This week, the Senate is likely to take up a defense reauthorization bill that contains several objectionable proposals that would restrict any president's power to handle terrorism cases. None is more obnoxious than a requirement that terrorism suspects who are not U.S. nationals be held in military custody.

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. government may have in its custody a second American who fought for the Taliban in Afghanistan, authorities said Wednesday after checking birth records that appear to support his claim that he was born in Louisiana.

...to encroach on his constitutional powers. One bars the use of Defense Department funds to bring detainees at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into the United States, effectively blocking federal court prosecutions for these terrorism...

In 2008, the Supreme Court ruled that detainees at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, had the right to challenge their detentions in federal court. The ruling was a victory for the rule...

HAVANA - Debby soaked northern Haiti and forced thousands of Cubans to abandon homes Thursday before losing tropical storm strength as it plodded through the western Caribbean toward the Gulf of Mexico. Authorities lifted an evacuation order for the Florida Keys, but they continued to watch the former hurricane for signs it might regenerate.

...Jamaica continues. Authorities had evacuated at least 7,000 people in Cuba. Heavy rains and winds lashed the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay in southeastern Cuba, home to nearly 1,600 U.S. servicemen and their families. Rains "continue...

WASHINGTON (AP) - American forces in Afghanistan took control of dozens more prisoners as the U.S. government considered whether to use military tribunals to try some of the terrorist suspects.

KARACHI, Pakistan - Pakistani investigators believe they are very close to solving the kidnapping of a Wall Street Journal reporter and are optimistic they can find him alive, a senior police officer said Tuesday.

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- A hunger strike by prisoners at this remote U.S. naval base seemed to lose momentum after the U.S. military agreed to allow the Taliban and al-Qaeda captives to wear turbans, as long...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. government may have in its custody a second American who fought for the Taliban in Afghanistan, authorities said Wednesday after checking birth records that appear to support his claim that he was born in Louisiana.