Stephen Dinan

NYC mayor says Trump promised to release Columbia University student arrested by ICE

President Trump has promised to have ICE release a Columbia University student who was arrested by ICE earlier Thursday, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.

February 26, 2026

Judge won’t block Trump’s White House ballroom

A federal judge shot down an attempt to derail President Trump's White House ballroom construction plans, saying Thursday that the group that challenged him bungled its lawsuit.

February 26, 2026

Judge rules IRS broke law by sharing addresses with ICE

The IRS broke the law "approximately 42,695 times" by sharing taxpayers' addresses with ICE, a federal judge said Thursday.

February 26, 2026

Maryland sheriffs unload on Annapolis after wave of anti-ICE legislation

Maryland sheriffs vehemently denounced the anti-ICE sentiment sweeping through Annapolis this week, saying attempts to thwart the federal agency from arresting illegal immigrants at jails will only push those officers out into the state's communities.

February 26, 2026

Appeals court backs Trump’s union-stripping executive order

A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled in favor of President Trump's ability to strip many federal employees of their collective bargaining rights, erasing a lower court injunction.

February 26, 2026

Migrant left State of the Union after DHS’ ‘arrest’ message on social media

A Brazilian migrant in the country without firm legal status had to leave the State of the Union address this week after Homeland Security posted to social media saying it was looking to arrest "aliens like him."

February 26, 2026

DHS arrested 261 DACA ‘Dreamers’ last year; almost all had criminal records

The Department of Homeland Security arrested 261 people who were here under the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty program and had deported 86 of them, the department revealed in a letter to Congress made public this week.

February 26, 2026

Trump administration to block Medicaid payments to Minnesota over reports of Somali immigrant fraud

The federal government will shut down some Medicaid reimbursements for Minnesota until the state takes concrete steps to shut down what the Trump administration has described as rampant fraud, particularly among the Somali immigrant community.

February 25, 2026

Supreme Court decries ‘unfairness’ after government seized, sold home for less than half its value

The Supreme Court struggled Wednesday to deliver justice to a family whose home was seized and sold by a local county at well below the estimated market value to cover a small tax debt.

February 25, 2026

Judge strikes down key part of Trump’s deportation policy

A federal judge on Wednesday declared the Department of Homeland Security's expansive policy letting him send unauthorized immigrants to so-called third countries is illegal, in a decision that could blow a hole in the president's mass deportation efforts.

February 25, 2026

Republicans unveil bill to block illegal immigrants from becoming armed police

As they struggled to fill their ranks amid a backlash to the blue, some local police departments turned to an unorthodox source: illegal immigrants, including those in the Obama-era DACA program, who have been issued badges and guns and sent into communities.

February 25, 2026

Trump says Democrats ‘ashamed’ to stand for U.S. citizens

President Trump delivered a blunt call on illegal immigration Tuesday, renewing his call for deportations, calling on Congress for help and warning that fraud is rampant and "importing these cultures" threatens the U.S.

February 24, 2026

Trump calls border ‘most secure’ in history in State of the Union speech

President Trump took a victory lap Tuesday night over his astounding success in controlling the borders, declaring it the best the country has ever enjoyed.

February 24, 2026

Florida arrests man released by Biden autopen clemency

Florida's attorney general called Tuesday for a review of all of President Biden's clemency grants that were signed by autopen, pushing to see if any of those people can be rearrested on state charges.

February 24, 2026

Parade of victims: Democrats invite Epstein survivors, deportation targets as foils to Trump speech

As President Trump surveys his audience at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday night, he'll see some friends in the gallery -- but also plenty of opponents, including people victimized by Jeffrey Epstein, a business owner slammed by his tariffs and immigrants who say he's ruining their lives.

February 24, 2026

Trump sues N.J. Gov. Mikie Sherrill over new sanctuary policy

The Trump administration has sued to try to stop New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill's new sanctuary policy that bars federal officers from staging on state property, saying it amounts to illegal obstruction of federal immigration enforcement.

February 24, 2026

ICE down to 1,000 people in Minnesota as surge ends; will be below 500 later this week

Homeland Security has now withdrawn the vast majority of immigration officers it had surged to Minnesota, leaving fewer than 1,000 ICE personnel still there.

February 23, 2026

Catholic leaders pushed Newsom to pardon attempted murderer as defiance of ICE

California Gov. Gavin Newsom was relying on Catholic Church leaders' assurances when he pardoned an attempted murder convict, protecting him from deportation.

February 23, 2026

Judge blocks release of special counsel Smith’s report on Trump classified documents case

A federal judge blocked former special counsel Jack Smith's attempt to release a damning anti-Trump report to Congress, ruling Monday that because Mr. Smith was never properly appointed to the job, his attempts to complete the document were done outside of the law.

February 23, 2026

Trump tariff agenda tripped up by Supreme Court decision

President Trump loves to take unilateral action, but the Supreme Court has delivered a stark message about clear limits to how far he can go without getting Congress on board.

February 22, 2026