WASHINGTON — A network of secret prisons run by the former Syrian government is more extensive than the U.S. had realized, and is complicating efforts to find American journalist Austin Tice, the U.S. hostage envoy said Friday. The U.S. government initially estimated Syria had around 10 to 20 secret prisons, but there may be 40 […]
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has signed legislation that prevents a government shutdown as the United States approaches the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. His action Saturday concludes days of disruption in the nation’s capital after Congress passed a bipartisan budget plan just after the deadline and turned back President-elect Donald Trump’s key demand in […]