Stephen Dinan

Supreme Court rejects Virginia Democrats’ last-ditch bid to force new map

The U.S. Supreme Court has turned aside Virginia Democrats' long-shot attempt to overturn state courts and force the use of their preferred congressional district map in November's elections.

May 15, 2026

Border Patrol completes full year with no catch and release of migrants

The Border Patrol just announced its 12th straight month without a single catch and release at the U.S.-Mexico border.

May 15, 2026

Texas hospital agrees to open first-ever ‘detransition clinic’ for children who regret gender change

Under pressure from federal and state authorities, Texas Children's Hospital has agreed to pay a penalty of $10 million, to agree not to perform any more gender transition procedures on children and to establish a first-of-its-kind "detransition clinic" to help children who have already gone through it.

May 15, 2026

Homeland Security lowers the accuracy rate for database used to spot voter fraud

The Department of Homeland Security has quietly lowered the accuracy rate of its SAVE system, the collection of databases the government is using to pressure states to clean up their voter rolls.

May 15, 2026

Judge blocks Texas law allowing state arrests, deportations of illegal immigrants

A federal judge ordered Texas not to enforce parts of a law that would allow state authorities to arrest and deport illegal immigrants independent of the federal government, saying only Congress has the power to control the borders.

May 14, 2026

Supreme Court allows abortion pill to be distributed by mail

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the abortion pill to remain available by telehealth, meaning it can be prescribed remotely and delivered by mail -- even into states where abortion is restricted.

May 14, 2026

Border Patrol chief abruptly quits

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks quit on Thursday, the latest in a string of top immigration officials to depart.

May 14, 2026

Mother of murdered woman blasts Fairfax sanctuary policies: ‘System failed my daughter’

Cheryl Minter, mother of a woman murdered at a Fairfax County, Virginia, bus stop, said county officials put an illegal immigrant over her daughter's safety, as she pleaded for help from Congress on Thursday.

May 14, 2026

DOJ sues to stop D.C. bar from disbarring lawyer over Trump’s 2020 election claims

The Justice Department opened a new legal war on the D.C. bar, suing to stop it from punishing Jeffrey Clark, who, while part of the department in 2020, helped craft President Trump's strategy for challenging the election results.

May 13, 2026

Court rules State Dept. violated constitutional rights of ICC adviser who called Gaza ‘genocide’

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the State Department violated the First Amendment rights of an Italian woman when it designated her a dangerous foreign national for her pro-Palestinian advocacy efforts to the International Criminal Court.

May 13, 2026

Feds slap California with $1.3 billion penalty in light of massive reimbursement fraud

Vice President J.D. Vance delivered a loud warning to states on Wednesday to get a handle on fraud in their Medicaid programs, saying they'll lose federal money if they don't take the issue more seriously.

May 13, 2026

Democratic states refuse to allow ICE to register undercover vehicles

Democrat-led states are refusing to issue vehicle registrations to ICE officers working undercover, the Justice Department said Wednesday, accusing the states of putting criminals ahead of agents' safety.

May 13, 2026

CIA suppressed conclusion that COVID came from Chinese lab, says whistleblower

CIA scientists came to believe that the coronavirus that brought the world to its knees was likely leaked from a Chinese lab, but agency higher-ups -- aided by Dr. Anthony Fauci -- suppressed those arguments and then punished the analysts who tried to push back, an agency whistleblower told Congress on Wednesday.

May 13, 2026

Iranian who ran smuggling ring, stalked women, pleads guilty

An Iranian man who ran a smuggling ring that assisted illegal immigrants from Iran, including an associate of that nation's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, pled guilty to federal charges Tuesday.

May 12, 2026

5,000 churches claim sanctuary status from ICE warrantless arrests

More than 5,000 churches have publicly declared themselves to be sanctuaries, immune from the most aggressive of ICE's immigration enforcement.

May 12, 2026

Labor Dept. suspends Cloudera from visa program certification

The Labor Department on Tuesday suspended AI firm Cloudera Inc. from its program for workers to gain permanent resident status, citing allegations that it treated foreign workers better than U.S. citizens.

May 12, 2026

Supreme Court backs Alabama in push to erase Democrat-friendly congressional map

The Supreme Court on Monday erased a lower court ruling that had stood in the way of Alabama redrawing its congressional lines, giving another boost to Republicans eager to ditch seats that have long been safe Democratic districts.

May 11, 2026

Democrats make long-shot bid, ask high court to revive congressional map

Virginia Democrats made a Hail Mary attempt to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, asking the justices to revive the state's Democrat-friendly congressional map.

May 11, 2026

215,000 federal workers were delinquent on their taxes

Some 215,000 U.S. government workers were delinquent on their federal taxes in 2024, the IRS' inspector general reported Monday, and said things are steadily getting worse.

May 11, 2026

Appeals court rules ICE must give members of Congress unfettered access

A federal appeals court upheld a lower court ruling that gave members of Congress unfettered access to ICE detention facilities, saying the agency was breaking the law by slapping restrictions on their comings and goings.

May 8, 2026