Stephen Dinan

Federal appeals court reverses itself to stop key Trump firings

A federal appeals court reversed course Monday and erased a previous decision that had allowed President Trump to fire the heads of two independent agencies, in a move that once again restores the two officials back to their jobs.

April 7, 2025

Trump stares down judge’s deadline to un-deport MS-13 suspect

President Trump is staring at a judge-imposed Monday deadline to fly home an illegal immigrant gang suspect whom the administration deported last month and whom the White House has insisted it would never bring back.

April 6, 2025

Judge slams DHS for ‘irregularity’ in arresting pro-Palestinian migrant

A federal judge allowed a graduate student from Turkey to continue her challenge to her arrest by immigration officers on a Massachusetts street last month, rejecting the Trump administration's attempts to dismiss the case.

April 4, 2025

Judge cancels Trump’s cuts to Inter-American Foundation, reverses firings

A federal judge on Friday canceled President Trump's attempt to seize control of the Inter-American Foundation, ordering the restoration of its fired CEO and erasing all the decisions made by the White House's pick.

April 4, 2025

‘Unlawful’: Judge gives Trump ultimatum to return MS-13 suspect from El Salvador

A federal judge gave the government until Monday to bring back an illegal immigrant who was wrongly deported to El Salvador, scolding the Trump administration for its "unlawful removal."

April 4, 2025

Newsom begs foreign countries to exempt California from anti-Trump tariffs

California Gov. Gavin Newsom pleaded with foreign countries Friday to exempt California from any retaliatory tariffs they slap on U.S. goods, saying his state's businesses shouldn't suffer for President Trump's policies.

April 4, 2025

Bad faith: Judge deciding whether to hold Trump team in contempt

A federal judge said Thursday that the Trump administration was likely acting in "bad faith" when it carried out deportations of three planeloads of migrants to El Salvador last month despite a temporary restraining order.

April 3, 2025

States failed to spot $80 billion in erroneous pandemic payments

States have been far too eager to forgive pandemic unemployment fraud and have recovered just 4% of the money fraudsters stole, according to a government audit Thursday.

April 3, 2025

Federal judge finds Trump’s ‘America First’ slogan is racist toward immigrants

President Trump's immigration policy, like most of his foreign policy, is saturated with references to his campaign slogan "America First" -- and a federal judge this week said it shows illegal and racist "animus" toward immigrants.

April 3, 2025

Trump administration makes last plea to Supreme Court to allow Venezuelan gang deportations

The Trump administration made its final appeal Wednesday to the Supreme Court to block a lower judge's orders and allow President Trump to resume deporting Venezuelan gang suspects to El Salvador under a law dating back to the 1700s.

April 2, 2025

DHS cancels ‘another gender’ option on immigration applications

Homeland Security's citizenship agency on Wednesday said it removed its "another gender" option from immigration forms, reversing a Biden policy and once again leaving applicants to pick between "male" and "female."

April 2, 2025

Trump forced to bring back fired feds on telework

President Trump has railed against federal employees who telework, but his administration said it has been forced to allow dozens of employees to work remotely after it prematurely eliminated their offices.

April 1, 2025

Border Patrol sets new record with low border crossings

The Border Patrol detected just 7,181 illegal immigrants attempting to sneak into the U.S. across the southern border in March, the White House border czar said Tuesday, marking the lowest monthly total in records dating back decades.

April 1, 2025

NIH bans six Chinese labs from animal experiments with U.S. funding

The National Institutes of Health has quietly booted a Chinese lab that performed grisly experiments on beagles from its list of facilities approved for animal experiments using U.S. taxpayer money.

April 1, 2025

House opens probe into Washington state sanctuary policies

House Republicans on Tuesday announced an investigation into sanctuary policies in Washington state, which the lawmakers portrayed as among the most egregious in the nation.

April 1, 2025

Judge blocks Trump from ending amnesty for 350,000 migrants

A federal judge on Monday ordered Homeland Security to keep in place a deportation amnesty for 350,000 Venezuelan migrants who were about to lose their status, saying the Trump administration seemed to be acting on "negative stereotypes."

March 31, 2025

Trump deportation order echoes Carter; review of students from Middle East sparks legal battles

A president signs an executive order sending immigration officers out to track down foreign students amid unrest in the Middle East, getting some to leave on their own and threatening to deport others.

March 31, 2025

U.S. deports more Tren de Aragua gang members to El Salvador

The Department of Homeland Security carried out more deportations of migrants to El Salvador on Sunday night, ousting members of the Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangs whom the government identified as "violent criminals."

March 31, 2025

No Democrats allowed: Trump takes over bipartisan commissions such as FTC, NLRB

President Trump doesn't plan to appoint any Democrats to such decision-making panels as the National Labor Relations Board and the Federal Election Commission in his second term, the Washington Times has learned.

March 30, 2025

Trump goes on offense in courts, sues to end union protections for 1 million feds

Pummeled by a wave of legal challenges, the administration went on offense, filing its own federal lawsuit to carry out President Trump's new executive order against public sector labor unions.

March 29, 2025