Stephen Dinan

Supreme Court asked to settle 2020 census citizenship question fight

President Trump's goal of asking a citizenship question on the 2020 census has turned into a colossal legal headache, as the courts race against a Census Bureau deadline this weekend for finalizing next year's questionnaire.

June 25, 2019

Dems rewrite border bill to answer liberal objections

House Democrats on Tuesday larded their border crisis spending bill with liberal wish-list items, hoping to win over enough wavering lawmakers to surmount a mini-rebellion and pass the legislation.

June 25, 2019

Omarosa Manigault Newman sued by Justice Department over ethics accusation

The Justice Department filed a complaint in federal court Tuesday against Omarosa Manigault Newman, a former Trump advisor-turned critic.

June 25, 2019

Appeals court grants request to reopen census citizenship inquiry

President Trump's plans to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census continue to roil the legal world, with a federal appeals court on Tuesday sending the case back to a lower court to investigate whether the administration lied about its decision-making.

June 25, 2019

John Sanders, Trump’s Border chief, to resign

Acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner John Sanders, the Trump administration's point-man on the border crisis, will resign early next month.

June 25, 2019

Trump administration weighs protected status for Venezuelans fleeing crisis at home

The Trump administration is still weighing a move to grant temporary protected status (TPS) for Venezuelan refugees, according to Elliott Abrams, the U.S. special envoy to the crisis in the oil-rich South American nation.

June 25, 2019

Long-term picture improves, but red ink still swamps federal budget: CBO

The federal government is headed for deep fiscal pain, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday. Just how much depends on what Congress does.

June 25, 2019

Dems rewrite border bill to try to assuage liberals

House Democrats say they've tamped down a mini-rebellion and have the votes to pass their border crisis spending bill later Tuesday.

June 25, 2019

Mexico deploys 15,000 troops to U.S. border to block migrants

Mexico now has some 15,000 troops deployed to its northern border with the U.S. to try to help control the flow of migrants headed north, a top official revealed Monday.

June 24, 2019

Seven bodies found in five days on border in Texas

Bodies are piling up at the U.S.-Mexico border as the summer heat and the press of both countries' immigration policies take a toll, adding new urgency to the debate on Capitol Hill about what, if anything, should be done to stop it.

June 24, 2019

Nancy Pelosi: Deportations ‘outside the circle of human behavior’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested Monday that ICE officers are "kicking down doors" to deport illegal immigrants, and questioned why the administration would want to deport people from the interior of the country.

June 24, 2019

Annie Donaldson, former top Trump aide, agrees to testify to Congress

Annie Donaldson, a former top aide in the White House counsel's office who was present for much of the conduct in special counsel Robert Mueller's report, has agreed to testify to Congress, the Judiciary Committee announced Monday.

June 24, 2019

Nancy Pelosi, Democrats agree to some Trump border funding

House Democrats blinked Sunday, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi announcing they will vote this week to grant at least part of President Trump's emergency border funding to deal with the humanitarian crisis.

June 23, 2019

Donald Trump postpones immigration sweep after Pelosi’s request

President Trump called off a round of deportations slated to begin Sunday, saying he was delaying them for two weeks at the request of Democrats -- though he said both sides need to use the time to strike a broader deal on stopping new illegal immigrants.

June 22, 2019

Nancy Pelosi tells Trump not to arrest illegal immigrants

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested Tuesday that illegal immigrants shouldn't be deported unless they have a "serious crime" history, as she urged President Trump to cancel plans for a major operation to deport illegal immigrants.

June 22, 2019

Supreme Court rules gun-possession felons must know they’re breaking law

The Supreme Court has ruled that an immigrant living in the U.S. illegally who had a gun -- a crime -- can't be prosecuted if he didn't know he was in the country illegally.

June 21, 2019

9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struggles with ‘ambiguous’ law on border wall emergency

A federal appeals court raked both the Trump administration and border wall opponents over the coals Thursday, struggling with "ambiguous" law and complicated arguments to try to settle whether the president's emergency wall-building plans can go forward.

June 20, 2019

Obama-appointed judge rules ICE can’t arrest illegals in Massachusetts courthouses

ICE cannot make civil arrests at Massachusetts courthouses, a federal judge ruled Thursday, dealing a major victory to activists who'd said immigrants were scared to show up for fear of being captured.

June 20, 2019

Illegal immigrant ‘got aways’ at five-year high as border agents pulled from patrol duties

The Border Patrol has documented more than 100,000 immigrants who they know managed to illegally sneak past them and get into the interior of the country, the agency's chief told Congress on Thursday, saying it's the most in five years.

June 20, 2019

Mitch McConnell shoots down congressional pay raise

Congress won't be getting a pay raise, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday, shooting down a bipartisan push for a cost-of-living adjustment.

June 20, 2019