Stephen Dinan

Judge threatens DHS program that lets states scrub noncitizens from voter lists

A federal judge on Monday questioned the legality of allowing states to check their voting lists against Homeland Security's citizenship database, but ruled that she can't shut the program down -- yet.

November 17, 2025

California yanks illegal immigrants’ trucker’s licenses; Newsom says migrant status not a factor

California has moved to cancel licenses of 17,000 commercial drivers after a back-and-forth with the Trump administration, which is pushing to get what it calls "dangerous foreign drivers" off U.S. roads.

November 16, 2025

Judge sets release of hundreds of migrants from detention in Illinois

A federal judge has told the government it should release hundreds of migrants it has been holding in preparation for deportation, saying the Trump administration has gone too far in claiming the power to detain anyone deemed to be in the country illegally.

November 14, 2025

ICE bristles over demand to provide toothbrushes to migrants in short-term detention

As judges move to order better conditions at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's facilities where they process, and sometimes hold, newly arrested migrants, the agency is drawing a line at the demand for dental hygiene, arguing it's too dangerous to issue toothbrushes to every detainee.

November 14, 2025

DOJ renews claims about Abrego Garcia’s gang membership, ‘pornographic’ messages

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's membership in MS-13 was a crucial part of his participation in a major migrant smuggling ring, the Trump Justice Department told a federal judge, because it scared the migrants into paying up.

November 14, 2025

Appeals court blocks Trump’s rules to stop illegal immigrants from getting truck driver permits

A federal appeals court put on hold Thursday the Trump administration's new rules limiting commercial driver's licenses, saying the Transportation Department cut too many corners in rushing the regulation out the door.

November 13, 2025

DOJ joins lawsuit to stop California’s new anti-GOP congressional map

The Justice Department on Thursday joined a lawsuit challenging California's new congressional map, saying the state was too focused on race when it drew its new lines.

November 13, 2025

Trump to Supreme Court: Erase case over food stamps

The end of the government shutdown means food stamp benefits are flowing again, and the Justice Department told the Supreme Court to dismiss a case involving President Trump's move to delay payments during the closure.

November 13, 2025

Judge says DOJ can prosecute assault case against Rep. McIver

A federal judge allowed the federal prosecution of Rep. LaMonica McIver to proceed Thursday, rejecting her attempt to have the case tossed over claims of vindictiveness by the Trump administration.

November 13, 2025

DHS says migrant enforcement surge has cut crime in Chicago

The Department of Homeland Security's surge to arrest and deport unauthorized immigrants in Chicago has led to a historic drop in major crimes over the past two months, the department said Wednesday.

November 12, 2025

Illegal immigrant stole U.S. teen’s identity, booting boy off Medicaid in Texas

Texas authorities said Wednesday they have arrested an illegal immigrant who had stolen the identity of a U.S. citizen child, resulting in the boy losing his Medicaid coverage.

November 12, 2025

Supreme Court gives Trump another reprieve on food stamps

The Supreme Court gave the Trump administration another reprieve on providing food stamp benefits Tuesday, granting a new grace period to give Congress a little more time to end the government shutdown and derail the thorny legal battle.

November 11, 2025

Consumer watchdog CFPB to run out of money early next year after DOJ rules funding illegal

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a Wall Street cop signed into law by President Obama, is about to run out of money after the Justice Department ruled its funding design illegal, potentially putting it on a path to extinction.

November 11, 2025

Terror suspects on border break record; Trump designation of cartels skews numbers showing decline

The Department of Homeland Security closed out the 2025 fiscal year with the best border numbers in five decades, showing significant drops in every major category except one: the number of terrorism suspects detected crossing.

November 11, 2025

Trump to pursue food stamp blockade in court as shutdown endgame nears on Capitol Hill

The Trump administration said Monday that Democrat-appointed judges were in danger of undermining a carefully crafted deal to end the government shutdown by ordering the government to make full food stamp payments this month.

November 10, 2025

Supreme Court to weigh mail-in ballots arriving after Election Day

The Supreme Court announced Monday it will hear a challenge over mail-in ballots arriving past Election Day in a major effort by Republicans to end the counting of late-arriving ballots.

November 10, 2025

Supreme Court won’t consider challenge to overturn same-sex marriage ruling

The Supreme Court announced Monday it will not consider a request to overturn its 2015 landmark decision legalizing same-sex marriage.

November 10, 2025

Supreme Court ponders Trump administration’s halt of food stamp program

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Trump administration to decide whether it still wants to pursue an appeal that would block payment of some food stamp benefits while the government shutdown continues.

November 10, 2025

Trump administration orders state to pause SNAP funding after Justice Brown’s order

The Trump administration has ordered states to stop distributing full food assistance benefits after Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson temporarily blocked a lower court's decision directing the administration to fully fund food-stamp benefits amid the government shutdown.

November 9, 2025

Red states rush to open doors to New Yorkers fleeing Mamdani’s socialist takeover

Red state residents have long loved to gripe about New Yorkers invading their territory, so it's been more than a little striking to see Republican governors openly welcome Big Apple residents who might want to flee before Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani forges the city into a socialist paradise.

November 9, 2025