Stephen Dinan

DHS says Florida, not feds, is running ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Florida didn't just build the "Alligator Alcatraz" migrant detention facility. The state is also responsible for deciding which illegal immigrants to hold there, the federal government said Thursday. Published July 3, 2025

Amy Coney Barrett becomes ‘most interesting’ justice on court, but likely no Souter

Justice Amy Coney Barrett's legal zigzags over the last two years had begun to disturb conservative court watchers, who worried she was poised to become the next Justice David Souter -- a GOP pick who usually sided with liberal justices. Published July 3, 2025

Supreme Court terms face decreasing unanimity among justices, data shows

Supreme Court justices frequently chide their critics by pointing to how many of their decisions are unanimous -- but that unanimity was tougher to find this year. Published July 3, 2025

Supreme Court to hear challenge to transgender athletes in girls sports

The Supreme Court announced Thursday it would hear two disputes over state laws banning transgender athletes from competing in girls' and women's sports, giving the justices a headlining issue for their next term that opens in the fall. Published July 3, 2025

Judge strikes down Trump policies that deleted transgender pages from govt. websites

A federal judge has ruled that the White House budget office didn't have the power to order agencies to take down web pages that included information about transgender issues. Published July 3, 2025

Judge denies release request by family of suspect in Colorado antisemitic attack

A federal judge declined Wednesday to order the release of the family of the man accused of the attack on a pro-Israel march in Colorado earlier this year. Published July 2, 2025

In a bid to reduce animal experiments, EPA offers fish, rats for adoption

The Environmental Protection Agency is putting some of its testing animals up for adoption, taking the first concrete steps toward its goal of phasing out taxpayer-funded animal experiments. Published July 2, 2025

Judge rules Trump’s asylum ban illegal

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that President Trump's attempt to bar most unauthorized immigrants from making asylum claims at the southern border is illegal -- a decision that could blow a hole in the administration's border policies. Published July 2, 2025

Trump takes battle over fired safety officials to Supreme Court

The administration has asked the Supreme Court to step in and rule that President Trump can carry out his attempt to fire members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, saying a lower court's injunction is preventing him from having his team in place. Published July 2, 2025

Trump shatters more border records with lowest illegal immigration numbers

President Trump has broken his own record for border success, with the Department of Homeland Security reporting historically low numbers of unauthorized migrants trying to get into the U.S. in June. Published July 2, 2025

Judge accuses lawyer of fabricating case citation in anti-Trump lawsuit

A federal judge issued a "show cause" order Tuesday demanding to know why a lawyer in a lawsuit against the Trump administration submitted a brief citing a case that doesn't appear to actually exist. Published July 2, 2025

Judge blocks Trump’s attempt to shut down African Development Foundation

A federal judge shot down President Trump's attempt to curtail the U.S. African Development Foundation, ruling Tuesday that the move likely went beyond his executive powers. Published July 1, 2025

Judge blocks DHS decision to revoke deportation amnesty for Haitians

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Homeland Security from terminating a long-standing deportation amnesty for Haitian migrants, ruling that Secretary Kristi Noem acted in defiance of the law. Published July 1, 2025

Appeals court backs Trump on firing members of government’s privacy board

A federal appeals court gave President Trump tentative approval Tuesday to move ahead with firing members of a watchdog privacy board, saying a president shouldn't be saddled with underlings he doesn't want. Published July 1, 2025

Trump hints at investigating former DHS Secretary Mayorkas

President Trump on Tuesday directed his people to take a look at investigating former Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the border chaos of the past four years. Published July 1, 2025

Homeland Security Secretary Noem says migrant cannibal ‘started to eat himself’

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said an illegal immigrant cannibal who was being deported suddenly "started to eat himself." Published July 1, 2025

Trump, DeSantis open Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ to hold 5,000 migrants

President Obama, visiting the southern border in 2011, joked that Republicans were so hardcore they would demand to use alligators to deter illegal immigrants. Published July 1, 2025

WATCH: Trump threatens to sic DOGE on Musk

President Trump threatened Tuesday to sic the Department of Government Efficiency on its former leader, Elon Musk, after the billionaire businessman denounced Mr. Trump's "one big, beautiful bill" tax cut and spending package. Published July 1, 2025

Trump offers advice to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ migrants: ‘Don’t run in a straight line’

President Trump joked Tuesday that the Department of Homeland Security will have to teach detainees how to avoid scaly reptiles, as he left the White House to visit Florida's new "Alligator Alcatraz" immigrant detention facility. Published July 1, 2025

Maryland’s sanctuary law could prevent Abrego Garcia’s return

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers are trying to get a federal judge to order his return to Maryland, but that state's sanctuary laws might prevent that from happening. Published July 1, 2025