Stephen Dinan

Supreme Court backs oil companies in climate change lawsuit

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that Chevron can force a climate change lawsuit to be heard in federal court rather than a less friendly state court, delivering a significant legal victory to oil companies preparing to battle an onslaught of global warming cases.

April 17, 2026

Trump’s DOJ loses another voter list case

A federal judge on Friday shot down the Trump Justice Department's attempt to get a look at Rhode Island's voter lists, saying the feds were misusing a law meant to combat racial discrimination to try to clean up the registration rolls.

April 17, 2026

Minnesota prosecutor charges ICE officer with assault after confrontation on highway

A county prosecutor in Minnesota announced state charges Thursday against an ICE officer she accused of pointing his gun at motorists during a highway confrontation in February.

April 16, 2026

House approves three-year deportation amnesty for Haitians

The House delivered a stark rebuke to President Trump's immigration policy on Thursday by voting to grant Temporary Protected Status to Haitians in the U.S., reviving a deportation amnesty to some 350,000 migrants.

April 16, 2026

Gabbard asks DOJ to probe whistleblower who ignited 2019 Trump impeachment

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has asked the Justice Department to investigate personnel whose complaints about President Trump's communications with Ukraine launched Democrats' first impeachment effort in 2019.

April 16, 2026

ICE has ‘surplus’ of detention beds, and border wall is ahead of schedule

The Department of Homeland Security is facing serious headwinds on Capitol Hill, but top immigration officials touted some major bright spots Thursday, saying ICE currently has a "surplus" of detention beds, and construction on President Trump's border wall is under budget.

April 16, 2026

Government doesn’t take fraud seriously enough, Congress’ top watchdog says

There's been a renewed focus on weeding out fraud in government programs but officials still don't take the issue seriously enough, Congress' chief watchdog agency told lawmakers on Wednesday.

April 15, 2026

Judge halts ICE’s attempt to turn Maryland warehouse into migrant detention space

A federal judge has issued an injunction preventing ICE from moving ahead with plans to turn a warehouse in Maryland into migrant detention space, the state's attorney general said Wednesday.

April 15, 2026

ICE sets 1 million deportation target for 2026, 2027

It was long rumored -- and denied -- but ICE has now made its goal of a million deportations a year official.

April 15, 2026

DHS employee walking dog is slain by immigrant with long rap sheet

Homeland Security said one of its employees was slain by an immigrant from the United Kingdom whom the Biden administration approved for citizenship and who had a significant criminal record.

April 15, 2026

Federal officers shot illegal immigrant they say tried to run them over

Federal prosecutors announced charges Tuesday against an illegal immigrant they say tried to drive over officers, who then shot the man.

April 14, 2026

Smith remains No. 1, but U.S. sees big shift in Hispanic names

The Census Bureau has captured the Hispanification of America in new data showing that five of the top 15 surnames are now of Spanish origin.

April 14, 2026

White House invokes Trump assassination attempts as it fights to keep building new ballroom

The administration begged a federal judge on Tuesday to let construction continue on President Trump's grand ballroom project at the White House, reminding the court that he has faced "multiple assassination attempts" in recent years.

April 14, 2026

Judge scolds media for ‘better-first-than-accurate’ approach to news

A federal judge blasted the press on Tuesday for sacrificing accuracy at the hands of speed, saying journalists are delivering "predictably inaccurate" coverage of court action.

April 14, 2026

DHS beats Boasberg with appeals court ending his contempt proceedings against Trump administration

A federal appeals court delivered an embarrassing reproach to U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on Tuesday, ordering him to shut down his "intrusive" criminal contempt of court investigation against the Trump administration.

April 14, 2026

Intel chief Tulsi Gabbard says Democrats’ 2019 impeachment of Trump based on ‘concocted’ evidence

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard fired a broadside at congressional Democrats on Monday, saying their 2019 impeachment of President Trump over his dealings with Ukraine was based on biased evidence and slipshod work from within the intelligence community.

April 13, 2026

Judge tosses Trump’s defamation lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein claims

A federal judge dismissed President Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal on Monday, saying he failed to prove the newspaper acted with malice when it published claims linking him to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

April 13, 2026

Justice Department repeatedly making unforced errors under Trump

One of the Trump Justice Department's most fervent missions has been to try to pry voting lists from states, including by suing, in an attempt to force them to clean up their rolls.

April 12, 2026

U.S. sends Navy destroyers through Strait of Hormuz with aim to demine it

The Navy sent two guided missile destroyers through the Strait of Hormuz as the first step in its plan to reopen the critical waterway to commercial ship traffic.

April 11, 2026

IBM reaches settlement with Justice Dept. over DEI hiring, pay

IBM has agreed to pay $17 million to resolve a Justice Department investigation that charged the tech firm with boosting minorities and women by illegally using race and sex in hiring and pay decisions.

April 10, 2026