A forensic pension investigator was hired to provide clarity about the fund's investments, the high fees it pays to big Wall Street firms and its lagging performance.
From its inflexible diplomacy to its overreliance on proxy forces, Iran left itself vulnerable to more powerful adversaries, former U.S. officials say.
Though Congress acted after the U.S. withdrew from Vietnam to restrain presidents in their use of military force, recent decades have seen presidents pushing against those restraints.
Iran will never agree to halting all uranium enrichment and Israel must stop its air campaign before any negotiations can proceed with the U.S., the Iranian foreign minister said.
Israeli strikes have deeply wounded Iran's government, leaving it facing a number of questions, including whether it needs to give up on negotiations and rush its nuclear program.
The judges, who work for the executive branch, have been instructed to grant dismissals quickly; ICE has been arresting people after their cases are dismissed.