Stephen Dinan

Lawmakers want to block welfare recipients from sending cash abroad

If the government can't stop all of the welfare fraud, perhaps it can at least prevent the ill-gotten money from being sent overseas, according to two Republicans in Congress who announced new legislation Tuesday to block large remittances to foreign countries.

April 7, 2026

Long-time Democrat asks Supreme Court to let him run in GOP primary for U.S. House seat in Ohio

Less than a decade ago, Samuel Ronan was running for chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Now he wants to be the GOP's nominee for a U.S. House seat in Ohio, but election officials have removed him from the ballot, saying he's not Republican enough.

April 7, 2026

Judge finds Minnesota has fraud problem, refuses to order Trump to restart Medicaid money

A federal court rejected Minnesota's attempt to restart Medicaid funding that the Trump administration had halted over concerns people are stealing the money, with the judge saying even the state has acknowledged it has a "serious fraud problem."

April 6, 2026

RNC sues over out-of-state voters’ ability to cast ballots in Virginia elections

The Republican National Committee filed a lawsuit Monday challenging Virginia's voting system, saying the state allows some people who have never been physical residents to cast ballots in its elections.

April 6, 2026

Pennsylvania official says county shouldn’t hire ex-ICE, cites liability from ‘terrible culture’

An official in Pennsylvania has warned his jurisdiction to be wary of hiring ICE employees for county jobs, warning they could be a legal liability.

April 6, 2026

Supreme Court vacates judgment against Steve Bannon

The Supreme Court on Monday erased an appeals court ruling against Trump confidant Steve Bannon, clearing the way for his criminal conviction for contempt of Congress to be tossed out.

April 6, 2026

More than 1,000 IRS employees jilted student loan repayment program

The IRS promises to repay outstanding student loans for employees, but more than 1,000 of them cheated the terms of the agreement, according to a new audit by the tax agency's inspector general.

April 6, 2026

Death of abused migrant boy shines light on decisions facing parents about to be deported

By the time doctors saw Samuel Antonio Maldonado Erazo's 3-year-old nephew, authorities say the boy had been struck on the head at least 17 times and had burn marks consistent with someone pressing a lighter against his skin.

April 5, 2026

White House asks appeals court to revive Trump’s ballroom plans

The Trump administration asked a federal appeals court to block a lower judge who has ordered construction to cease on President Trump's ballroom project, saying it makes no sense to force the president to ask Congress for permission before making renovations to the White House.

April 4, 2026

Two illegal immigrants in Florida plead guilty to voting in U.S. elections

Two noncitizens living in Florida pleaded guilty in separate cases to lying about their citizenship to vote in U.S. elections.

April 3, 2026

Treasury will issue new rules on politics from the pulpit

The Treasury Department has announced an effort to let houses of worship get more directly involved in politics without having to worry about the IRS coming after them.

April 3, 2026

Air Force base bomb suspects benefited from birthright citizenship, says DHS

Two people accused of being part of a plot to plant bombs at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida were born to unauthorized immigrants, the Department of Homeland Security said.

April 3, 2026

Federal worker in Virginia admits to using telework to collect three paychecks at same time

A Virginia woman has pleaded guilty to wire fraud, admitting that she used the federal government's lenient telework policies to claim paychecks for multiple jobs she was working simultaneously.

April 2, 2026

WATCH: Supreme Court justices skeptical of Trump’s birthright citizenship order

The Supreme Court struggled Wednesday with how to treat President Trump's attempt to block children of illegal immigrants and short-term visitors from getting birthright U.S. citizenship, with the justices trying to stack his executive order up against more than a century of tradition.

April 1, 2026

Trump arrives at Supreme Court for birthright citizenship argument — believed to be a first

President Trump arrived at the Supreme Court on Wednesday to watch the justices hear oral argument on his executive order trying to carve illegal immigrants and temporary foreign visitors out of America's expansive grant of birthright citizenship.

April 1, 2026

Pro-Trump immigration groups call for Phase II of mass deportations: Arrest migrants at worksites

To carry out his mass deportation promises, President Trump will have to kick his administration into a higher gear, shutting down the jobs that illegal immigrants take, closing their bank accounts and unleashing the IRS to find people working under stolen Social Security numbers, the Mass Deportation Coalition said Wednesday.

April 1, 2026

Appeals court blocks lower judge’s return-to-work order for Voice of America

A federal appeals court on Tuesday suspended a lower court ruling that had ordered Voice of America's employees back to work and ruled President Trump's shutdown attempt was illegal.

March 31, 2026

Trump loses lawsuit against Colorado’s sanctuary policy

A federal judge on Tuesday shot down the administration's lawsuit seeking to puncture sanctuary policies in Colorado and Denver that protect illegal immigrants, saying the feds were trying to commandeer state authorities to do their bidding.

March 31, 2026

Judge shuts down Trump’s White House ballroom project

A federal judge halted President Trump's plans to build a ballroom on the site of the old White House East Wing, saying he acted rashly in moving ahead without Congress and must go to Capitol Hill for permission before continuing any work.

March 31, 2026

Judge says Trump can’t bar NPR, PBS from any government funds

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that President Trump's executive order seeking to bar any federal money from going to NPR and PBS tramples on those networks' speech rights.

March 31, 2026