Stephen Dinan

Trump’s attempt to shutter Voice of America ruled illegal

The Trump administration's attempt to shut down the U.S. Agency for Global Media and boot Voice of America off the air was illegal, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

March 17, 2026

As Trump closes the border, unauthorized migrants surge at U.S. airports

President Trump may have cooled the U.S.-Mexico boundary but the latest data shows unauthorized migrants are now surging into America's interior.

March 17, 2026

Florida sheriff sends shock across immigration debate, calls for legalization of illegal immigrants

Grady Judd, the sheriff in Polk County, Florida, said Tuesday that he didn't mean to cause a sensation when he proposed giving a break to unauthorized immigrants who are "doing good" by granting them firm legal status.

March 17, 2026

Gregory Bovino, Border Patrol commander who led Trump’s enforcement surge, to retire

Gregory Bovino, a senior Border Patrol commander who helmed President Trump's immigration enforcement efforts in Los Angeles, Chicago and Minneapolis before being sidelined, will soon retire, according to a news report.

March 17, 2026

Trump administration completes land exchange for copper mine, over Apache tribe’s objections

The Trump administration officially completed a land exchange with a copper mining firm, brushing aside objections from the Western Apache that the mining would destroy a sacred site in Arizona.

March 16, 2026

Supreme Court to decide Trump’s attempt to shut down deportation amnesty for Haitians, Syrians

The Supreme Court said Monday it will take up two cases involving President Trump's attempt to end deportation amnesties for hundreds of thousands of unauthorized immigrants -- but ruled they can remain here while the case is pending.

March 16, 2026

Burpees, takedowns, pipe wrenches: Markwayne Mullin brings unique toolbag to confirmation faceoff

Needing a shakeup at Homeland Security, President Trump has turned to a plumber.

March 16, 2026

Appeals court allows DHS to continue ‘third-country’ deportations

A federal appeals court issued a ruling Monday allowing Homeland Security to continue deporting illegal immigrants to countries other than their homes when the need arises, putting on indefinite hold a decision by a lower court that had stopped the practice.

March 16, 2026

Democrats ask Justice Department to probe Noem for ‘perjury’ over Trump’s knowledge of contracts

Congressional Democrats asked the Justice Department on Monday to investigate whether departing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem committed perjury by telling lawmakers President Trump knew about her $220 million contract for a self-deportation ad campaign.

March 16, 2026

Apache tribe members urge Supreme Court to protect sacred land from U.S. mine deal

Members of the Western Apache tribe rushed to the Supreme Court on Monday seeking an emergency order to block a proposed land transfer to a mining company, saying it would destroy a sacred tribal place in Arizona.

March 16, 2026

Feds say Hawaii crime lord committed suicide to stop Uncle Sam from seizing $20 million fortune

Hawaii nightclub owner Michael Miske Jr. was found guilty of murder and a host of other charges, and a jury said he should forfeit more than $20 million to Uncle Sam as part of his punishment.

March 15, 2026

Federal judge orders Trump Kennedy Center to fess up about plans to close

A federal judge has ordered the Trump Kennedy Center to provide any documents it has on plans to close and rebuild the performing arts establishment to a member of Congress who is on the center's board.

March 15, 2026

Feds win convictions in antifa attack on ICE detention facility

Nine people were convicted by a federal jury Friday for charges stemming from last year's attack on an ICE detention facility in Texas, in what federal prosecutors called the first-ever terrorism trial for "antifa" adherents.

March 13, 2026

Treasury says Bessent will run IRS even though ‘vacancy’ term expired

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will continue to run the IRS even though he is no longer officially serving as acting commissioner, the agency said Friday.

March 13, 2026

White House offers to let judge overseeing East Wing case tour construction site

The Trump administration on Friday offered to give a personal tour to Judge Richard J. Leon, the man overseeing the court case challenging President Trump's plans to build a ballroom in place of the now-demolished White House East Wing.

March 13, 2026

Virginia’s new congressional map would be country’s most extreme gerrymander

Virginia's current congressional map, among the fairest in the country, would quickly become one of the most extreme if Democrats carry out their redistricting plans.

March 12, 2026

U.N. commission scolds Trump over ‘racist’ immigration enforcement surge

A U.N. human rights commission has issued an "urgent action" alert to the Trump administration warning that it has deported too many people, and citing it for "racial profiling and racist hate speech" against refugees and immigrants.

March 12, 2026

Federal judge halts ICE plans for detention center in Maryland

A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Wednesday evening blocking ICE from moving ahead with plans to create a migrant detention facility in Williamsport.

March 11, 2026

Trump asks Supreme Court for OK to cancel deportation amnesty for 350,000 Haitians

The administration sought permission Wednesday from the Supreme Court to cancel deportation amnesty for 350,000 Haitian migrants, saying lower judges have wrongly stymied President Trump's plans.

March 11, 2026

Democrat-led states sue to stop Trump team from gathering college race admissions data

Democrat-led states sued Wednesday to try to shut down an Education Department effort to gather data on college admissions and race, saying the Trump administration is rushing the process and making life too difficult for the schools.

March 11, 2026