Новости за 02.09.2017

The White House promised a decision Tuesday on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program as the nation’s business, religious and congressional leaders urged President Donald Trump to save the program that shields young immigrants from deportation and provides work permits for employment.

Billions of dollars in Harvey aid are an unexpected cost that at least raises the potential that Congress would have to act earlier than expected to increase the government's borrowing authority.

The White House plans to ask Congress Friday for a $5.9 billion down payment for initial Harvey recovery efforts. Republican leaders are already making plans to use the aid package, certain to be overwhelmingly popular, to win speedy approval of a contentious increase in the federal borrowing limit.

A diplomatic tug of war between Moscow and Washington escalated this week when the United States ordered Russia to shut its San Francisco consulate and close offices in Washington and New York.

Since the Navy created an advanced motorcycle safety course in 2008, the number of fatalities throughout the service dropped from 33 in fiscal year 2008 to 12 in 2016. But there already have been 18 fatalities since October, with one month left in the fiscal year.

A U.S. ban on Americans traveling to North Korea took effect Friday amid concerns about the fate of those who have been detained there in the past. The U.S. said its citizens can start applying for exceptions, but few will be granted.