Charlie Savage
Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 06:12
Is the United States now at war with the Shabab, too? The short answer, several officials said, is no. But there turned out to be a twist that illustrates how the fight against terrorism keeps eroding limits on presidential war-making powers.
Thursday, January 21, 2016 - 06:41
President Obama has made it easier for the military to get approval for strikes in Afghanistan targeting militias that have sworn allegiance to the Islamic State, according to several government officials.
Monday, November 30, 2015 - 06:36
President Obama on Wednesday signed a defense bill into law despite provisions that will continue to impede his goal of closing the wartime prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. But he again suggested that he thought those provisions might be unconstitutional and not necessarily binding.
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 06:43
The United States said on Tuesday that the American-led airstrikes against the Islamic State — carried out in Syria without seeking the permission of the Syrian government or the United Nations Security Council — were legal because they were done in defense of Iraq.
Friday, September 19, 2014 - 06:30
As lawmakers grapple with President Obama’s claim that he already has congressional authorization for airstrikes against the Islamic State, legal specialists are saying that even legislative inaction could create a precedent leaving the executive branch with greater war-making powers.
Friday, June 27, 2014 - 08:20
Those Uruguay has offered to resettle are four Syrians, a Tunisian and a Palestinian.
Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 07:11
The Obama administration has told the United Nations that Ahmed Abu Khattala, the suspected ringleader of the 2012 attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was plotting additional attacks on Americans and that the United States conducted the weekend raid that seized him under its right to self-defense.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 12:18
The Office of the State Department Legal Adviser, the officials said, has strongly urged Mr. Verrilli to back Supreme Court intervention on behalf of Arab Bank.
Friday, February 21, 2014 - 10:13
Mr. Darbi is the sixth detainee to plead guilty without a trial — giving up a right to appeal — in exchange for the prospect of a specific exit date from Guantánamo.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 07:34
“The marginal security environment in Ibb probably would give” Mr. Rahabi “ample opportunities” to join a branch of Al Qaeda in Yemen if he decided to do so, the profile summary said.