In legal milestone, Iraqi held by U.S. at Guantanamo pleads guilty to war crimes
An Iraqi man who has been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center for more than 15 years pleaded guilty Monday to war crimes charges for his role in al-Qaida...
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Afghans still adjusting to U.S.: New life, new struggles
Taliban forces had taken the Afghan capital. Crowds of panicked people thronged the airport. And a young man who had worked as a subcontractor for the U.S. military faced a...
Push to arm Ukraine putting strain on U.S. weapons stockpile
Can the U.S. sustain the cadence of shipping vast amounts of arms to Ukraine while maintaining the healthy stockpile it may need if a new conflict erupts with North Korea,...
Son of famed American artist charged in Jan. 6 Capitol riot
For years, Vincent Gillespie waged a legal battle to try to gain control of hundreds of paintings by his father — renowned postwar American artist Gregory Gillespie.
EXPLAINER: How U.S. is expanding aid to Ukrainian refugees
The United States is expanding efforts to help Ukrainian refugees. It has agreed to accept up to 100,000 people escaping from the war and to increase support for Eastern European...
U.S. immigration arrests drop amid focus on most dangerous
Immigration enforcement arrests within the U.S. fell sharply over the past year as the Biden administration shifted its enforcement priorities to focus on people in the country without legal status...
Ukrainian embassy draws U.S. citizens seeking to fight in war
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has given the smaller nation’s embassy in Washington an unexpected role: recruitment center for Americans who want to join the fight.
Working conditions for Border Patrol getting more attention
A strained Border Patrol is getting increased attention from the Biden administration after tense meetings between senior officials and the rank-and-file while the agency deals with one of the largest...
EXPLAINER: Why effort to help Afghanistan is falling short
As winter deepens, a grim situation in Afghanistan is getting worse. Freezing temperatures are compounding misery from the downward spiral that has come with the fall of the U.S.-backed government...
US has reunited 100 children taken from parents under Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Biden administration effort to reunite children and parents who were separated under President Donald Trump's zero-tolerance border policy has made increasing progress as it nears the...