Charlie Savage
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N.S.A. Buys Americans’ Internet Data Without Warrants, Letter Says
The disclosure comes amid congressional scrutiny and a Federal Trade Commission crackdown on commercial data brokers.
What the Supreme Court Fishery Case Could Mean for Federal Agencies’ Power
The case appears poised to be the next step in the conservative legal movement’s multigenerational effort to chip away at the New Deal.
Supreme Court Takes Up Case That Could Curtail Agency Power to Regulate Business
The court’s Republican-appointed majority appears poised to chip away again at the authority of the administrative state to issue rules for the economy.
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...
U.S. Establishes Trust With $3.5 Billion in Frozen Afghan Central Bank Funds
The Afghan Fund, which will be based in Switzerland, is meant to help stabilize Afghanistan’s economy and pay for imports like electricity — without benefiting...
Afghans Urge Court Not to Give Frozen Central Bank Assets to Sept. 11 Families
Advocates for the Afghan people say it would be unjust and illegal to use $3.5 billion of Afghanistan’s assets to pay off the Taliban’s judgment...
Rival Sept. 11 Victims Near Potential Deal to Divide Afghan Central Bank Assets
But another group opposes it. A court has not yet decided whether $3.5 billion in Afghan central bank funds can be used to pay Taliban...
U.S. Eases Sanctions to Allow Routine Transactions With Afghan Government
The move allows financial dealings with civil servants at government institutions, even if those ministries are now overseen by Taliban members.
Biden Moves to Split $7 Billion in Frozen Afghan Funds
The president intends to use the Afghan central bank’s assets to fund humanitarian relief in Afghanistan and compensate victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Taliban and 9/11 Families Fight for Billions in Frozen Afghan Funds
The White House must figure out what to do with the Afghan central bank’s account at the Federal Reserve, now blocked under U.S. law.