Stephen Dinan

Judge blocks Homeland Security from canceling ‘parole’ for migrant family reunification

A federal judge ruled Saturday that the Trump administration can't shut down "parole" status for some family reunification migrants, saying the Department of Homeland Security failed to properly notify them of their impending loss of status.

January 11, 2026

ICE adopts new policy limiting congressional visits to detention facilities

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has revealed a new policy that makes it more difficult for members of Congress to make oversight visits to ICE facilities, requiring seven days' advance notice.

January 11, 2026

New video shows protester taunting ICE officer before Minneapolis shooting

A new video from the perspective of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer involved in the shooting of Renee Good shows him being taunted by another protester just before the deadly interaction in Minneapolis.

January 9, 2026

Feds detail 3 more noncitizen voting cases

Federal authorities this week won a guilty plea from an illegal immigrant who cast votes in Michigan, plus announced indictments against two men they accused of voting illegally in New Jersey.

January 9, 2026

DNC threatens lawsuits against states that cooperate with feds to scrub voter rolls

The Democratic National Committee warned 10 GOP-led states Friday that it will sue them if they cooperate in a Trump administration effort to clean up their voter rolls.

January 9, 2026

DHS launches massive probe of immigration fraud in Minnesota

The Department of Homeland Security announced Friday what it called a "sweeping" review of refugees in Minnesota, saying it would conduct new background checks and reverify their claims of persecution to ensure they deserved to be in the U.S.

January 9, 2026

Federal immigration officer shoots 2 people in Portland, Oregon, authorities say

A federal immigration officer shot and wounded two people in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, a day after an ICE officer shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis.

January 8, 2026

Vance says ICE officer’s fatal shooting of victim in Minneapolis was ‘tragedy of her own making’

The White House rejected Democrats' demands to pull immigration enforcement out of Minnesota in the wake of the ICE shooting this week, saying that would "give in to terrorism," and blamed sanctuary city politicians for encouraging the victim to confront officers.

January 8, 2026

Automobiles become weapons for anti-ICE protesters

For activists looking to hinder ICE arrests, motor vehicles have become the tool of choice.

January 8, 2026

Walz tells Minnesotans to cool it with violence

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz urged his state's residents to tone it down as violent protests have erupted in the wake of Wednesday's ICE-involved shooting, saying that sort of chaos could be used by President Trump to justify more vigorous federal intervention.

January 8, 2026

Noem says ICE officer in Minnesota shooting ‘followed his training’

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Thursday that the ICE officer who shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis was following his training for how to respond when someone turns a vehicle into a weapon.

January 8, 2026

Minnesota’s state investigators withdraw from probe into ICE shooting

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said Thursday it has pulled out of what had been a joint probe with the FBI into this week's ICE-involved shooting, saying it felt it was being cut out of the investigation.

January 8, 2026

After ICE shooting, Minneapolis mayor tells feds to ‘get the f—- out’

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey lashed out at ICE after one of its officers shot and killed an anti-ICE protester during a confrontation Wednesday, blaming the federal agency for creating the chaos that led to the shooting.

January 7, 2026

ICE officer kills protester; DHS says woman tried to run down federal agents

An ICE officer shot and killed a woman who had been using her vehicle to block them from getting through a Minneapolis street on Wednesday, fueling a debate over President Trump's ongoing efforts at mass deportations and the violent resistance that's sprung up against it.

January 7, 2026

Feds punish Minnesota hotel that canceled ICE room reservations

The General Services Administration barred a Hampton Inn in Minnesota from the government's travel and lodging programs this week after the hotel refused to let ICE personnel make reservations.

January 7, 2026

Migrants facing detention find new reprieve from federal courts

As the Trump administration moves to arrest and detain more illegal immigrants, their lawyers have figured out a way to fight back in regular federal courts by filing habeas corpus cases demanding judges order their release.

January 6, 2026

2 million Epstein documents still under government review

The administration is still reviewing more than 2 million documents related to Jeffrey Epstein to see whether they should be released, government lawyers told a judge late Monday.

January 5, 2026

Rebel without a pause: Trump forged a frenetic first year

President Trump kicked off his first year back in office with an Inauguration Day for the record books, signing 26 executive orders that erased much of his predecessor's legacy and began his own quest to remake the federal bureaucracy in his image.

January 2, 2026

Trump can’t starve consumer bureau of funds, court rules

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the White House cannot shutter the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by using a novel interpretation of the law to starve the watchdog of funding.

December 30, 2025

Trump is seeing terrorists in surprising new places

President Trump has emerged as the king of terrorist designations. In less than a year in office, he has added more groups to the State Department's Foreign Terrorist Organization list than any other administration did over four years.

December 30, 2025