Stephen Dinan

Court green-lights most of DOJ’s prosecution against Dem congresswoman in ICE clash

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the Justice Department can proceed with most of its case against Rep. LaMonica McIver, who stands accused of assaulting an ICE officer during a scuffle last year at a migrant detention center.

August 26, 2026

Democrats file new challenge to Trump postal service election plans

Congressional Democrats and voting rights advocates mounted new challenges Tuesday to President Trump's plans to have the post office police this year's elections, moving just a day after the Supreme Court gave the administration some wiggle room.

August 25, 2026

Will Congress finally set national NIL rules for college athletes?

With states and schools struggling to control themselves, Congress is eyeing an intervention into collegiate athletics that would set national standards for students' compensation and try to preserve some of the athletic conference system.

August 25, 2026

Feds sue Ohio courthouse over blocking ICE arrests

The Justice Department sued Tuesday to try to force Ohio's largest county to let ICE make arrests at its municipal courthouse, saying officials are protecting illegal immigrants while making it more dangerous to get at them.

August 25, 2026

FEMA broke federal law by skipping homes with Trump signs after hurricane

Federal emergency workers refused services to at least 11 homes after Hurricane Milton in Florida in 2024 because they had pro-Trump signs, violating the agency's nonpolitical guidelines, a watchdog said in a new report Tuesday.

August 25, 2026

Judge upholds Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction

A federal judge on Tuesday upheld Ghislaine Maxwell's convictions for child sex trafficking with Jeffrey Epstein, rejecting her "rambling" request to erase her record.

August 25, 2026

Supreme Court gives Trump room to run on plan to have post office police mail-in ballots

The Supreme Court on Monday gave President Trump some leeway to work on plans to have the U.S. Postal Service decide which mailed ballots to deliver, saying it was too early for lower courts to intervene and block him.

August 24, 2026

ICE announces more than 1,300 arrests in Virginia, Maryland

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Monday it made 1,328 arrests in Virginia and Maryland over the first two weeks of August.

August 24, 2026

DHS proposes new $103,000 fee to hire foreign skilled guest workers

The Department of Homeland Security said Monday that it wants to charge a new $103,000 fee for companies seeking to give jobs to high-skilled foreign guest workers.

August 24, 2026

New archivist says Equal Rights Amendment is still dead

Supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment won't be getting any help from the new head of the U.S. Archives, who says he won't be the one to declare it officially a part of the Constitution.

August 21, 2026

Supreme Court allows Trump to keep building his ballroom — for now

Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has cleared the way for President Trump to keep building his new ballroom at the White House, putting on hold a lower court ruling that had said he needed Congress' permission.

August 21, 2026

Judge blocks DHS demand for states’ driver records

A federal judge shut down the Transportation Department's attempt to get 17 million state records about people who hold commercial driver's licenses, saying the request violated privacy law.

August 21, 2026

DHS can’t make cities ditch DEI to get disaster relief, judge rules

A federal judge dealt a new blow to the Trump administration's attempt to reel in diversity, equity and inclusion policies, blocking the Department of Homeland Security from conditioning disaster relief on states ditching DEI.

August 21, 2026

Supreme Court blew a nearly trillion-dollar hole in budget by striking down Trump tariffs

The Supreme Court's decision striking down President Trump's broad tariffs on imports will cost the U.S. Treasury dearly, blowing a net $900 billion hole in the budget over the next decade after accounting for interest and replacement tariffs, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

August 21, 2026

Trump’s border success takes bite out of cartels’ income

President Trump's stunning success in quelling the southwestern border has had a significant silver lining -- he's managed to starve the smuggling cartels of a source of income, according to a new Treasury Department analysis.

August 20, 2026

A decade of federal housing aid, and the affordability gap grew in all 50 states

The federal government keeps pumping money into housing assistance programs, but it's done little to affect the actual affordability of obtaining a home, according to a new study by a spending watchdog group.

August 20, 2026

Federal government sets record for red ink, warning sign for Washington

The federal government has topped $40 trillion in total debt for the first time in history, setting a record for red ink.

August 19, 2026

Chinese man accused of illegally voting in landlord’s name to ruin his immigration status

Federal prosecutors charged a Chinese man on Wednesday with a bizarre and dastardly plot to try to ruin his former landlord's immigration status by registering and casting a ballot in his name in Massachusetts, then reporting him to Homeland Security for it.

August 19, 2026

Terrorist deportation court sets first-ever public hearing on DOJ request to detain Afghan woman

The Alien Terrorist Removal Court has scheduled a first-of-its-kind public hearing for next week to determine whether Afghan citizen Nazira Haji Zada should be detained while her deportation case is decided.

August 19, 2026

IRS moves to block illegal immigrants from claiming some tax credits

The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed new rules that would limit illegal immigrants' ability to apply for some refundable tax credits.

August 19, 2026