Stephen Dinan

Trump asks courts to delay tariff ruling

Government lawyers have asked courts to hold off on enforcing a ruling that found his "liberation day" tariffs were illegal, saying it has disarmed President Trump's negotiating power as he tried to strike deals with foreign trading partners.

May 29, 2025

Judge extends block of Trump ban on Harvard foreign student program

A federal judge on Thursday extended her block on the Trump administration shutting down Harvard's foreign student program, saying things should remain static while the school defends itself in front of Homeland Security officials.

May 29, 2025

Homeland Security says it’s working to un-deport Guatemalan man removed in error

The Trump administration told a federal judge this week that it is working to bring back an illegal immigrant who had been wrongly removed to Mexico without ever being asked if he had a fear of being sent there.

May 29, 2025

Judge blocks Trump from halting ‘parole’ for some illegal immigrants, military families

A federal judge ruled Wednesday against the Trump administration's attempts to curtail Biden-era "parole" programs that had offered tentative legal status to some illegal immigrants.

May 28, 2025

Trade court blocks Trump tariffs, says president overstepped authority

A federal trade court struck down President Trump's global "Liberation Day" tariffs, ruling he exceeded constitutional limits.

May 28, 2025

Judge rules Rubio likely overstepped in revoking Palestinian protester’s residency status

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio abused his authority to revoke the residency status of noncitizens for disrupting U.S. foreign policy when he did it to Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian the administration wants to deport for anti-Israel protests at Columbia University.

May 28, 2025

Illegal immigrant arrested after allegedly threatening to kill Trump for ‘messing with us Mexicans’

Homeland Security says it has arrested an illegal immigrant who delivered a racially tinged threat to kill President Trump over his aggressive border and deportation crackdowns.

May 28, 2025

Rubio says U.S. will deny travel permits to foreign officials who censor Americans

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced new penalties Wednesday against foreign officials who engage in censorship of Americans, saying they could be denied visas to enter the U.S.

May 28, 2025

Justice Dept. sues to clean North Carolina’s voting rolls

The Trump Justice Department announced a lawsuit Tuesday against North Carolina, challenging the state to clean up its voter rolls and remove names of people who didn't provide all the information required to register to vote.

May 27, 2025

Judge blocks Trump’s attempt to shut down New York’s congestion pricing

A federal judge issued a restraining order Tuesday blocking the Trump administration from punishing New York for its congestion pricing plan that charged additional fees for vehicles entering parts of Manhattan.

May 27, 2025

Trump asks Supreme Court for permission to speed deportations

The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to intervene and allow the government to enact deportations of a small group of major criminals, saying a lower judge is meddling in national security matters.

May 27, 2025

Noem’s illegals claim raises 20 million question, triggers debate after Biden-era border breaches

As Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has been making the rounds on Capitol Hill this month, she's tossed out some startling statistics -- and none more striking than her estimate that there are 20 million illegal immigrants now in the U.S.

May 27, 2025

House Republicans tighten Medicaid rules to stop scams, save taxpayers more than $10 billion

Big battles over taxes and Medicaid policy may have dominated the headlines, but tucked inside House Republicans' budget bill are a series of good-government changes that backers say will make sure only the right people are getting benefits.

May 26, 2025

Trump officials say judge blocking murderers’ deportations ruining U.S. foreign policy talks

The Trump administration has obliquely warned judges for months that their immigration rulings interfered with touchy foreign policy negotiations. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has now delivered the goods.

May 25, 2025

Rubio blasts judge who tried to block deportation of murderers: ‘Irreparable harm’ to U.S. diplomacy

Secretary of State Marco Rubio lashed out Friday at a federal judge who intervened to halt the deportation of a planeload of sex offenders and murderers, saying his meddling has done severe damage to U.S. foreign policy, is hurting America's humanitarian mission and even sparked new fighting in Libya.

May 24, 2025

Judge orders DHS to un-deport illegal immigrant from Guatemala

A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to un-deport an illegal immigrant it had sent to Mexico and who has since gone to Guatemala, saying the government made an "error" in booting him out.

May 24, 2025

Noem gloats as ACLU drops one challenge to migrant deportations

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem crowed Friday after the American Civil Liberties Union dropped one of its myriad lawsuits trying to hinder the government's deportation efforts.

May 23, 2025

Judge orders Trump administration to restore transgender health web pages

A federal judge has ruled that the administration went too far when it deleted medical articles from a government website because they ran afoul of President Trump's executive order banning the government from promoting transgender or gender identity ideas.

May 23, 2025

Chief Justice Roberts rides to DOGE’s rescue in legal discovery dispute

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has given at least a short-term reprieve to President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, putting on hold a legal discovery process that the government says threatens to upend the separation of powers.

May 23, 2025

Appeals court allows Texas library to remove books that triggered sex, race concerns

A federal appeals court reversed itself Friday and said a Texas county public library was on firm legal footing when it took 17 books off its shelves amid concerns about racial or sexual content.

May 23, 2025