Stephen Dinan

LAPD chief says there was no police delay in response to ICE and National Guard may be needed

The chief of the Los Angeles Police Department says the anti-ICE protests ravaging parts of his city have "gotten out of control" and may justify the presence of the National Guard.

June 9, 2025

National Guard moves into Los Angeles in wake of anti-ICE riots

National Guard troops poured into Los Angeles on Sunday, called out by President Trump to restore calm after a weekend of violent protests against the administration's attempt to increase deportations by targeting the country's largest pool of illegal immigrants.

June 8, 2025

Judge allows Trump’s firings at Corporation for Public Broadcasting

A federal judge on Sunday shot down a demand for reinstatement by three members of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting whom President Trump fired in April.

June 8, 2025

Democrats’ deportation martyr back in U.S. to face charges in migrant smuggling

Top Trump officials had been warning for weeks that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran illegal migrant that Democrats turned into a deportation martyr, was really a bad guy.

June 8, 2025

Supreme Court says DOGE can access Social Security Administration data, for now

The Supreme Court has given President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency two temporary wins, ruling DOGE members can access Social Security information that challengers had hoped to block, and temporarily stopping a liberal advocacy group from obtaining records of DOGE's operations.

June 6, 2025

Appeals court rules Trump can boot Associated Press from the Oval Office

A federal appeals court said Friday that President Trump can exclude The Associated Press from the Oval Office, overturning at least part of a lower court ruling that had ordered him to give the news service the same access as other outlets.

June 6, 2025

U.S. un-deports Abrego Garcia, says he will now face criminal charges

The Trump administration has brought back to the U.S. Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant at the heart of a major deportation legal battle, to stand trial on criminal charges, Trump officials said.

June 6, 2025

Trump administration brings back wrongly deported man from Guatemala

The U.S. government has un-deported a Guatemalan man that the Trump administration admitted it wrongly sent to Mexico earlier this year, according to the man's lawyer.

June 6, 2025

Trump asks Supreme Court to allow firings at Education Department

President Trump can't shut down the Education Department without getting the approval of Congress, his top Supreme Court lawyer acknowledged in arguments to the justices on Friday.

June 6, 2025

Migrants from Biden’s border surge were a net drain on state budgets

The illegal immigrants who flooded the country under President Biden were a losing proposition for states and localities, which paid out nearly twice as much in increased costs for school and public safety as the migrants paid in taxes.

June 6, 2025

Feds paid $80 billion to bogus Social Security numbers during pandemic

Federal agencies paid out nearly $80 billion in pandemic money to applications that used stolen or invalid Social Security numbers, according to a new watchdog report Wednesday that said it should have been easy to stop them.

June 6, 2025

Judge halts Trump’s order blocking foreign students from Harvard

A federal judge late Thursday issued a restraining order halting President Trump's latest attempt to shut down Harvard University's pipeline of foreign students.

June 5, 2025

Appeals court blocks Trump’s firing of Inter-American Foundation head

The federal appeals court in Washington maintained a blockade on President Trump's attempt to fire the CEO of the Inter-American Foundation, ruling Thursday that the president likely acted beyond his powers.

June 5, 2025

Biden’s team sent migrant children to abusers; sponsors who impregnated girls among disturbing cases

The Biden administration placed some illegal immigrant children with sponsors who got them pregnant, the Homeland Security Department said Thursday.

June 5, 2025

DHS shuts down TSA’s Quiet Skies program after abuses

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ended the TSA's Quiet Skies watchlist program Thursday, saying it never stopped a single terrorist but led to all sorts of abusive behavior toward airline passengers.

June 5, 2025

Court orders Trump to revive AmeriCorps

A federal judge on Thursday told the administration it must restore AmeriCorps, the government's national service program, saying the Trump team cut too many legal corners in trying to close it.

June 5, 2025

DHS holds migrants in shipping container after judge halts their deportation

Homeland Security said it's holding eight illegal immigrants in a shipping container at an American military base in the African country of Djibouti after a federal judge last month halted their deportation and ordered the government to give them more "due process."

June 5, 2025

Supreme Court rules Wisconsin violated First Amendment right of Catholic Charities

Wisconsin violated the Constitution when it refused to grant a religious exemption to a Catholic Charities organization, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Thursday, saying the state was trying to impose its own views of how a religion should operate.

June 5, 2025

Supreme Court blocks Mexico’s suit against U.S. gunmakers

The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled that federal law keeps the government of Mexico from suing U.S. gun manufacturers over claims that they aid and abet cartels when their firearms cross the border and are used in crime.

June 5, 2025

Supreme Court rules for straight woman in reverse discrimination case

Heterosexual employees who claim discrimination shouldn't have to meet a higher burden than others just because they aren't part of a minority group, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday.

June 5, 2025