Stephen Dinan

Feds: Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in immigration custody despite judge’s pretrial release ruling

A magistrate judge ruled Sunday that the government cannot hold Kilmar Abrego Garcia on pretrial detention in the criminal migrant smuggling case against him -- though the judge said he'll likely still be detained as an illegal immigrant anyway.

June 22, 2025

DHS issues terrorism advisory alert amid U.S. attack on Iran

America is at a heightened risk of attacks after the U.S. bombed nuclear targets in Iran, Homeland Security said in a new terrorism advisory alert Sunday, pointing in particular to the possibility of a hacking incident.

June 22, 2025

VP Vance says Trump’s troops still needed in Los Angeles

Violence in Los Angeles has dulled but federal officials worry that it could "flare back up," Vice President J.D. Vance said Friday as he toured the federal buildings in the city that had been under siege from protesters.

June 20, 2025

Feds charge illegal immigrant TdA gang member with attempted murder of agent

A Venezuelan illegal immigrant with ties to Tren de Aragua tried to choke an ICE agent to death, federal prosecutors said, calling it the latest in a growing trend of migrants violently resisting arrest.

June 20, 2025

Judge orders release of Palestinian student detained for three months by DHS

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to release prominent Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil from immigration detention, ruling he is not a flight risk as he fights to stop his deportation.

June 20, 2025

Appeals court allows Trump to strip union rights from USAID, State Dept. employees

A federal appeals court has given temporary approval for President Trump to strip collective bargaining rights from employees at the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development, saying the law grants the White House wide latitude.

June 20, 2025

Appeals court revives challenge to D.C.’s noncitizen voting law

A federal appeals court revived a challenge to Washington's law that lets noncitizens cast ballots, saying a lower court was too hasty in dismissing the case.

June 20, 2025

Supreme Court expands opportunity for businesses to challenge fed agency decisions

The Supreme Court, in a pair of decisions Friday, said businesses affected by government action from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration have the right to challenge those agency decisions in court.

June 20, 2025

Supreme Court rules terror victims can sue Palestinian groups

The Constitution doesn't bar American plaintiffs from suing the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority for damages stemming from terrorist attacks, the Supreme Court ruled Friday.

June 20, 2025

Trump OK sending National Guard, rules appeals court

President Trump appears to have been on solid legal ground when he federalized and deployed National Guard troops to Los Angeles, an appeals court ruled late Thursday, giving the White House permission to keep the troops in place -- for now.

June 20, 2025

Los Angeles Dodgers refuse to let ICE use stadium as base of operations

The Los Angeles Dodgers blocked ICE agents from using their stadium parking lot as a staging area for enforcement operations Thursday.

June 19, 2025

Homan warns sanctuary jurisdictions, denies enforcement pause

White House border czar Tom Homan sought to bring some clarity to President Trump's immigration enforcement policy, telling reporters Thursday that ICE will still do worksite enforcement but has been told to focus on cases where migrants are part of a broader criminal scheme.

June 19, 2025

Feds unearth cartel’s sophisticated 2,900-foot border tunnel in California

The Border Patrol uncovered what it called a sophisticated smuggling tunnel stretching more than half a mile between Mexico and the U.S.

June 19, 2025

Trump effect: Study finds 1 million illegal immigrants have left U.S. since January

President Trump has not only stopped but reversed the Biden border surge, according to early Census Bureau data that suggests hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants have dropped out of the workforce and departed the country.

June 19, 2025

ICE adopts new visitors policy after clash with Democratic members of Congress

ICE has adopted a new visitor policy that imposes new limits on members of Congress who want to visit, blocking them entirely from field offices and limiting their access to detention facilities when there are "exigent circumstances."

June 18, 2025

Social Security, Medicare insolvency dates move up to 2033

The main trust funds for Social Security and Medicare will both run out of money in 2033 and the government at that point will have to slash benefit payments, the programs' trustees said Wednesday in the latest warning on the country's largest social welfare safety net.

June 18, 2025