The group — the largest set of Americans retrieved from the war zone — was joined by a 9-year-old noncitizen whose brother is an American.
Author: CHARLIE SAVAGE
Biden Lawyers Wrestle With Lack of Congressional Blessing for Houthi Conflict
Civilian prosecutors took custody of 14 wartime detainees, and an official asserted that a key part of the War Powers Resolution did not apply.
Visa Applicants’ Social Media Data Doesn’t Help Screen for Terrorism, Documents Show
A Trump-era practice of vetting the social media profiles of visitors has provided scant value, intelligence officials concluded. But the Biden administration has kept the policy in place.
U.S. Seeks to Repatriate Family of 10 Americans From Camps in Syria
A Kurdish-led militia that is battling the Islamic State has been holding a mother and nine of her children for several years.
Biden Orders U.S. to Share Evidence of Russian War Crimes With Hague Court
The step signals a major shift in American policy and ends months of resistance by Pentagon officials who feared setting a precedent that could pave the way for the court to prosecute U.S. troops.
Judge Vacates Bowe Bergdahl’s Conviction and Dishonorable Discharge
The Army colonel overseeing the court-martial trial had applied for a job with the Trump-era Justice Department, raising the appearance of bias.
U.S. Says It Dismantled Russia’s ‘Most Sophisticated’ Malware Network
The Justice Department said the F.B.I. had turned the structure of the Russian intelligence service’s “Snake” network for spying on computers against itself.
Credit Suisse Accused of Impeding Hunt for Accounts Linked to Nazis
The Senate Budget Committee opened an investigation after Credit Suisse fired a lawyer it had hired to oversee an independent inquiry hunting for accounts linked to Nazis who went to Argentina.
Senators Urge Biden to Send Evidence of Russian War Crimes to the ICC
Despite Pentagon resistance, a bipartisan group stressed that Congress had voted to legalize support for the court’s Ukraine war investigations.
The U.S. has long been wary of the I.C.C., but relations have been thawing.
Many democracies have joined the court, which investigates war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity, but Washington has been concerned that the tribunal could someday try to prosecute Americans.