Новости за 17.04.2018

California Gov. Jerry Brown has said that he wanted the National Guard to help prevent cross-border criminal and gang activities but would not allow his forces to be used to aid in rounding up “desperate mothers and children or unaccompanied minors.”

The symptoms have struck 24 Americans and 10 Canadians, including some minors. So far, investigators have not found their cause. This week, Canada decided that its diplomats should no longer bring their families to live with them in the country during their postings.

The Trump administration wants to transfer an American citizen detained in Iraq to a third, unnamed country, according to a court filing unsealed Tuesday. The American Civil Liberties Union said it would challenge the plan.

Robert Heitger Sr. likely learned some of his caring ways from his father and grandfather, but his son Jeffrey Heitger said a lot of it came from his time in the service. His son said what he saw in World War II made him a more compassionate person.

The White House opposition to an authorization for the use of military force (AUMF) measure introduced Monday evening by Republican and Democratic senators, comes despite Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., saying there were consultations with the White House throughout the process.

The widow of a Marine killed when a water tanker truck crashed into his car agreed to an $8 million settlement of a federal lawsuit against the truck driver and his employer.

A woman drove to the entrance of the CIA headquarters with a loaded gun Friday afternoon, according to law enforcement. She is charged with possessing a weapon on an agency installation.

Hearing arguments in Washington Tuesday in a South Dakota case, the U.S. Supreme Court justices considered overturning their 1992 ruling that made much of the internet a tax-free zone by exempting retailers that don't have a physical presence in a state.

Austin Williams was struck by a vehicle while crossing a road on April 5th in Bahrain. The U.S. sailor recently re-enlisted for six years and transferred to Bahrain last month.

Under Trump administration plans, the Commerce Department would be the leading U.S. agency in tracking space objects and alerting space users to potential collisions, taking over a role traditionally handled by the Air Force.

American troops in Syria have seen no signs of threats from forces backing President Bashar Assad since U.S., Britain and France planes and ships launched more than 100 missiles over the weekend at Syrian chemical weapons facilities, a U.S. military spokesman said Tuesday.

Unfortunately, the weekend’s airstrikes didn’t come near accomplishing the broader strategic mission ahead of us in Syria.

It was the perfect limited strike. It did not spark a wider conflict. But, really, nothing has changed.

Cole Christiansen is the fifth sophomore to be named captain in the last 30 years, joining tight end Clint Dodson (2000), defensive lineman Clarence Holmes (2001), linebacker Steve Anderson (2009) and linebacker Jeremy Timpf (2015).

A volunteer flotilla of pleasure boats, fishing boats and personal watercraft joined a U.S. Army Chinook, a Hawaii Air National Guard Black Hawk and two Kauai County Fire Department helicopters ferrying stranded campers, hikers, tourists and residents out of the tiny, storm-isolated community of Haena on Kauai.

The move by the Senate to move forward with the nomination of Jim Bridenstine, a conservative Republican congressman from Oklahoma who had sparked controversy with past comments about climate change, signals that the chamber's leadership believes it has enough votes to approve him.

U.S. officials said the eighth annual iteration of the exercise is not directly related to U.S., British and French missile strikes, which targeted Syria in response to a suspected chemical attack on the Syrian city of Douma that killed dozens on April 7.

In what would amount to a stunning development, North and South Korea are in discussions to announce at next week’s leaders’ summit an official end to the military conflict between the two neighbors, which remain technically at war, the South’s Munhwa Ilbo daily reported Monday.

Officials at the State Department say new vetting protocols are "enabling departments and agencies to more thoroughly review applicants to identify threats to public safety and national security."

Though very different men, soon-to-be-former House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and ousted FBI Director James Comey have something in common. Both fell prey in recent years to the same Washington occupational hazard: reliance on conventional wisdom.

At worst, Libby had a faulty memory. At best, his memory was right. But even a faulty memory is not perjury. Hence Trump did the right thing.

Following his first meeting with Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, the White House physician and VA secretary nominee, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said Jackson’s views on private-sector medical care fell in line with the views of former VA Secretary David Shulkin.

Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said his legislation will force the cuts on the so-called “4th Estate,” which is comprised of more than 25 Defense Department agencies that includes commissaries and military media outlets such as Stars and Stripes.

A new report by Amnesty International says an untold number of women and children are being held against their will in camps, accused of ties to the militant group without any semblance of due process. The women are being subjected to sexual assault by camp guards and staff and are being denied many of the basic needs for survival.

The Defense Department isn't budging from its decision to award a single contract for a cloud-computing project -- and isn't saying why -- in a public exchange with vendors over details of the multibillion-dollar competition.