Stephen Dinan

After ICE shooting, Minneapolis mayor tells feds to ‘get the f—- out’

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey lashed out at ICE after one of its officers shot and killed an anti-ICE protester during a confrontation Wednesday, blaming the federal agency for creating the chaos that led to the shooting.

January 7, 2026

ICE officer kills protester; DHS says woman tried to run down federal agents

An ICE officer shot and killed a woman who had been using her vehicle to block them from getting through a Minneapolis street on Wednesday, fueling a debate over President Trump's ongoing efforts at mass deportations and the violent resistance that's sprung up against it.

January 7, 2026

Feds punish Minnesota hotel that canceled ICE room reservations

The General Services Administration barred a Hampton Inn in Minnesota from the government's travel and lodging programs this week after the hotel refused to let ICE personnel make reservations.

January 7, 2026

Migrants facing detention find new reprieve from federal courts

As the Trump administration moves to arrest and detain more illegal immigrants, their lawyers have figured out a way to fight back in regular federal courts by filing habeas corpus cases demanding judges order their release.

January 6, 2026

2 million Epstein documents still under government review

The administration is still reviewing more than 2 million documents related to Jeffrey Epstein to see whether they should be released, government lawyers told a judge late Monday.

January 5, 2026

Rebel without a pause: Trump forged a frenetic first year

President Trump kicked off his first year back in office with an Inauguration Day for the record books, signing 26 executive orders that erased much of his predecessor's legacy and began his own quest to remake the federal bureaucracy in his image.

January 2, 2026

Trump can’t starve consumer bureau of funds, court rules

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the White House cannot shutter the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by using a novel interpretation of the law to starve the watchdog of funding.

December 30, 2025

Trump is seeing terrorists in surprising new places

President Trump has emerged as the king of terrorist designations. In less than a year in office, he has added more groups to the State Department's Foreign Terrorist Organization list than any other administration did over four years.

December 30, 2025

More cases of illegal voting are coming to light as GOP scrubs voter rolls

Jose Ceballos never attained U.S. citizenship, yet according to voting records, he managed to cast ballots in at least two dozen elections dating back to 2006.

December 29, 2025

Trump’s first year has changed the way government speaks

If Ronald Reagan was the Great Communicator, then President Trump is the Big Editor, trying to shape the way the country thinks about the issues he cares about by changing how it talks about them.

December 24, 2025

Judge sustains Trump’s $100,000 fee for high-skilled migrant guest workers

President Trump acted within his lawful powers when he imposed a $100,000 fee for some new guest workers under the H-1B high-skilled visa program, a federal judge has ruled.

December 24, 2025

Supreme Court rules against Trump on deploying troops to Chicago

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that President Trump overstepped his powers in trying to federalize and send the National Guard to Chicago.

December 23, 2025

Biden promised faster trains, Amtrak delivered slower ones

When Amtrak's new NextGen Acela trains rolled into a station in August, they were gleaming pieces of modern machinery.

December 23, 2025

Boasberg orders Trump to prepare to bring back Venezuelans deported under Alien Enemies Act

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled Monday that the Trump administration must either return or give new hearings to the Venezuelan migrants it sent to El Salvador on three controversial deportation flights in March.

December 22, 2025

Feds sue D.C. police over de facto ban on AR-15s

The federal Justice Department sued the Metropolitan Police Department on Monday over its treatment of would-be gun owners in the city, accusing the office of refusing to register common weapons like the AR-15 rifle.

December 22, 2025

Schmitt proposes bill to shield Americans from sham Chinese court rulings

Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt is proposing what appears to be first-of-its-kind legislation to prevent China from enforcing politically motivated court verdicts against Americans, amid an intensifying fight over the Wuhan lab at the center of speculation about the origin of the coronavirus pandemic.

December 22, 2025

DHS holiday deal for illegal immigrants: Leave now and get $3,000 — or face arrest

The Homeland Security Department has offered illegal immigrants a Christmas season deportation bargain: Go home for the holidays and stay there, and you can get a $3,000 bonus from Uncle Sam.

December 22, 2025

Judge’s conviction in ICE obstruction case vindicates courthouse arrests

The Trump administration landed its first major victory in its bid to quell anti-ICE resistance with the conviction of Hannah Dugan, the Wisconsin state judge who obstructed officers trying to arrest an illegal immigrant in her courtroom.

December 21, 2025

Supreme Court rebuffs Justice Dept. in case involving gag order on immigration judges

The Supreme Court has delivered a rare setback to the Trump Justice Department, declining to get involved right now in a case challenging a gag order the government had tried to place on its immigration judges.

December 19, 2025

Trump orders end to diversity visa lottery after university shooter entered through program

President Trump ordered Homeland Security to shut down the diversity visa lottery after learning that the gunman who attacked two U.S. universities this month entered the country under that program.

December 19, 2025