Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Newsom keeps getting ‘Trump 2028’ hats in the mail
Gov. Gavin Newsom can't say President Trump hasn't given him anything after receiving a slew of "Trump 2028" baseball caps in the mail. Published August 28, 2025
Public strongly backs Trump’s idea to have Uncle Sam hold a stake in U.S. companies
Most Americans back President Trump's idea of having the federal government take a stake in U.S. companies that get taxpayer money. A new survey shared first with The Washington Times found 62% in favor of the notion that the government "should have a stake" in firms that are part of national security and receive taxpayer support. Published August 28, 2025
Trump makes major strides in shutting down taxpayer-funded animal testing
The Biden years saw a marked entrenchment on federal funding of animal testing, but the new administration has come roaring back by canceling experiments, adopting out test animals and setting new deadlines for phasing out some types of research. Published August 27, 2025
Sandwich slinger could slip the noose as grand jury refuses to indict
A grand jury has refused to indict the man accused of throwing his sandwich at federal immigration officers as they patrolled the nation's capital, according to news reports. Published August 27, 2025
Legal experts sound alarm on Trump’s flag burning executive order
President Trump has demanded a crackdown on burning the American flag, but legal experts said he'll have a hard time trying to find cases where he can actually win convictions. Published August 27, 2025
Judge extends ban on deporting Abrego Garcia
Kilmar Abrego Garcia won another reprieve from deportation Wednesday after a federal judge ruled that he can't be booted from the country for at least another five weeks. Published August 27, 2025
Trump asks Supreme Court to block $12 billion in foreign assistance
The administration rushed to the Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking a reprieve from lower court proceedings that, if left unchecked, would force President Trump to spend $12 billion in foreign assistance that he argues is a waste. Published August 27, 2025
Biden migrants linked to New York crime surge, study shows
The illegal immigrants who streamed into New York City over the past four years led to an increase in crime near the hotels where they were housed, according to a new academic study that lends some credence to President Trump's claims of a Biden migrant crime surge. Published August 26, 2025
Judges defeat Trump in test over deportation powers
The Trump administration lost its attempt to overturn a federal court's deportation amnesty policy Tuesday, after another federal judge dismissed the Justice Department's lawsuit, calling it a "potentially calamitous" clash between the Executive Branch and the judiciary. Published August 26, 2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia rearrested by ICE, but judge blocks immediate deportation
Immigration and Customs Enforcement rearrested Kilmar Abrego Garcia early Monday in preparation for a potential deportation to Uganda, but a federal judge ordered the government not to remove him, for now. Published August 25, 2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia surrenders to ICE in Baltimore, faces possible deportation to Uganda
ICE rearrested Kilmar Abrego Garcia early Monday morning, setting him up for a speedy deportation -- but his lawyers quickly sued in what appears to be an attempt to stop his ouster. Published August 25, 2025
Abrego Garcia, free again, faces new Monday arrest deadline
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, released from jail Friday, now faces a new Monday deadline to check in with ICE, where the government has told him he could face a quick deportation to Uganda -- a country to which his lawyers say he has no ties. Published August 24, 2025
Left splits over California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s retaliation strike in redistricting arms race
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he was reluctant to change his state's redistricting rules, but eager to do something to give President Trump a black eye. Published August 24, 2025
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is freed from custody
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the illegal immigrant the government says is a dangerous MS-13 migrant smuggler and whom Democrats say is a wronged "Maryland man," has been released from custody under orders from two federal judges. Published August 23, 2025
DHS quickly appeals judge’s order to halt work at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
A federal judge Thursday night ordered a halt to work at "Alligator Alcatraz" and banned the federal government from sending any new detainees to the immigrant detention facility that Florida erected to help President Trump. Published August 21, 2025
Supreme Court clears way for Trump to cancel DEI grants at NIH
The Supreme Court issued a mixed ruling Thursday for President Trump, finding that the administration went too far in its new rules barring NIH from approving research grants with diversity, equity and inclusion principles -- but allowing the agency to plow ahead with the grants it already terminated. Published August 21, 2025
Trump’s bid for Uncle Sam to ditch paper checks tripped up by old folks and the Amish
President Trump's goal of having Uncle Sam ditch paper checks and move to all-digital payments and receipts has sparked fierce opposition from accountants who say many of their clients won't be able to cope with a paperless world. Published August 21, 2025
Court allows Trump to end deportation amnesty for Honduras, Nicaragua, Nepal
A federal appeals court said Wednesday that Homeland Security can move ahead with plans to end long-running deportation amnesties, known as Temporary Protected Status, for about 60,000 migrants from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua. Published August 20, 2025
Abrego Garcia seeks dismissal of criminal charges, citing ‘vindictive prosecution’
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is asking a federal judge in Tennessee to dismiss human trafficking charges against him as "vindictive prosecution" by the Trump administration over the illegal immigrant securing orders releasing him from jail and preventing ICE from rearresting him. Published August 20, 2025
First on TWT: Homeland Security to penalize immigrants for ‘anti-American’ behavior, social media
The Department of Homeland Security is applying President Trump's America First policy to immigration benefits, announcing new rules Tuesday to instruct officers to use migrants' "anti-American" behavior to block them from upgrading their legal status. Published August 19, 2025
