Stephen Dinan

White House working on ‘drawdown’ plan for ICE in Minnesota

White House border czar Tom Homan said Thursday he is working on a "drawdown" plan to bring some federal agents and officers out of Minnesota, hoping to calm soaring tensions over the massive federal presence and the protests against it.

January 29, 2026

Judge blocks DHS from arresting, detaining refugees in Minnesota

A federal judge on Wednesday shut down a new Homeland Security policy that arrested and detained refugees as part of a review of their cases, saying the migrants had "followed the rules" and deserved better treatment.

January 28, 2026

ICE has violated 96 court orders in Minnesota; judge warns of danger to ‘rule of law’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has defied 96 federal court orders in Minnesota alone spanning 74 different cases this month, the chief judge of the U.S. District Court said Wednesday.

January 28, 2026

Meth conviction not sufficient to cancel gun rights, appeals court rules

A federal appeals court has overturned a gun possession conviction of a drug user, ruling that a prior felony conviction for having methamphetamine wasn't enough to deny him his gun rights permanently.

January 28, 2026

DOJ says it will finish review of Epstein files ‘in the near term’

The Justice Department said it has now conducted a page-by-page review of "millions" of pages of documents from its files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and said it will finish checking and posting the documents it can "in the near term."

January 27, 2026

Trump backs Noem amid Democratic calls for her impeachment after federal agents kill 2 Americans

The Trump administration has booted Gregory Bovino as head of the immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota, but Democrats are aiming higher: They want Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem toppled.

January 27, 2026

Trump’s border wall sees slow start in second term

President Trump, closing out his first term, was erecting his border wall at a rate of more than a mile a day as he rushed to fulfill one of his marquee promises from the 2016 campaign. Construction is moving much more slowly in his second term, however.

January 27, 2026

Fire or impeachment: Democrats give Trump an ultimatum on DHS Secretary Noem

House Democratic leaders told President Trump Tuesday that if he won't fire Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, they will move to impeach her.

January 27, 2026

U.S. population growth lags amid ‘historic decline’ in immigration

America's population grew by just half a percent in the Census Bureau's latest one-year estimate, reflecting what the agency called a "historic decline" in immigrants managing to reach and settle in the U.S.

January 27, 2026

A 24-year-old illegal immigrant posed as a high school student

A federal judge slapped a two-year prison sentence on a 24-year-old Venezuelan illegal immigrant who had been posing as a high school student.

January 27, 2026

Family of men killed in Caribbean boat strike sue over ‘wrongful deaths’

The families of two men believed to have been killed in one of President Trump's strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday, calling the attacks illegal "murders" that the government must answer for.

January 27, 2026

Minnesota’s chief federal judge slams ICE for ignoring court orders

The top federal judge in Minnesota blasted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for failing to release dozens of illegal immigrants courts had ordered set free, saying his "patience is at an end."

January 27, 2026

Appeals court overturns limits on federal agents’ tactics against anti-ICE crowds in Minnesota

A federal appeals court on Monday set aside limits a lower judge had placed on federal agents and their ability to use crowd control tactics on anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota.

January 26, 2026

Gang-linked migrants go free as DHS detentions face legal hurdles

Federal judges have ordered the government to release migrants suspected of being violent gang members, drawing a rebuke from Trump officials who say the judges are endangering Americans.

January 26, 2026

Minnesota asks judge to order ICE out of the state

Minnesota asked a federal judge Monday to issue an immediate order shutting down President Trump's immigration surge and booting thousands of federal officers out of the state, saying the latest shooting death of an American citizen requires the courts to rein in the White House.

January 26, 2026

Treasury Dept. cancels contracts with Booz Allen over leak of Trump tax info

The Treasury Department on Monday canceled millions of dollars of contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton, blaming the major consulting firm for its role in the leak of secret tax information about President Trump and other wealthy Americans.

January 26, 2026

Top Homeland Security Democrat backs impeachment of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem

Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, the senior Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee, announced his support Friday for an effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

January 23, 2026

HUD orders citizenship checks for those in public housing

The Department of Housing and Urban Development ordered an immediate review of the citizenship status of those receiving public housing assistance, saying Friday that an initial review spotted nearly 6,000 ineligible people, and nearly 200,000 more who needed more verification.

January 23, 2026

DHS says family abandoned 5-year-old migrant, ICE ‘cared for him’

The 5-year-old migrant boy at the center of a dispute in Minnesota was abandoned in a vehicle by his father, and his mother refused to open the door and take him in, so ICE officers "cared for him," Homeland Security officials said Friday.

January 23, 2026

Ian Roberts, illegal immigrant who was school superintendent in Iowa, pleads guilty to two felonies

Ian Roberts, the illegal immigrant who held repeated high-profile jobs in school systems across the country, pled guilty Thursday to having lied about his citizenship to gain jobs, and to possessing guns even though it was illegal for him to do so.

January 22, 2026