President Biden wants to avoid provoking Russia at a moment when American officials fear Vladimir V. Putin could escalate the war to compensate for recent losses.
The Justice Department is planning to appeal, but the decision is likely to significantly delay its investigation into former President Donald J. Trump’s handling of government records.
The government, while calling a lower court’s decision “unprecedented,” did not seek to stop the installation of an outside arbiter to review other materials taken from Mar-a-Lago.
The mission has relied on short-term fixes for things like housing and medical care for two decades. With 36 detainees left, the prison will soon receive its 21st commander.
President Biden’s approval rating has climbed to 42 percent, and the number of Americans who believe the country is on the right track has doubled but remains low.
The move, which is bound to heighten tensions with Beijing, is designed to focus on specific types of transactions that would give a foreign power access to key technologies.