Stephen Dinan

Judges’ group raises concerns for funding security of lower courts

Federal judges pleaded with Congress on Tuesday to allocate more money for their security, saying they face increasing threats as they deal with thorny cases, including a number of lawsuits challenging President Trump's aggressive agenda.

September 16, 2025

‘Utter coward’: FBI Director Kash Patel unloads on Sen. Adam Schiff

FBI Director Kash Patel concluded one of the most combative Senate hearings in recent memory Tuesday with a fusillade of attacks against Sen. Adam B. Schiff, calling him "a coward" and "political buffoon" and a "disgrace to this institution."

September 16, 2025

FBI has no evidence Epstein trafficked girls to others

The FBI's truncated investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein found no evidence that he trafficked women or girls to other people, and only showed he procured them for himself, bureau Director Kash Patel told Congress on Tuesday.

September 16, 2025

FBI investigating Discord chat where Charlie Kirk slaying suspect talked about plans

The FBI's investigation into the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk is now looking at those who were on an online gaming chat where the suspect is believed to have talked about his plans.

September 16, 2025

Epstein was not FBI informant, Kash Patel tells lawmakers

Jeffrey Epstein did not serve as an informant for the FBI, Director Kash Patel told Congress on Tuesday, refuting reports that emerged over the summer.

September 16, 2025

Audit backs Trump’s complaints about fraud at U.S. African development grant program

The U.S. African Development Foundation pumps out tens of millions of dollars in taxpayer money every year to projects in Africa -- but the agency lacks basic anti-fraud controls to make sure the funding is getting to the right places, the comptroller general reported Monday.

September 15, 2025

Maurene Comey, daughter of former FBI director, sues Trump over termination from Justice Dept.

Maurene Comey sued the administration on Monday, demanding she be restored to her job as a senior federal prosecutor and accusing President Trump and his team of illegally targeting her for retribution because of her famous father, former FBI Director James B. Comey.

September 15, 2025

Bondi, DOJ overhaul immigration rulings to clamp down on bogus asylum claims

The Trump administration has quietly rewritten the rule book this month for illegal immigrants seeking asylum in the U.S., making it tougher to win their cases and easier for judges to dismiss them while erasing an incentive for migrants to even try.

September 14, 2025

Court upholds Trump’s power to cancel Biden’s mass ‘parole’ for illegal immigrants

A federal appeals court said that President Trump likely has the power to revoke Biden-era "parole" programs that had granted illegal immigrants tentative permission to be in the U.S., rejecting a lower court decision that had tried to tie his hands.

September 13, 2025

Judge gives green light for ICE to make arrests at immigration courthouses

A federal judge refused to block ICE from arresting migrants at New York City's immigration courtrooms, ruling Friday that the new Trump policy expanding the use of courthouse arrests doesn't appear to violate any law.

September 12, 2025

Catching too many fish lands migrant in ICE custody

Federal authorities nabbed an illegal immigrant after he showed up for a court appearance on charges of overfishing.

September 12, 2025

Court orders DHS to give Venezuelans another chance to register for deportation amnesty

A federal judge ruled Friday that a computer glitch may have stymied some Venezuelans' attempts to re-register online for a Biden-era deportation amnesty just ahead of the deadline, and he ordered Homeland Security to give them another 24 hours to do so.

September 12, 2025

Fed employee fraudster who stole $650,000 blames pandemic stress

A woman who used her job at the State Department to steal more than $650,000 in government money pleaded with a judge for leniency, blaming pandemic stress for a crippling gambling addiction she said she had to fuel with taxpayers' cash.

September 12, 2025

ICE tops 300,000 deportations for first time in more than a decade

ICE has now tallied more than 300,000 deportations for the fiscal year, marking the first time in more than a decade that the deportation agency has topped that milestone.

September 12, 2025

Appeals court allows Trump to halt Medicaid money for Planned Parenthood

A federal appeals court gave the Trump administration permission to block Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid money, ruling Thursday that a lower court's blockade was premature.

September 11, 2025

Filipino citizen charged with illegally voting in U.S. elections

Federal prosecutors announced charges Thursday against a citizen of the Philippines they said illegally registered and voted in Pennsylvania in the 2020 presidential election.

September 11, 2025

Judge rules Trump overstepped in requiring new immigration checks for federal services

A federal judge has blocked President Trump's attempt to impose new immigration-status checks for a host of government benefit programs, saying the administration wrongly rushed its reinterpretation of law into effect.

September 10, 2025

9/11 was 24 years ago and the U.S. is still at war

The U.S. hasn't had troops in Afghanistan for four years, yet nearly a quarter century after al Qaeda's Sept. 11 sneak attack on America, Congress' authorization for the president to conduct a retaliatory global war on terrorism remains in full force.

September 10, 2025

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk killed by gunman at college event

Conservative activist and Trump supporter Charlie Kirk was shot to death Wednesday while holding an event at Utah Valley University.

September 10, 2025

Appeals court restores Copyright Office chief, says Trump’s firing attempt was illegal

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that President Trump's move to fire the head of the U.S. Copyright Office likely stretched beyond the law, and it ordered Shira Perlmutter restored to her duties while the case develops further.

September 10, 2025