Stephen Dinan

Polish man convicted of taking photos at military’s secret Area 51 in Nevada

A citizen of Poland has been convicted and sentenced to time served after he admitted to coming to the U.S. to photograph the secret military base in Nevada that contains the famed Area 51.

April 21, 2026

FTC drops probe of Media Matters

The Federal Trade Commission has rescinded its investigation of Media Matters, a left-wing group that monitors the news, marking the second retreat in less than a week for the FTC.

April 21, 2026

Lawsuit accuses DOJ of illegally compiling database to take over elections

Voting rights groups asked a federal court Tuesday to shut down the Justice Department's attempt to build a nationwide database of voter registration lists, saying it's part of an illegal bid to inject the federal government into the way states run their elections.

April 21, 2026

Illegal immigrants becoming ‘more evasive’ as they try to defeat Trump’s tougher border

The Department of Homeland Security last year reported more than 70,000 "got-aways," or illegal immigrants it believes managed to evade capture, according to new government data that offers a dark spot on an otherwise strong border record under the second Trump administration.

April 20, 2026

Supreme Court to decide if Catholic schools can participate in Colorado’s pre-K program

The Supreme Court will wade back into church-state matters, announcing Monday it will hear a case out of Colorado over whether its program that pays for kids to attend public or private preschools can block a devoutly Catholic school from participating.

April 20, 2026

Supreme Court says D.C. police can block a suspicious vehicle from fleeing

The Supreme Court backed a Metropolitan Police Department officer Monday in a case that goes to the heart of when a police officer has enough reason to detain a suspect.

April 20, 2026

Judges slam Trump admin over social media censorship, limits on transgender treatments for kids

The Trump administration faces more legal setbacks after judges found the government illegally censored anti-ICE activists online and acted beyond its legal authority in trying to block doctors from delivering certain medical treatments to transgender kids.

April 19, 2026

Federal judge calls HHS Secretary Kennedy ‘unserious,’ complains of ‘flouting of court orders’

A federal judge chastised the Trump administration in a ruling this weekend, repeatedly calling the government "unserious" as he blocked Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s attempt to limit medical treatment for transgender children.

April 19, 2026

Judge orders DOJ, DHS to stop censoring anti-ICE social media groups

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration appeared to have illegally threatened Facebook and Apple into censoring anti-ICE groups' social media, and he said he'll order the government to cut it out.

April 18, 2026

Federal Trade Commission shuts down investigation of NewsGuard

The Trump administration has closed down an investigation of NewsGuard, a group that rates news websites and which had been accused of being used to justify boycotts of conservative outlets.

April 17, 2026

Trump target in Palestinian student protest case goes home to Turkey

Rumeysa Ozturk, one of the most prominent figures targeted in last year's Trump administration crackdown on pro-Palestinian students, has left the U.S. -- but says she did it on her own timeline.

April 17, 2026

Appeals court sides with Trump on transgender prisoners

A federal appeals court on Friday erased a lower court ruling that had barred the administration from keeping transgender female prisoners in men's prisons.

April 17, 2026

Supreme Court backs oil companies in climate change lawsuit

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that Chevron can force a climate change lawsuit to be heard in federal court rather than a less friendly state court, delivering a significant legal victory to oil companies preparing to battle an onslaught of global warming cases.

April 17, 2026

Trump’s DOJ loses another voter list case

A federal judge on Friday shot down the Trump Justice Department's attempt to get a look at Rhode Island's voter lists, saying the feds were misusing a law meant to combat racial discrimination to try to clean up the registration rolls.

April 17, 2026

Minnesota prosecutor charges ICE officer with assault after confrontation on highway

A county prosecutor in Minnesota announced state charges Thursday against an ICE officer she accused of pointing his gun at motorists during a highway confrontation in February.

April 16, 2026

House approves three-year deportation amnesty for Haitians

The House delivered a stark rebuke to President Trump's immigration policy on Thursday by voting to grant Temporary Protected Status to Haitians in the U.S., reviving a deportation amnesty to some 350,000 migrants.

April 16, 2026

Gabbard asks DOJ to probe whistleblower who ignited 2019 Trump impeachment

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has asked the Justice Department to investigate personnel whose complaints about President Trump's communications with Ukraine launched Democrats' first impeachment effort in 2019.

April 16, 2026

ICE has ‘surplus’ of detention beds, and border wall is ahead of schedule

The Department of Homeland Security is facing serious headwinds on Capitol Hill, but top immigration officials touted some major bright spots Thursday, saying ICE currently has a "surplus" of detention beds, and construction on President Trump's border wall is under budget.

April 16, 2026

Government doesn’t take fraud seriously enough, Congress’ top watchdog says

There's been a renewed focus on weeding out fraud in government programs but officials still don't take the issue seriously enough, Congress' chief watchdog agency told lawmakers on Wednesday.

April 15, 2026

Judge halts ICE’s attempt to turn Maryland warehouse into migrant detention space

A federal judge has issued an injunction preventing ICE from moving ahead with plans to turn a warehouse in Maryland into migrant detention space, the state's attorney general said Wednesday.

April 15, 2026