Stephen Dinan

Four immigrants charged with illegally voting as citizens in New Jersey

The Justice Department announced charges Monday against four immigrants who authorities said falsely claimed citizenship to cast illegal votes in U.S. elections in New Jersey.

May 4, 2026

House opens investigation into Arlington County over sanctuary policies

The House Judiciary Committee is probing Arlington County over policies that protect illegal immigrants, saying the local prosecutor has "weaponized" her office by treating them more lightly than legal residents.

May 4, 2026

Supreme Court allows abortion pill by mail to continue — for now

Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. issued an order Monday allowing the abortion pill to continue to be available through remote appointments and mail, putting on hold an appeals court decision that found the FDA improperly relaxed safety requirements for the drug.

May 4, 2026

Inside job: For Uncle Sam, the fraud is coming from government employees

Congress and President Trump have complained about massive fraud by immigrants, street gangs, international organized crime syndicates and everyday Americans. But in many cases the fraud is actually coming from inside the house.

May 2, 2026

Appeals court limits access to abortion drug by telemedicine

A federal appeals court has curtailed access to an abortion-inducing drug by telemedicine appointment and mail, putting on hold a Biden-era policy that had allowed mifepristone to be prescribed online and delivered by post.

May 1, 2026

ICE failed to tell DOJ it could reveal warrant to judge; murder suspect went free

An immigrant man wanted for murder in another country was set free from immigration detention after ICE failed to tell the Justice Department that it could tell a federal judge about the arrest warrant, government lawyers said.

May 1, 2026

Democrats rush to court to stop GOP states’ new redistricting push

The Supreme Court's ruling on the Voting Rights Act may eventually cost Democrats some seats in Congress -- but they're determined to limit the damage this year.

May 1, 2026

Rollback of Voting Rights Act beckons states across the South to redraw congressional districts

Key conservative voices on Wednesday urged Republican-led states in the South to take the Supreme Court's invitation to redraw their legislative maps to delete Democrat-leaning Black-majority districts and replace them with GOP seats.

April 29, 2026

Justices ponder limits to Trump’s power to end deportation amnesties for Haitians, Syrians

The Supreme Court sought to draw lines Wednesday for how much power the executive branch has to end Temporary Protected Status -- a deportation amnesty -- for citizens of Syria, Haiti and other troubled countries.

April 29, 2026

Supreme Court limits racial challenges under Voting Rights Act, hands GOP states new mapmaking power

The Supreme Court issued a seismic ruling Wednesday, preserving but tightening the use of the Voting Rights Act, saying the iconic law can't be used to force states to add more minority districts to their maps unless there is clear evidence of racial discrimination.

April 29, 2026

Officers seize nearly $3 million worth of fentanyl, meth at California border

Customs and Border Protection officers manning the San Ysidro Port of Entry from Mexico into California detected $2.8 million worth of fentanyl and methamphetamine in two busts this month.

April 29, 2026

Illegal immigrant admits to impersonating Border Patrol agent to try to stop ICE deportations

An illegal immigrant from Mexico admitted in court to a harebrained scheme where he was impersonating a Border Patrol agent to try to thwart federal agents from carrying out arrests and deportations in southern California.

April 29, 2026

DOJ’s ballroom case briefs sound like Trump wrote them

The government's latest filing in the lawsuit over President Trump's ballroom project sounds like it was written by the top man himself.

April 28, 2026

Appeals court rules against ICE’s expansive detention policy

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that illegal immigrants who make it across the border and aren't immediately caught but are arrested later cannot be subject to mandatory detention by ICE.

April 28, 2026

Feds charge top Fauci aide with conspiracy to hide origins of COVID

The Justice Department announced a groundbreaking criminal case Tuesday against Dr. Anthony Fauci's former top aide at the National Institutes of Health, accusing him of suppressing information about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 28, 2026

Appeals court defends ICE in suppressing Portland riots; says sanctuary laws forced agency to act

A federal appeals court blocked a lower court ruling that had found ICE went too far in suppressing riots in Portland, Oregon, saying the officers weren't retaliating against protesters but rather trying to clear out an unruly crowd.

April 27, 2026

Court revives Pentagon’s ban on reporters having unescorted access

A federal appeals court on Monday allowed the Pentagon to reinstate its ban on journalists being able to enter the building without an escort, marking the latest in a back-and-forth battle between Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the press.

April 27, 2026

Taking photo of Muslim inmate without hijab violated her religious rights, court rules

A federal judge has ruled that a federal prison must destroy all mug shots of a Muslim woman who was photographed without her hijab, ruling it a violation of her religious rights.

April 27, 2026

Supreme Court weighs ‘geofence warrants’ for police to get cellphone users’ location data

The Supreme Court probed the trickiest corners of modern technology, convenience and privacy law on Monday as the justices tried to figure out how far police may go in asking Google to turn over users' location data to help solve crimes.

April 27, 2026

Medical workers at border stole millions from DHS by fabricating travel expenses

Contractors who were providing medical services to illegal immigrants at the border bilked the Department of Homeland Security out of more than $1 million by asking for travel reimbursement payments for which they didn't qualify.

April 27, 2026