Stephen Dinan

Despite legal losses, Trump has scared noncitizens from voting

President Trump's attempts to block noncitizens from casting ballots may be striking out in the courts, but there's a good chance he's scared many of them into staying home rather than risking it.

November 1, 2026

Judge tosses Trump DOJ’s challenge to ‘other’ Dan Sullivan on Alaska ballot

A federal judge rejected the administration's lawsuit over the appearance of a spoiler candidate on Alaska's Senate ballot, ruling Sunday that the Trump team's requests to segregate and investigate ballots were impossible.

November 1, 2026

Trump loses lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein claims

A federal judge dismissed President Trump's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and its owners, saying he failed to crack the protections the First Amendment grants to the press.

October 31, 2026

Judge tells Trump to pull ads blasting Dems

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to remove three government-funded ads promoting Republican priorities and attacking Democrats from all social media platforms and federal websites, saying they appear to have been illegally produced.

October 31, 2026

Judge says DOJ is pursuing ‘intimidation plan’ against election officials

The Justice Department's aim to pursue criminal prosecutions of election officials who fail to stop noncitizens from voting is an "intimidation plan" and is likely illegal, a federal judge ruled Friday.

October 31, 2026

Trump suffers another loss in effort to block California ballots

A federal appeals court shut down President Trump's attempt to block the counting of 20,000 California ballots the administration says belong to suspected noncitizens.

October 30, 2026

Trump’s golf course headaches grow as judge demands inquiry

U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes said she will open an official inquiry into whether the administration hid President Trump's plans to redesign the golf course at East Potomac Park near the National Mall, saying the chain of events was unbelievable.

October 30, 2026

Texas grand jury indicts ICE officer for aggravated assault after he struck migrant with vehicle

A grand jury in Harris County, Texas, has indicted an ICE officer on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, accusing him of intentionally driving over a migrant as he fled.

October 30, 2026

Feds bring terrorism charge against engineer who ran cartel smuggling tunnel

Prosecutors won an indictment from a federal grand jury against a man they say engineered a drug-smuggling tunnel under the U.S.-Mexico border for a major Mexican cartel.

October 30, 2026

Judge overturns Trump’s definition of ‘medically frail,’ blocks attempt to narrow eligibility

A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Trump administration went too far in its attempt to add new conditions to what it means to be "medically frail" in order to escape new community service requirements for Medicaid.

October 29, 2026

‘Ghost’ students have stolen millions in federal financial aid

Fraudsters are inventing ghost students who enroll in college, never show up, yet pocket thousands of dollars in federal financial aid, government officials revealed Thursday, saying the scams -- often tied to overseas operations in Africa -- have stolen hundreds of millions of dollars this decade.

October 29, 2026

Homan says ‘mistakes were made’ in Minnesota, says no plan for ICE overseeing polls

White House border czar Tom Homan acknowledged "mistakes" during the immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota this year, but said the justice system is working to hold federal agents accountable.

October 29, 2026

Judge says California can count ballots of 20,000 suspected noncitizens

A federal judge rebuffed the Trump administration's demand that California sequester 20,000 ballots from registered voters who the feds say likely are noncitizens, saying the request was unprecedented and trampled on the state's ability to run its own election.

October 28, 2026

Appeals court rejects DOJ bid to pause more Epstein doc reviews

A federal appeals court on Wednesday rebuffed the Justice Department's request to delay having to review and release foreign language material from the Epstein files.

October 28, 2026

Washington Times’ review of hundreds of cases shows how noncitizens end up on voter rolls

Cliff Sanon really liked to register to vote. The only problem? Federal prosecutors say Mr. Sanon isn't an American citizen. He's an illegal immigrant who's been ordered deported, but can't be sent back to his home country of Haiti because he could face persecution there.

October 28, 2026

DOJ sues Anne Arundel County schools over alleged ‘secret’ gender transitions

The federal Justice Department sued Anne Arundel County in Maryland on Tuesday, seeking to put a stop to what it said was a policy allowing students to pursue a gender transition at school, while hiding it from their parents.

October 27, 2026

Federal judge tells Trump he can’t start building golf course but he says plans are moving forward

Minutes after a federal judge told the administration it cannot unilaterally move ahead with plans to redesign the golf course on the National Mall, President Trump said he's moving forward anyway.

October 27, 2026

ICE is investigating 1,900 cases of suspected noncitizen voting

Homeland Security agents have 1,900 current active cases probing suspected noncitizen voting, a government official told a federal court on Tuesday, saying all of those investigations could be undercut by a judge's recent ruling imposing new limits on interviews.

October 27, 2026

Woman admits to faking ICE ‘kidnapping’ to make agency look bad

An illegal immigrant has pleaded guilty to faking an ICE kidnapping last year, admitting that she told people she was grabbed by masked men, then disappeared for days before staging her own "release" -- all to try to taint the immigration agency at the height of the Los Angeles enforcement surge.

October 27, 2026

Man claimed ICE abducted his wife; now he’s charged with her murder

Gurinder Gill had accused ICE of taking his estranged wife, Jasmine, when she went out to get the mail at their home in California.

October 27, 2026