Stephen Dinan

Trump unleashes oil boom with record drilling permits

President Trump's declaration of an energy emergency has helped clear hurdles and push the U.S. to the fastest rate of new oil and gas drilling permits in years, running 44% ahead of the Biden administration at the same point in time.

June 24, 2025

Trump admin hits Venezuelan gang member with sanctions, offers $3 million reward for information

The Trump administration moved Tuesday against Giovanni Vicente Mosquera Serrano, head of Tren de Aragua's operations in Colombia, elevating him to the FBI's "Most Wanted" list and slapping new financial sanctions on him.

June 24, 2025

Giuliani’s back: Trump names Rudy to Homeland Security council

Rudolph W. Giuliani's star may have fallen far from his days as mayor of New York, but President Trump still has faith in him, naming him Tuesday to the Homeland Security Advisory Council.

June 24, 2025

Newsom says Trump’s National Guard troops in L.A. are diverted from fighting forest fires

The California National Guard usually has 14 firefighting teams, but President Trump's decision to deploy its troops to quell protests in Los Angeles has diverted most of those, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday.

June 24, 2025

DHS targets Iranian illegal immigrants amid U.S.-Iran clash

Homeland Security announced Tuesday that it arrested 11 migrants from Iran over the weekend -- and one American citizen who was harboring an Iranian illegal immigrant and threatened to kill an ICE officer attempting to make the arrest.

June 24, 2025

Florida asks Supreme Court to revive state’s immigration crackdown law

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has asked the Supreme Court to resuscitate the state's new immigration law after it was rejected by lower courts as an unconstitutional intrusion on federal powers.

June 24, 2025

Harvard wins sweeping court victory over Trump on foreign students

A federal judge delivered a broad win to Harvard University Monday in its battle with President Trump, ruling that his proclamation trying to block the school from hosting foreign students is unconstitutional.

June 23, 2025

Supreme Court clears path for Trump to deport toughest immigration cases

The Supreme Court delivered another major win to President Trump on Monday as it freed him from lower court rulings that had imposed a host of hurdles before he could deport illegal immigrants to "third countries."

June 23, 2025

Comer probes Biden abuses of TSA’a passenger surveillance program

The Trump administration has shut down TSA's controversial Quiet Skies program, but House Republicans' top investigator wants to know just how bad things got under President Biden.

June 23, 2025

Trump’s deportation machine hits stride as ICE arrests, detention set new records

ICE is now arresting nearly 1,200 illegal immigrants a day and had more than 56,000 people in detention, shattering previous records as the agency begins to fulfill President Trump's promise of mass deportations by nabbing more people without criminal records.

June 23, 2025

Feds: Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in immigration custody despite judge’s pretrial release ruling

A magistrate judge ruled Sunday that the government cannot hold Kilmar Abrego Garcia on pretrial detention in the criminal migrant smuggling case against him -- though the judge said he'll likely still be detained as an illegal immigrant anyway.

June 22, 2025

DHS issues terrorism advisory alert amid U.S. attack on Iran

America is at a heightened risk of attacks after the U.S. bombed nuclear targets in Iran, Homeland Security said in a new terrorism advisory alert Sunday, pointing in particular to the possibility of a hacking incident.

June 22, 2025

VP Vance says Trump’s troops still needed in Los Angeles

Violence in Los Angeles has dulled but federal officials worry that it could "flare back up," Vice President J.D. Vance said Friday as he toured the federal buildings in the city that had been under siege from protesters.

June 20, 2025

Feds charge illegal immigrant TdA gang member with attempted murder of agent

A Venezuelan illegal immigrant with ties to Tren de Aragua tried to choke an ICE agent to death, federal prosecutors said, calling it the latest in a growing trend of migrants violently resisting arrest.

June 20, 2025

Judge orders release of Palestinian student detained for three months by DHS

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to release prominent Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil from immigration detention, ruling he is not a flight risk as he fights to stop his deportation.

June 20, 2025

Appeals court allows Trump to strip union rights from USAID, State Dept. employees

A federal appeals court has given temporary approval for President Trump to strip collective bargaining rights from employees at the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development, saying the law grants the White House wide latitude.

June 20, 2025

Appeals court revives challenge to D.C.’s noncitizen voting law

A federal appeals court revived a challenge to Washington's law that lets noncitizens cast ballots, saying a lower court was too hasty in dismissing the case.

June 20, 2025

Supreme Court expands opportunity for businesses to challenge fed agency decisions

The Supreme Court, in a pair of decisions Friday, said businesses affected by government action from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration have the right to challenge those agency decisions in court.

June 20, 2025

Supreme Court rules terror victims can sue Palestinian groups

The Constitution doesn't bar American plaintiffs from suing the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority for damages stemming from terrorist attacks, the Supreme Court ruled Friday.

June 20, 2025

Trump OK sending National Guard, rules appeals court

President Trump appears to have been on solid legal ground when he federalized and deployed National Guard troops to Los Angeles, an appeals court ruled late Thursday, giving the White House permission to keep the troops in place -- for now.

June 20, 2025