Stephen Dinan

More cases of illegal voting are coming to light as GOP scrubs voter rolls

Jose Ceballos never attained U.S. citizenship, yet according to voting records, he managed to cast ballots in at least two dozen elections dating back to 2006.

December 29, 2025

Trump’s first year has changed the way government speaks

If Ronald Reagan was the Great Communicator, then President Trump is the Big Editor, trying to shape the way the country thinks about the issues he cares about by changing how it talks about them.

December 24, 2025

Judge sustains Trump’s $100,000 fee for high-skilled migrant guest workers

President Trump acted within his lawful powers when he imposed a $100,000 fee for some new guest workers under the H-1B high-skilled visa program, a federal judge has ruled.

December 24, 2025

Supreme Court rules against Trump on deploying troops to Chicago

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that President Trump overstepped his powers in trying to federalize and send the National Guard to Chicago.

December 23, 2025

Biden promised faster trains, Amtrak delivered slower ones

When Amtrak's new NextGen Acela trains rolled into a station in August, they were gleaming pieces of modern machinery.

December 23, 2025

Boasberg orders Trump to prepare to bring back Venezuelans deported under Alien Enemies Act

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled Monday that the Trump administration must either return or give new hearings to the Venezuelan migrants it sent to El Salvador on three controversial deportation flights in March.

December 22, 2025

Feds sue D.C. police over de facto ban on AR-15s

The federal Justice Department sued the Metropolitan Police Department on Monday over its treatment of would-be gun owners in the city, accusing the office of refusing to register common weapons like the AR-15 rifle.

December 22, 2025

Schmitt proposes bill to shield Americans from sham Chinese court rulings

Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt is proposing what appears to be first-of-its-kind legislation to prevent China from enforcing politically motivated court verdicts against Americans, amid an intensifying fight over the Wuhan lab at the center of speculation about the origin of the coronavirus pandemic.

December 22, 2025

DHS holiday deal for illegal immigrants: Leave now and get $3,000 — or face arrest

The Homeland Security Department has offered illegal immigrants a Christmas season deportation bargain: Go home for the holidays and stay there, and you can get a $3,000 bonus from Uncle Sam.

December 22, 2025

Judge’s conviction in ICE obstruction case vindicates courthouse arrests

The Trump administration landed its first major victory in its bid to quell anti-ICE resistance with the conviction of Hannah Dugan, the Wisconsin state judge who obstructed officers trying to arrest an illegal immigrant in her courtroom.

December 21, 2025

Supreme Court rebuffs Justice Dept. in case involving gag order on immigration judges

The Supreme Court has delivered a rare setback to the Trump Justice Department, declining to get involved right now in a case challenging a gag order the government had tried to place on its immigration judges.

December 19, 2025

Trump orders end to diversity visa lottery after university shooter entered through program

President Trump ordered Homeland Security to shut down the diversity visa lottery after learning that the gunman who attacked two U.S. universities this month entered the country under that program.

December 19, 2025

Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan guilty of obstruction for helping an immigrant evade feds

A federal jury convicted a Wisconsin judge Thursday night of a felony obstruction charge after she tried to help an illegal immigrant escape ICE officers at her courthouse earlier this year.

December 18, 2025

Congress orders Defense Department to stop painful experiments on dogs and cats

The Pentagon is now barred from carrying out painful experiments on dogs and cats, thanks to new language in the defense policy bill President Trump signed Thursday.

December 18, 2025

ICE detainer ignored: Immigrant charged with murder one day after release from custody

A Salvadoran immigrant man who was out on the streets after Fairfax County authorities refused to turn him over to ICE now stands accused of killing another man.

December 18, 2025

Senators accuse immigration agents of constitutional violations during Chicago enforcement surge

Illinois' senators asked the Justice Department on Thursday to open a criminal investigation into Homeland Security personnel over the Chicago deportation surge, saying agents used excessive force to arrest migrants and deal with protesters, crossing constitutional lines.

December 18, 2025

Non-dangerous felons shouldn’t lose gun rights forever, appeals court says

A federal appeals court has overturned the gun conviction of a man who had failed to pay child support, saying that sort of crime shouldn't have cost him his gun rights for the rest of his life.

December 18, 2025

Judge orders Trump to stop reductions in force, rehire fired workers

A federal judge ordered the administration to quit moving ahead with reductions in force, saying Wednesday that the law President Trump signed to reopen the government last month forbids them.

December 17, 2025

Congressional Democrats win legal battle with ICE over access to facilities

A federal judge ruled Wednesday against ICE's new policy attempting to limit the ability of members of Congress to carry out oversight on places where migrants are being detained, saying the law gives lawmakers the right of access.

December 17, 2025

Wuhan virus lab sues to silence Sen. Eric Schmitt in COVID origins showdown

The Chinese lab blamed for sparking the coronavirus pandemic has lashed out with a lawsuit against Sen. Eric S. Schmitt, saying he has ruined Wuhan's reputation and needs to pay for it -- to the tune of roughly $50 billion.

December 17, 2025