Stephen Dinan

As ICE arrests increase, illegal immigrants are fighting back

Federal officers are pursuing illegal immigrants, and the illegal immigrants are increasingly fighting back, according to court documents and officials who describe a surge in assaults on law enforcement.

March 16, 2025

Biden WH gave FBI Trump, Pence cellphones for 2020 election probe

The Biden White House gave the FBI cellphones that had belonged to President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, top senators revealed as part of new evidence questioning the voracious approach the bureau took in trying to investigate Mr. Trump once he left office.

March 14, 2025

Trump administration puts IRS’ popular Direct File program ‘under review’

The IRS announced a "strategic pause" on its technology upgrades Friday, saying it wants to review all its systems to see what should be allowed to continue -- including the popular Direct File program.

March 14, 2025

Columbia University student involved in Palestinian protests self-deports

An Indian citizen who participated in pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University has self-deported, the Department of Homeland Security announced.

March 14, 2025

Judge won’t block Trump’s machinations at Wall Street cop CFPB

A federal judge has declined to interfere in President Trump's moves at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ruling that it's too early to say what the administration is doing at the Wall Street cop.

March 14, 2025

Trump vs. deep state: Tiny agency takes an oversized role in battle over aid

The U.S. African Development Foundation, one of the smallest agencies in the federal government, has become a major battlefield in the guerrilla warfare between the Trump administration and resisters deep inside the bureaucracy.

March 13, 2025

Trump’s birthright citizenship case reaches Supreme Court

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to step in and allow the president's attempt to limit birthright citizenship to take effect, at least in some cases, while the court battles over his executive order rage on.

March 13, 2025

Judge orders Trump to reinstate probationary employees

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to bring back thousands of fired probationary employees, saying their ousters were illegal.

March 13, 2025

Judge blocks Trump from punishing prominent Democratic law firm

A federal judge spanked President Trump on Wednesday over his attempt to block the government from doing business with the law firm that helped Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign by promoting the now-discredited "Steele Dossier."

March 12, 2025

Trump sees best border numbers ever, major reductions of migrants in all categories

Illegal immigration at the southern border virtually disappeared in February, according to the latest government data Wednesday that showed improvements across the board.

March 12, 2025

Trump administration shuts down shelters accused of abusing migrant children

The Trump administration said Wednesday it has stopped sending migrant children to facilities run by Southwest Key, the largest player in the migrant child detention business, due to "appalling" accounts of kids being abused.

March 12, 2025

Senior DHS official investigated for drug trafficking, charged with disaster fraud

A senior official at Homeland Security was being investigated for potential involvement in drug trafficking, according to new court files unsealed Tuesday.

March 12, 2025

DHS: Biden’s DHS was ‘cooking the books’ to pump up ICE arrests

Homeland Security Department officials accused the Biden administration Wednesday of "cooking the books" to falsely pump up immigration arrest numbers by counting illegal immigrants who were caught and released rather than detained and deported.

March 12, 2025

Watchdog group says NASA went big on woke programs

NASA may struggle to get astronauts to and from the International Space Station, but here on Earth it has gone all-in on its diversity, equity and inclusion mission, according to a new report Wednesday that details expansive efforts to promote the ideology.

March 12, 2025

Biden’s final tally: 8.3 million new immigrants, most of them here illegally

Those on the ground could feel it, and now the numbers are there to back it up: Something unprecedented happened in immigration over the last four years of the Biden administration.

March 12, 2025

Education Department cuts nearly 50% of workforce

The Education Department said Tuesday it will slim down to fewer than 2,200 employees, a nearly 50% reduction from what it looked like when President Trump took office.

March 11, 2025

House passes bill to punish pandemic fraudsters; Dems balk, blame Elon Musk

The House on Tuesday approved legislation to double the statute of limitations for pandemic unemployment fraud to 10 years, brushing aside Democrats' attempt to turn the bill into a referendum on Elon Musk and President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency.

March 11, 2025

Trump prevails over Catholic bishops in court battle over refugee money

A federal judge refused Tuesday to order the Trump administration to restart money flowing to Catholic organizations that help settle refugees in the U.S.

March 11, 2025

GOP bans distribution of Chinese newspaper to House offices

Republicans announced Tuesday they have barred the news agent for Capitol Hill from distributing China Daily, a newspaper owned by the Chinese Communist Party, to offices in the House of Representatives.

March 11, 2025

Judge issues restraining order against Education Department over Trump spending pause

A federal judge on Monday ordered the Education Department to restart spending programs in eight Democrat-led states that had sued over President Trump's spending pause.

March 10, 2025