Stephen Dinan

Treasury will add Trump’s signature to future U.S. paper currency

President Trump has found another thing to slap his name on: U.S. currency.

March 26, 2026

ICE officer at airport saves choking 1-year-old

An ICE officer deployed to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport to help TSA move the lines along helped save a 1-year-old boy who had stopped breathing on Thursday.

March 26, 2026

Sanctuary cities become staging area for crime, infect neighboring communities: Oversight report

Sanctuary cities create "staging areas" for illegal immigrant criminals and their violence spills over into neighboring jurisdictions that do try to cooperate with federal authorities, the House Oversight and Reform Committee said in a new report Thursday.

March 26, 2026

DOJ says ICE gave court wrong policy on arrests at immigration courthouses

Department of Justice lawyers have told a federal judge that ICE provided wrong information about the deportation agency's policy on arrests at immigration courthouses -- information that was used by a judge in a major ruling last year.

March 26, 2026

Dems, GOP tee up new debate on major changes to Social Security

Social Security has long been known as the third rail of politics, given that every attempt to fix the program over the past 30 years has proven politically toxic -- but a valiant group of senators is plowing ahead anyway

March 25, 2026

DHS’ strict detention policy for migrants gets OK from appeals court

A federal appeals court said Wednesday that the Trump administration is likely on solid legal ground with its new interpretation allowing mandatory detention of illegal immigrants as they await their deportation hearings.

March 25, 2026

Trump’s cost-cutting at IRS blunts tax agency’s AI plans

President Trump's moves to slash the IRS have severely dented the tax agency's ability to harness artificial intelligence, according to a new audit.

March 25, 2026

Federal appeals court says El Salvador’s prisons aren’t bad enough to justify U.S. asylum

El Salvador's prisons may be notorious for their harsh approach to law and order, but they aren't bad enough to justify someone gaining asylum or similar protections in the U.S., a federal appeals court ruled this week.

March 25, 2026

Venezuelan man files $1.3 million wrongful deportation lawsuit against DHS

A Venezuelan man who spent months in a Salvadoran terrorist prison after he was deported from the U.S. last year has filed a $1.3 million lawsuit saying he was the victim of President Trump's hateful rhetoric and an illegal use of the Alien Enemies Act.

March 24, 2026

Jack Smith obtained secret subpoenas for Kash Patel’s phone records

Special Counsel Jack Smith's team, which was pursuing Donald Trump in the period between his presidencies, obtained two secret subpoenas for phone records from Kash Patel, the man who would go on to become head of the FBI.

March 24, 2026

Minnesota sues to get evidence from DHS shootings

Minnesota filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday asking a judge to force the Trump administration to turn over evidence from the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, two Americans killed by Homeland Security personnel in Minneapolis in January.

March 24, 2026

Supreme Court tries to define where the U.S. border begins for asylum purposes

It turns out that where the U.S. border begins, at least for purposes of asylum, is not actually clear.

March 24, 2026

Senate confirms Mullin to lead Homeland Security

The Senate voted Monday to install one of its own, Sen. Markwayne Mullin, as the new secretary at Homeland Security, giving President Trump a chance to change the narrative of a department many Americans say has crossed lines in its zeal to arrest illegal immigrants.

March 23, 2026

Judge says embarrassing videos of DOGE staffers can be posted to YouTube

A federal judge gave approval Monday for a group to post online videos of former DOGE staffers struggling to answer questions about how they chose targets for the White House's attack on the federal bureaucracy, saying the public's right to know outweighed any threats or risk of harm.

March 23, 2026

Supreme Court skeptical of states receiving mail-in ballots past Election Day

Several Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism Monday over states that allow ballots to be received and counted days after Election Day, though they worried about where to draw lines and whether tossing out late-arriving ballots would also eliminate early voting.

March 23, 2026

Sen. John Cornyn announces legislation to defund Cesar Chavez national park site

Sen. John Cornyn said Friday he will try to boot Cesar Chavez's home and burial place from the national park system, saying the monument to the now-disgraced Hispanic rights icon doesn't deserve taxpayer support.

March 20, 2026

House committee subpoenas Arlington’s prosecutor over handling of threats against Stephen Miller

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan issued a subpoena Friday to the chief prosecutor in Arlington County, saying she appears to have stymied an investigation into a "left-wing agitator" who was harassing White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.

March 20, 2026

New Jersey sues to block ICE detention facility

New Jersey sued Friday to try to head off ICE's plans to turn a massive warehouse in Roxbury into a detention facility, saying the Trump administration is flouting immigration, environmental and procedural laws as it rushes to refurbish the building.

March 20, 2026

DOJ sues Harvard over antisemitism, says school ‘tolerated’ harassment of Jewish students

The Justice Department sued Harvard University on Friday for civil rights violations, saying the school has discriminated against its Jewish students by not forcefully cracking down on antisemitic behavior.

March 20, 2026

ICE bars staffer for Democratic representative from visiting detainees

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Thursday that it has banned a staffer from the office of Rep. Veronica Escobar from entering any of its detention facilities, saying the man lied and broke the rules by letting detainees use his phone.

March 19, 2026