Stephen Dinan

Judge strikes down DOJ’s effort to cleanse state voter rolls of noncitizens

The Justice Department's campaign to get ahold of state voter registration lists, run them through federal databases to identify noncitizens, then prod the states to boot those people from their rolls is illegal, a federal judge ruled Friday.

October 9, 2026

Feds accuse Montgomery County man of $50 million COVID bait-and-switch fraud

A Maryland businessman collected more than $50 million in bogus payments by claiming his company was performing in-person COVID tests, but in reality was sending out over-the-counter, self-administered tests to people to perform at home, federal prosecutors said.

October 9, 2026

Feds rush to ban synthetic kratom drug after Mississippi college student deaths

The Justice Department issued an emergency order Friday adding 7-OH, an increasingly popular synthetic drug, to its Schedule I list of the most severely restricted drugs, saying it has been sold in vape shops and gas stations despite serious concerns about its health dangers.

October 9, 2026

DHS blasts Mamdani after he sought release of migrant involved in shooting

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani picked the wrong illegal immigrant to defend, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said Friday, saying the man the mayor sought to free came to the U.S. illegally several years ago, amassed a lengthy criminal record and tried to run down ICE officers this week.

October 9, 2026

Feds charge Republican with double voting in 2024

Federal prosecutors announced charges against a man they say voted twice in the 2024 election, casting ballots in North Carolina and Alabama.

October 9, 2026

ICE officer shoots illegal immigrant suspect during NYC arrest

An ICE officer attempting to arrest an illegal immigrant with a lengthy criminal record ended up shooting into a vehicle and wounding the man Thursday afternoon in New York City.

October 8, 2026

DOJ sues Denver to stop anti-ICE mask policy

The Justice Department filed a new lawsuit Thursday to shut down Denver's law that bars ICE and other law enforcement officers from wearing masks and requires them to display identification.

October 8, 2026

Labor Department declares war on tech giants, colleges over use of guest workers

The Labor Department announced sweeping new punishments Thursday against major firms that it said are laying off American workers and replacing them with lower-paid foreign guest workers.

October 8, 2026

Food and Drug Administration expects decision on abortion pill in March

The Trump administration said it expects to complete a study of the abortion pill in December and draft a report on the results by March, as it tries to decide how the drug should be made available.

October 8, 2026

Trump signs law to expose over-budget, overdue ‘boondoggle’ projects

President Trump signed a law Wednesday requiring the administration to publicly name and shame any government project that is $1 billion or more over budget, or five years behind schedule.

October 7, 2026

Justice Alito says ‘very little was done’ about intimidating protests

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. said "threatening" protests against the Supreme Court are part of a campaign to try to intimidate the justices, and he lamented the fact that neither the Biden Justice Department nor local prosecutors attempted to charge those who engaged in the demonstrations.

October 7, 2026

‘Start killing a bunch of white people’: Feds foil ISIS plot for mass shooting at Mall of America

Federal authorities said Wednesday that they derailed a plot by a man who pledged loyalty to ISIS and had planned a mass shooting attack on the Mall of America in Minnesota.

October 7, 2026

DHS: Democratic campaign hired illegal immigrant who exposed himself

The Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday that a Democratic congressional campaign in Pennsylvania was employing an illegal immigrant who was charged with indecent exposure after being caught with his pants off in public.

October 7, 2026

Justice Alito explains why he thought Clarence Thomas was ‘scary’

Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. were separated by a year at Yale Law School, but they were worlds apart when it came to their presence on campus.

October 7, 2026

DHS proposes massive new fees for foreign students who want to work

The Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday it wants to impose a $70,000 initial fee on foreign students seeking work in the U.S.

October 7, 2026

Justice Alito: Supreme Court isn’t using AI

Justice Samuel A. Alito said neither he nor his clerks use artificial intelligence in their court work, and he doubts any of his fellow Supreme Court justices do, either.

October 6, 2026

Justice Alito: Lower courts haven’t ‘gotten the message’ on affirmative action, guns

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. said lower courts "haven't gotten the message" about the Supreme Court's rulings on affirmative action and, to some extent, guns.

October 6, 2026

High school girl wrestler asks justices for right to refuse to compete against transgender athletes

A girl who is on a high school wrestling team in Washington state asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to wade deeper into the transgender rights battle by allowing her to opt out of matches where she would have to face a transgender athlete.

October 6, 2026

Agent stole $194M — including 298 gold bars — from U.S. intel agency by creating fake spy program

A federal employee pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing nearly $194 million from a federal intelligence agency by creating two fake secret programs and then pumping taxpayers' money into them.

October 6, 2026

Supreme Court wades into climate change dispute between energy companies and states

Energy companies begged the Supreme Court on Monday to shut down states' attempts to hold them responsible for the impacts of climate change.

October 5, 2026