Stephen Dinan

Supreme Court grapples with judges’ leeway in deciding asylum cases

The Supreme Court on Monday tried to sort out whether federal judges must defer to immigration courts when they hear appeals of asylum claims, in a case that could help speed up some deportation cases.

December 1, 2025

TSA to charge $45 fee for airline passengers who lack Real ID

The Transportation Security Administration announced a new $45 fee to temporarily verify identities of airline passengers who lack a Real ID, starting on Feb. 1.

December 1, 2025

Appeals court disqualifies Alina Habba, Trump’s U.S. attorney in New Jersey

A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Alina Habba, President Trump's chief prosecutor in New Jersey, was improperly installed in her post, and it disqualified her from prosecutions against two defendants.

December 1, 2025

Feds clam up a year after New Jersey drone sightings

Look, up in the sky! It's a bird. It's a plane. It's -- well, it's been a year since the drone sightings over New Jersey and we still don't quite know what it was all about.

November 30, 2025

Trump awaits make or break rulings on firings, campaign finance from Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has a defining couple of weeks ahead of it.

November 30, 2025

House GOP eyes bill to add citizenship question to census

House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer said Friday that his committee will take up a bill to add a citizenship question to the 2030 census.

November 28, 2025

Homeland Security suspends processing for Afghans, will review all green cards from 19 countries

The Homeland Security Department announced strict new vetting of immigrants on Thursday, blaming a weak immigration system in the wake of this week's attack on National Guard soldiers in the nation's capital allegedly by an Afghan immigrant.

November 27, 2025

Trump vows immigration crackdown after Afghan named as shooter in Guard ambush

The man suspected of gunning down two National Guard soldiers near the White House on Wednesday was an immigrant from Afghanistan who came to the U.S. during President Biden's 2021 airlift, President Trump said.

November 26, 2025

From bake sales to boycotts, anti-ICE sentiment sweeps the U.S.

One famously liberal Maryland suburb held a sidewalk bake sale last weekend with proceeds going to what organizers said were "local families impacted by ICE."

November 26, 2025

DHS to re-vet all refugees Biden admitted to the U.S.

The Trump administration is planning to re-vet hundreds of thousands of refugees allowed into the U.S. during the Biden administration, drawing a fierce rebuke from immigration groups who call it an insult to people who are escaping horrors.

November 26, 2025

Noem gave final approval to deport Venezuelans to El Salvador despite judge’s orders

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made the final decision to deport Venezuelan gang suspects to El Salvador in March despite a judge's order instructing the government to recall the airplanes, the Justice Department revealed in court.

November 25, 2025

Judge restricts authority of ICE to make warrantless arrests

A federal judge in Colorado ruled Tuesday that ICE has been too aggressive in arresting unauthorized immigrants without warrants, saying agents had stretched an exception covering immigrants likely to flee beyond the breaking point when they arrested longtime immigrants who weren't going to run.

November 25, 2025

Federal government ran a big deficit in October despite being closed for business

The government shutdown didn't seem to do much to slow the pace of federal spending, as Uncle Sam kicked off the new fiscal year with a sharp rise in payouts for the month of October.

November 25, 2025

Major Supreme Court disputes await rulings on tariffs, National Guard and gerrymandered maps

It's still early in the new term, but the Supreme Court already has several major legal battles teed up for rulings that could shape President Trump's presidency -- and they could be issued any day now.

November 25, 2025

Associated Press asks court to restore its special access to Trump’s White House

The Associated Press fought an uphill battle in court Monday to try to regain its special access to the Oval Office, arguing that President Trump broke the news wire service's speech rights by demoting it to the same status as dozens of other media organizations.

November 24, 2025

Voting groups ask Supreme Court to block Texas’ GOP-friendly map

Voting rights activists urged the Supreme Court to prevent Texas from using a new, more Republican-friendly congressional map in next year's elections, telling the justices on Monday that the state illegally discriminated against minority voters.

November 24, 2025

Sen. Eric Schmitt says upper chamber in talks to have ‘Watergate-style hearings’ over Arctic Frost

The Senate will likely hold "Watergate-style hearings" to get to the bottom of the Biden administration's pursuit of President Trump and other Republicans stemming from the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, Sen. Eric Schmitt told The Washington Times.

November 24, 2025

ICE holds record 65,000 migrants; arrests, deportations reach record pace

ICE is shattering records for immigration enforcement, setting new high-water marks for arrests, deportations and detention.

November 23, 2025

Texas asks Supreme Court to allow use of new GOP-friendly map

Texas dropped a major new voting rights issue on the Supreme Court's doorstep Friday with an emergency request asking the justices to let the state use its new GOP-friendly map in the 2026 congressional elections.

November 21, 2025

Judge blocks IRS from sharing data with ICE

A federal judge ruled Friday that the IRS appears to have broken the law when it reached an agreement to share secret taxpayer data with ICE, and ordered a pause to the practice.

November 21, 2025