Stephen Dinan

Feds bust 27 suspected Tren de Aragua gang associates on sex trafficking, gun, drug charges

Federal authorities announced charges Monday against more than two dozen people they say were associated with Tren de Aragua in a list of mayhem ranging from robbery and sex trafficking to murder of women who tried to escape.

April 21, 2025

Under Trump, border catch-and-release has dropped 99.99% from worst Biden month

The change at the border between President Biden and President Trump is nothing short of staggering, and two numbers best tell that story: 189,604 and 20.

April 21, 2025

More Democrats make pilgrimage to try to see Abrego Garcia in El Salvador

Four House Democrats announced Monday that they had arrived in El Salvador to try to see Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the deported MS-13 gang suspect who has become a rallying point for President Trump's opponents.

April 21, 2025

Supreme Court makes ‘unprecedented’ intervention to block Trump’s gang deportations

The Supreme Court waded even more deeply into President Trump's immigration powers this weekend by ordering an emergency halt of deportations to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act as the justices signaled a striking willingness to referee administration actions.

April 20, 2025

Supreme Court blocks another round of Trump deportations to El Salvador

The Supreme Court ordered the government not to deport another group of Venezuelans to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act, issuing an emergency order Saturday morning putting things on hold until courts can hear more arguments.

April 19, 2025

Van Hollen accuses El Salvador of ‘set-up’ in meeting with Abrego Garcia

Sen. Chris Van Hollen said the Salvadoran government fabricated the situation that led to a photo of him and deported MS-13 gang suspect Kilmar Abrego Garcia sitting at a table with margarita glasses in front of them.

April 18, 2025

Rep. Comer tells Democrats that taxpayers won’t pay for visits to Abrego Garcia in El Salvador

A House committee chair told Democrats if they want to make the pilgrimage to El Salvador to visit MS-13 gang suspect Kilmar Abrego Garcia, they'll have to foot the bill on their own.

April 18, 2025

White House, DHS offer new justifications for deporting Abrego Garcia, MS-13 gang suspect

Trump officials are sharing new reasons for deporting MS-13 suspect Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador, saying his initial claims blocking his deportation in 2019 were "fake" and revealing new details of a human smuggling allegation.

April 18, 2025

AP loses bid to reclaim special access to White House

A federal judge on Friday gave tentative approval to a new White House press policy that demotes The Associated Press to the same status as newspapers, removing the storied wire service's previous special access to the president.

April 18, 2025

Van Hollen meets with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador

Sen. Chris Van Hollen met Thursday night with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, confirming the deported MS-13 gang suspect is alive after a month of incarceration in El Salvador's terrorist prison.

April 17, 2025

Police reveal why they thought Kilmar Abrego Garcia was an MS-13 gang member

Shedding some light on a key issue in the fight over his deportation, Police gang experts reveal why they thought Kilmar Abrego Garcia was an MS-13 gang member.

April 17, 2025

Appeals court warns Americans could be next after ‘shocking’ deportation of MS-13 suspect

Americans could be the next to be shunted off to foreign prisons if the Trump administration's "shocking" treatment of a deported MS-13 suspect is allowed to stand, a federal appeals court said in a climactic ruling Thursday.

April 17, 2025

Supreme Court declines to revive Trump birthright citizenship policy — for now

The Supreme Court declined Thursday to block lower court rulings that paused President Trump's attempt to limit birthright citizenship, but put the case on their calendar for a rare oral argument session next month.

April 17, 2025

Van Hollen fails in attempt to meet Abrego Garcia, wrongly deported MS-13 suspect

Sen. Chris Van Hollen said he was stopped by Salvadoran soldiers when he tried to visit Thursday with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the MS-13 suspect who the senator claimed was "illegally abducted" and deported back to El Salvador.

April 17, 2025

Judge rules Google has illegal ‘monopoly’ on web ad technology

Google has an illegal monopoly of some web advertising, a federal judge ruled Thursday, delivering a victory to the federal government that brought the antitrust challenge against the tech giant.

April 17, 2025

Supreme Court expected to consider giving Trump more firing power, overruling 90-year-old precedent

President Trump's firing spree of independent agency leaders is running into a 90-year-old Supreme Court case that judges have used to block many of those ousters.

April 17, 2025

‘Tell the truth’: Mother of murdered woman challenges White House reporters on immigration coverage

Patty Morin, mother of Rachel Morin, the Maryland mother slain by an illegal immigrant, challenged the White House press corps Wednesday to "tell the truth" about illegal immigration and crime.

April 16, 2025

Sen. Van Hollen travels to El Salvador to demand return of deported MS-13 suspect

Sen. Chris Van Hollen made a pilgrimage to El Salvador Wednesday to demand the country release Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whom the U.S. deported last month, saying he was "illegally abducted" from Maryland and must be sent back.

April 16, 2025

Judge raises the stakes in deportation battle with Trump

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg upped his feud with President Trump on Wednesday by finding probable cause to hold his administration in contempt of court for continuing to carry out deportations to El Salvador despite the judge's orders to turn around planes.

April 16, 2025

White House changes rules for media access to Trump in latest strike against AP

The White House shut down the special access that wire services have long enjoyed to presidential events, as President Trump continues his battle against The Associated Press.

April 16, 2025