Pyongyang might have been too mild.

President Donald Trump issued a new threat to North Korea on Thursday, demanding that Kim Jong Un's government "get their act together" or face extraordinary trouble. He said his previous "fire and fury" warning to Pyongyang might have been too mild.

President Donald Trump issued a new threat to North Korea on Thursday, demanding that Kim Jong Un's government "get their act together" or face extraordinary trouble. He said his previous "fire and fury" warning to Pyongyang might have been too mild.

Col. John Edwards says he's ready for the challenge of commanding the largest B-1 combat wing in the United States Air Force.

The Canadian government said Thursday that at least one Canadian diplomat in Cuba also has been treated for hearing loss following disclosures that a group of American diplomats in Havana suffered severe hearing loss that U.S. officials believe was caused by an advanced sonic device.

A dispute over Kenya's presidential election intensified Thursday when supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga said an unofficial tally showed that he won — a claim that conflicted with a provisional official result that put incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta in the lead.

As both South Korea and the U.S. confront North Korea over its nuclear weapons program, a big question in Seoul is the depth of the commitment among millennials to a U.S. alliance that began more than six decades ago.

Somalia's president says a joint operation with the U.S. military against al-Shabab extremists in Somalia killed a high-level leader of the group. A U.S. statement says the airstrikes were carried out Thursday in southern Somalia.

North Korea on Thursday defiantly rejected President Donald Trump’s “fire and fury” warning, unveiling a detailed plan to launch a salvo of missiles toward the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam.

Randy Feemster was only 11 years old when he and an estimated 1,500 other area residents witnessed flying objects in the sky over Fort Smith. Now the 62-year-old man he believes he has solved the UFO mystery.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin a remedial investigation/feasibility study in September to assess potential environmental and human health impacts associated with past use of the former Hingham Naval Ammunition Depot during World Wars I and II.

A congressman who served in Afghanistan is championing an idea to request departing servicemembers sign an oath not to harm themselves, as a method to deter veteran suicides. But some suicide prevention experts contend the plan is likely to do the opposite.

Two men released from al-Qaida captivity after six years in northern Mali made their first public appearances Thursday, recounting their ordeals and saying they were not clear whether any ransom was paid for their freedom.

The Marine Corps plans to fly the MV-22 Osprey during upcoming exercises in northern Japan despite Japanese government requests to ground the controversial tilt-rotor aircraft in the wake of its latest crash.

Sen. John McCain of Arizona is proposing a new "strategy for success" in Afghanistan. His amendment to the bill calls for a "long-term, open-ended" U.S.-Afghanistan partnership that includes an "enduring U.S. counterterrorism presence."

A suspected World War II-era bomb was found Thursday during construction work near the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant.The area was home to a former military airport that was targeted by aerial bombardment in World War II.

The European Union says it has slapped sanctions on nine North Koreans and four entities including the state-owned Foreign Trade Bank, in addition to those already on its sanctions list.

Author Jeannette Walls already scraped away at the dark truths, joy and hardship of her eccentric upbringing to write her memoir “The Glass Castle.” Now she’s living it all over again, but this time as an audience to her own life as her memories and words are acted out in a big screen adaptation of her book starring Brie Larson as herself and Woody Harrelson as her father. It hits theaters Friday.

It was 1973. President Richard M. Nixon was seriously depressed about Watergate. Harold Hering, an Air Force major who rescued downed pilots in Vietnam, was training to be a missileer — the guy who turns the keys to commence a nuclear attack.