Stephen Dinan

Supreme Court’s nationwide injunction ruling fizzles as judges find new ways to stop Trump

Hyperventilating ran heavy in June after the Supreme Court issued its ruling that courts had been too profligate in using nationwide injunctions to stop the president, and ordered lower judges to cool it.

September 26, 2025

Biden let them in: DHS highlights immigrants charged in shooting at Little League game

Homeland Security heaped blame on the Biden administration Friday after revealing that two of the suspects charged with firing guns near a children's baseball game in Texas this week were immigrants approved for status in 2021 and 2023.

September 26, 2025

Department of Justice sues six states in order to access their voter rolls

The Department of Justice on Thursday announced lawsuits against six states that have refused to turn over their voter rolls to the federal government, which wants to investigate whether the lists are being properly maintained.

September 25, 2025

Immigration groups blame ‘dehumanizing’ Trump policies for anti-ICE shooting in Dallas

For immigrant rights groups, the anti-ICE shooting in Texas was worthy of condemnation -- but some took pains to say the deportation agency bore at least part of the blame for a "climate of violence" that led to the incident. One migrant died in the shooting and two others were critically wounded.

September 25, 2025

Judge rules Trump broke law by firing inspectors general, but can’t restore them to office

A federal judge said Wednesday that President Trump broke the law when he fired many of the government's inspectors general, but she said she's powerless at this point to restore their jobs.

September 24, 2025

America’s guest-worker H-1B visas sought in some unexpected fields like journalism and pickleball

Millions of Americans already play pickleball, so when news broke that companies were applying to the government for a guest-worker visa to hire immigrants as coaches -- at salaries up to $95,000 -- condemnation was swift and severe.

September 24, 2025

Political violence strikes ICE office in Dallas

Political violence reared again Wednesday when a gunman attacked an ICE office in Dallas, killing one migrant detainee and wounding two others before taking his own life.

September 24, 2025

California county decides it’s time to remove pets from voter rolls

Orange County in California ordered its voter registrar on Tuesday to scour voting lists and remove any names of pets that somehow made it onto the rolls.

September 24, 2025

DHS: 1.6 million illegal immigrants self-deported since Trump took office

The Homeland Security Department estimated Tuesday that 1.6 million illegal immigrants have self-deported since President Trump took office eight months ago.

September 23, 2025

U.S. tags 18th Street gang as terrorist group

The State Department on Tuesday formally declared 18th Street, or Barrio 18, to be a terrorist organization, placing it alongside MS-13 and Tren de Aragua as international gangs that have deep reaches inside the U.S.

September 23, 2025

Illegal immigrant accused of strangling his infant sister in Loudoun County, Virginia

Federal immigration authorities have issued a deportation order request for a man charged with strangling his infant sister last week in Loudoun County, Virginia.

September 23, 2025

Supreme Court OKs Trump firing of FTC official, may end 80-year executive power limit

The Supreme Court signaled Monday that it is prepared to embrace expansive firing powers for the president, as the justices allowed President Trump to move ahead with booting a member of the Federal Trade Commission.

September 22, 2025

Charlie Kirk’s supporters trounce opponents in crowdfunding battle

Hours after Charlie Kirk's assassination, the first major crowdfunding campaign was launched to support his family.

September 22, 2025

What a would-be assassin’s internet history looks like

Months before ever beginning to target Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, Nicholas Roske was obsessed with finding someone to assassinate.

September 21, 2025

Trump demands Venezuela take back criminals, threatens ‘incalculable price’ if they refuse

President Trump demanded that Venezuela accept "prisoners and people from mental institutions" that are in the United States.

September 20, 2025

DHS puts sanctuary states ‘on notice’; New York, Illinois rebuff detainer requests

The Department of Homeland Security said Saturday it is ready to escalate pressure on sanctuary states that refuse to cooperate in turning over deportation targets after putting New York, Illinois and California "on notice."

September 20, 2025

Trump asks Supreme Court to rebuff lower judge, end deportation amnesty for Venezuelans

The Trump administration accused lower courts of defying Supreme Court rulings as the Department of Homeland Security asked the justices to step in yet again and allow the end of a Biden-era deportation amnesty program for migrants from Venezuela.

September 19, 2025

Vaccination case heads to Supreme Court as mother challenges California’s mandatory immunization law

A mother and son in California have asked the Supreme Court to intervene and let the child back attend school again, saying the state is refusing to allow her a religious exemption to mandatory immunization laws.

September 19, 2025

Protesters riot at ICE facility near Chicago

Protesters rioted outside of a migrant processing center near Chicago, sparking clashes with federal law enforcement and drawing a rebuke from Homeland Security, which said local "sanctuary" politicians were sparking the mayhem.

September 19, 2025

Judge dismisses Trump’s $15B libel suit against New York Times, allows president to refile complaint

A federal judge has dismissed President Trump's $15 billion lawsuit against The New York Times, saying the lengthy campaign-style diatribe against the newspaper wasn't professional or proper in a court of law.

September 19, 2025