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Articles by Stephen Dinan

Katheryn Millwee holds a portrait of Kilmar Abrego Garcia outside the federal courthouse Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Judge orders release of Abrego Garcia — eventually

A federal judge ordered the government to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the illegal immigrant at the center of a major deportation and criminal legal battle, from pre-trial detention, though he gave the Justice Department more time to argue over the conditions of release.

June 25, 2025
Emil Bove, attorney for then-former President Donald Trump, attends Manhattan criminal court during Trump's sentencing in the hush money case in New York, Jan. 10, 2025. (Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via AP) **FILE**

Trump’s defense lawyer faces battle to win appeals court seat

Emil Bove, President Trump's former defense lawyer and now a pick to be a federal appeals court judge, vehemently denied Wednesday that he tried to get the Justice Department to ignore judges' orders, as he fended off fierce Democratic opposition to his nomination.

June 25, 2025
The oil drilling rig Polar Pioneer, left, sits at a dock as the support ship Aiviq heads in for docking Thursday, May 14, 2015, in Elliott Bay in Seattle. The rig is the first of two drilling rigs Royal Dutch Shell is outfitting for oil exploration and was towed to the Port of Seattle site despite the city's warning that it lacks permits and threats by kayaking environmentalists to paddle out in protest. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) **FILE**

Trump unleashes oil boom with record drilling permits

President Trump's declaration of an energy emergency has helped clear hurdles and push the U.S. to the fastest rate of new oil and gas drilling permits in years, running 44% ahead of the Biden administration at the same point in time.

June 24, 2025
A protest holds a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a rally to show solidarity with Iran in the Shi'ite district of Kazimiyah, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, June 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

DHS targets Iranian illegal immigrants amid U.S.-Iran clash

Homeland Security announced Tuesday that it arrested 11 migrants from Iran over the weekend -- and one American citizen who was harboring an Iranian illegal immigrant and threatened to kill an ICE officer attempting to make the arrest.

June 24, 2025