The Biden administration has released 11 additional detainees from the U.S. military prison in Guantánamo Bay, sending the men, all natives of Yemen, to neighboring Oman, the Pentagon said Monday.

The president vowed as a 2008 candidate that he would close the federal prison, but congressional Republicans and some Democrats repeatedly have blocked his efforts during the last six years.

He has accelerated transfers out of Guantánamo, but his approach has a central flaw: Even if transfers could vacate the detention camp, emptying Guantánamo is not the same as closing Guantánamo.

A federal court on Sunday blocked the Trump administration from sending three migrants to the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. U.S. District Judge Kenneth J. Gonzales temporarily halted ...

Trump’s Guantánamo plan is an old idea — with an ugly history. In the 1990s, thousands of Haitians were detained there in horrific conditions with little oversight.

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) isn’t ruling out the possibility that his panel could draft legislation that would bar President Obama from transferring more ...

A U.S. military guard tower stands on the perimeter of the detainee camp on September 16, 2010, in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. There are now 39 detainees remaining after the prisoner transfer on July ...

Biden administration transfers 11 prisoners from Guantánamo to Oman The Biden administration's move leaves just 15 detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.