Stephen Dinan

IRS has a bizarre habit of hanging up on callers

The IRS can't seem to stop hanging up on taxpayers, according to a new audit by the agency's inspector general, which monitored hundreds of customer service calls and found that in 15% of them, the connection was broken before the conversation was completed.

October 13, 2025

DHS reveals grand plan for border: 1,422 miles of wall along Mexico boundary

The Department of Homeland Security on Friday revealed its ambitious Smart Wall plans for the U.S.-Mexico border, with fences stretching 1,422 miles along the boundary, more than double the current length, with sensor technology to protect the remaining area too rugged for a wall.

October 10, 2025

N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James indicted on fraud charge

New York Attorney General Letitia James, who once brought a business fraud case against President Trump, was indicted Thursday in federal court on fraud charges apparently related to a mortgage application she filed on a home in Virginia.

October 9, 2025

Biden judge blocks National Guard deployment to Illinois as ‘political retribution’

A federal judge put President Trump's National Guard troop deployment to Illinois on hold Thursday, saying the administration appears to have overstepped its powers.

October 9, 2025

Judge tells feds to restrict use of tear gas, other riot controls in Illinois

A federal judge ordered federal agencies to be more selective in their use of tear gas and other riot control tools to combat protests that have raged in Illinois.

October 9, 2025

Judiciary chairman says impeachment is ‘on the table’ for anti-Trump judges

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan said impeachment of judges who issue "stupid" rulings thwarting President Trump is "on the table," though he said Congress needs to explore other options first.

October 9, 2025

Appeals court allows Trump to federalize National Guard troops but not deploy them yet

A federal appeals court gave President Trump temporary permission to federalize National Guard troops in Oregon, but said he remains barred from actually deploying them.

October 8, 2025

Uncle Sam ends fiscal year 2025 $1.8 trillion in the red

The federal government will tally a deficit of $1.8 trillion for the just-completed fiscal year, the Congressional Budget Office projected Wednesday.

October 8, 2025

Trump calls for jailing of Illinois leaders over ICE showdown

President Trump on Wednesday called for the arrest of Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, accusing them of failing to protect federal immigration enforcement agents.

October 8, 2025

Chicago-area prosecutor warns Trump’s immigration surge scared away victims from testifying in cases

At least one murder case and multiple sexual assault and domestic violence prosecutions are being endangered because of the heavy presence of immigration officers seeking to arrest illegal immigrants at a courthouse in Chicago, a prosecutor said.

October 8, 2025

Justices eye letting candidates challenge states that change voting rules

The Supreme Court seemed poised Wednesday to embrace new rules that would give candidates for federal office the chance to challenge election rules in court well before the voting takes place -- a move that could give Republicans more room to confront Democratic states' mail-in ballot laws.

October 8, 2025

National Guard arrives in Illinois as Trump pursues crime crackdown

The first contingent of President Trump's call-up of National Guard troops arrived in Illinois on Tuesday as the administration pushes to crack down on crime in some of the country's major cities.

October 7, 2025

Senate Democrats want to see more evidence that the FBI illegally spied on GOP lawmakers

Senate Democrats on Tuesday said they wanted to see more evidence that President Biden's FBI spied on Republican lawmakers before they would believe there was wrongdoing.

October 7, 2025

Attorney General Bondi challenges Democrats to let go of ‘hate’ for Trump

Attorney General Pam Bondi blasted Democrats on Tuesday for the current government shutdown, accusing them of allowing an overriding hatred of President Trump to leave her law enforcement agents patrolling their cities without getting paid for it.

October 7, 2025

Federal appeals court dispute tests limits of Supreme Court pro-LGBTQ workplace ruling

A case winding its way through the federal courts could test the limits of the Supreme Court's ruling that allowed employees to sue over transgender discrimination.

October 7, 2025

WATCH: Supreme Court skeptical of Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for LGBTQ children

Colorado's law banning "conversion therapy" for children confounded the Supreme Court on Tuesday, with justices saying it seemed to shut down speech that would normally be protected by the First Amendment.

October 7, 2025

Best border in 55 years: DHS nabs fewer than 240,000 illegal immigrants at southwest boundary

The Border Patrol has just completed its best fiscal year since 1970 when it comes to the southern border, where agents seized fewer than 240,000 people trying to sneak in across the Mexican boundary.

October 7, 2025

Grassley reveals more ‘weaponization’ at FBI, including 2017 attempt to probe Trump

The Senate's senior Republican revealed new documents Tuesday that he said show more "weaponization" by the FBI against President Trump and his allies, including one that details an effort soon after the 2017 inauguration to find information that "could predicate a case."

October 7, 2025

Street gang placed ‘hit’ on senior Trump immigration official, DHS says

The Latin Kings street gang in Illinois placed a bounty on a senior Border Patrol official who has been instrumental in the administration's attempt to surge arrests and deportations in big cities, government officials said Monday.

October 6, 2025

Chicago declares ‘ICE-free’ zones as city escalates feud with Trump

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an order Monday creating what he called "ICE-free zones" in his city, where federal agents are forbidden from staging to carry out immigration arrests.

October 6, 2025