Новости за 24.10.2017

Sen. Jeff Flake will retire, citing direction of GOP under Trump
Washington Post
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) will retire from the Senate at the end of his term, saying he was out of step with his party in the era of President Trump. The senator's surprise announcement came after more than a year of criticism of Trump and the ...
Flake drops out of Senate raceThe Hill
Arizona's Jeff Flake announces he will not seek re-election to US SenateAZCentral.com
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House Republicans launch new probes into Obama-era Uranium One deal, FBI handling of Clinton case
Fox News
House Republicans on Tuesday launched new probes into several Obama-era controversies, covering both the Justice Department's 2016 handling of the Clinton email case and the administration's 2010 approval for the sale of a mining company that gave ...
House GOP launches probes into Clinton, Obama controversiesPolitico
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Would Repealing the Jones Act Help Puerto Rico?
New York Times
A cargo ship in the Port of San Juan after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico. The Jones Act has been blamed for slowing relief efforts on the island, but the effects of its repeal could be complicated. Credit Joe Raedle/Getty Images. It wasn't long ...
Small Montana firm lands Puerto Rico's biggest contract to get the power back onWashington Post
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'We're there because ISIS and Al Qaeda are': The Pentagon gives new details on Niger ambush
Business Insider
joe dunford Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford concluding his briefing Monday about the Niger operation. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford on Monday discussed the battle that left four US troops dead in Niger.
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Corker says White House should stay out of tax debate; Trump fires back with insult
Washington Post
Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) admonished President Trump on Tuesday to stop interfering in the debate over tax legislation and said his volatility could lead the United States into war, prompting a slew of Twitter insults from the president and renewing a ...
Trump, Corker tangle ahead of Capitol Hill meetingCNN
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China's leader elevated to the level of Mao in Communist pantheon
Washington Post
BEIJING — China's Communist Party formally elevated President Xi Jinping to the same status as party legends Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping on Tuesday, writing his name into its constitution and setting the nation's leader up for an extended stay in ...
Xi Jinping Becomes China's Most Powerful Leader Since Mao ZedongTIME
In communist China, it's increasingly all about XiCBS News
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Good news, earthlings! Puerto Rico telescope still guarding the galaxy despite Maria
Miami Herald
While the vast majority of Puerto Ricans are living in a technologically deprived state without power and poor communications, there's one high-tech oasis on the island that wasn't blown back to the dark ages by Hurricane Maria. The Arecibo Observatory ...
Senate moves ahead with another $36.5 billion in disaster aidUSA TODAY
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Top US general reveals new info on Niger ambush
CNN
Washington (CNN) The US troops attacked in Niger were on their way back to their operating base when they were ambushed by 50 ISIS fighters, according to Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, who provided a timeline of the attack on Monday.
Caught in a deadly ambush, US troops in Niger waited an hour for French air power to arriveWashington Post
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