Stephen Dinan

Police reveal why they thought Kilmar Abrego Garcia was an MS-13 gang member

Shedding some light on a key issue in the fight over his deportation, Police gang experts reveal why they thought Kilmar Abrego Garcia was an MS-13 gang member.

April 17, 2025

Appeals court warns Americans could be next after ‘shocking’ deportation of MS-13 suspect

Americans could be the next to be shunted off to foreign prisons if the Trump administration's "shocking" treatment of a deported MS-13 suspect is allowed to stand, a federal appeals court said in a climactic ruling Thursday.

April 17, 2025

Supreme Court declines to revive Trump birthright citizenship policy — for now

The Supreme Court declined Thursday to block lower court rulings that paused President Trump's attempt to limit birthright citizenship, but put the case on their calendar for a rare oral argument session next month.

April 17, 2025

Van Hollen fails in attempt to meet Abrego Garcia, wrongly deported MS-13 suspect

Sen. Chris Van Hollen said he was stopped by Salvadoran soldiers when he tried to visit Thursday with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the MS-13 suspect who the senator claimed was "illegally abducted" and deported back to El Salvador.

April 17, 2025

Judge rules Google has illegal ‘monopoly’ on web ad technology

Google has an illegal monopoly of some web advertising, a federal judge ruled Thursday, delivering a victory to the federal government that brought the antitrust challenge against the tech giant.

April 17, 2025

Supreme Court expected to consider giving Trump more firing power, overruling 90-year-old precedent

President Trump's firing spree of independent agency leaders is running into a 90-year-old Supreme Court case that judges have used to block many of those ousters.

April 17, 2025

‘Tell the truth’: Mother of murdered woman challenges White House reporters on immigration coverage

Patty Morin, mother of Rachel Morin, the Maryland mother slain by an illegal immigrant, challenged the White House press corps Wednesday to "tell the truth" about illegal immigration and crime.

April 16, 2025

Sen. Van Hollen travels to El Salvador to demand return of deported MS-13 suspect

Sen. Chris Van Hollen made a pilgrimage to El Salvador Wednesday to demand the country release Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whom the U.S. deported last month, saying he was "illegally abducted" from Maryland and must be sent back.

April 16, 2025

Judge raises the stakes in deportation battle with Trump

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg upped his feud with President Trump on Wednesday by finding probable cause to hold his administration in contempt of court for continuing to carry out deportations to El Salvador despite the judge's orders to turn around planes.

April 16, 2025

White House changes rules for media access to Trump in latest strike against AP

The White House shut down the special access that wire services have long enjoyed to presidential events, as President Trump continues his battle against The Associated Press.

April 16, 2025

‘Major questions doctrine’: Judge orders Trump to restart climate, green energy funding

A federal judge ordered the administration Tuesday to reopen the "spigots" for climate and clean energy funding programs, ruling against President Trump's funding pause.

April 15, 2025

Judge fires back at Trump, Bukele as Democrats turn MS-13 gang suspect into new crusade

A federal judge reinforced her demand Tuesday that the U.S. keep working to bring back an MS-13 gang suspect wrongly deported to El Salvador, dismissing statements by that country's president against releasing Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

April 15, 2025

Judge blocks Trump from ending controversial Biden ‘parole’ program for Venezuelans, others

A federal judge issued an order Monday evening blocking the Trump administration from rescinding the Biden administration's "parole" program for unauthorized migrants from Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua, saying the move was too "arbitrary."

April 14, 2025

State Department suggests deported Salvadoran man is beyond U.S. reach

The administration shows no sign of capitulating in its battle with judges who are pressuring President Trump to bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador, with the State Department now saying he's beyond America's reach.

April 13, 2025

U.S. says wrongly deported man is now in El Salvador’s ‘sovereign’ custody

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man the U.S. wrongly deported and who is now the subject of a major court battle, is "alive and secure" in a terrorism prison in El Salvador, the Trump administration said Saturday.

April 12, 2025

Federal judge blocks new deportations under Alien Enemies Act

A federal judge issued a new blockade Friday preventing President Trump from deporting Venezuelan gang suspects who are being held in southern Texas.

April 11, 2025

Judge’s ruling allows ICE to make arrests near churches

A federal judge on Friday rejected a lawsuit by churches against the new Trump policy allowing immigration officers to make arrests near churches, saying the religious organizations can't show they suffered enough harm to be able to sue.

April 11, 2025

‘Just need to start killing’: Man arrested for threats to Trump, ICE

Federal authorities announced charges Friday against a Pennsylvania man they accused of threatening to assassinate President Trump and vowing to slaughter immigration officers at ICE.

April 11, 2025

Feds balk at latest deadline in Salvadoran gang deportation case

The Trump administration on Friday said it needs more time to figure out what the Supreme Court's new ruling means for bringing back a deported MS-13 gang suspect.

April 11, 2025

Trump Derangement Syndrome? Federal judges let loose when ruling on the executive branch

One appeals court judge said the administration treated some illegal immigrant deportees worse than the U.S. treated Nazis. A district judge scorned the president for acting like a "king" or "dictator." Still other judges have accused the president and his team of racism and "animus" toward transgender persons.

April 11, 2025