Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Venezuelans say ICE officers ‘beat’ them to force them off deportation plane in El Salvador
Venezuelans who were forcibly deported to a terrorist prison in El Salvador earlier this year have now formally accused ICE officers of beating them to make them get off the airplane. Published October 21, 2025
House refers ex-CIA chief Brennan for criminal prosecution for lying to Congress
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan asked the Justice Department on Tuesday to prosecute Obama-era CIA Director John O. Brennan on charges of lying to Congress, saying he misled lawmakers over his role in spreading anti-Trump lies. Published October 21, 2025
Judge orders military to restore DEI books at some base schools
A federal judge ordered the military to restore DEI-related books to the shelves of five of its schools on bases across the globe, saying the government was too hasty in carrying out President Trump's anti-DEI orders. Published October 20, 2025
Federal court gives Trump big win by allowing his troop deployment to Oregon
A federal appeals court on Monday allowed President Trump to federalize and deploy National Guard troops to Oregon to help immigration officers carry out their duties, ruling that the law gives a president wide deference in those sorts of decisions. Published October 20, 2025
Maryland kept printing ballots for illegal immigrant Ian Roberts long after he moved to Iowa
Weeks after the country learned that he was an illegal immigrant -- and that he lived a thousand miles away in Iowa -- former Des Moines schools Superintendent Ian Roberts' name remains on Maryland's voter rolls, according to multiple sources. Published October 20, 2025
Supreme Court to review federal ban on drug users owning guns
The Supreme Court said Monday it will take up a challenge the federal ban on gun possession by drug users, in a case advocates hope will bring clarity to the country's chaotic landscape of marijuana and firearms laws. Published October 20, 2025
Illegal immigrant cop sparks debate about migrants’ access to guns
Congress faces new calls to change the law to bar illegal immigrants from carrying guns while serving as police officers after ICE last week announced it had arrested a migrant cop who'd been working for a department in the suburbs of Chicago. Published October 19, 2025
ICE director hits back at ‘political rhetoric,’ media ‘spin’ for imperiling officers and Americans
Protests and sanctuary jurisdictions are forcing ICE to divert personnel and hindering its ability to reach higher arrest and deportation numbers, acting Director Todd Lyons told The Washington Times as he blamed political rhetoric. Published October 17, 2025
Trump asks Supreme Court to allow him to deploy troops to Illinois
President Trump on Friday asked the Supreme Court to deliver an initial blessing to his attempt to deploy National Guard troops to Illinois to quell anti-ICE violence, dropping another tricky case about presidential power in the justices' laps. Published October 17, 2025
Federal courts about to feel bite of government shutdown
The government shutdown is about to slam into the federal courts, which had been able to keep running but are about to exhaust their extra cash and will have to furlough employees starting early next week. Published October 17, 2025
Trump re-files more careful lawsuit against The New York Times
President Trump filed a new version of his lawsuit against The New York Times and some of its staff Thursday, toning down the over-the-top language that got his first version tossed from a federal courtroom but still asking for $15 billion in damages for "false malicious and defamatory" coverage. Published October 16, 2025
Biden’s DHS let migrants on bogus documents claim asylum, audit shows
The Department of Homeland Security's border agency says it has cleaned up a problem from the Biden era that let illegal immigrants enter the U.S. and claim asylum despite using bogus identity documents. Published October 16, 2025
Trump’s tariffs helped tame deficit in 2025, brought in $118 billion in new money
President Trump's tariffs have helped tame the federal deficit, the Treasury Department reported Thursday, with an extra $118 billion in customs revenue limiting the damage from surging federal spending. Published October 16, 2025
Migrant was serving illegally as cop in Illinois: DHS
Homeland Security's deportation agency on Thursday said it arrested a Montenegro man who is in the country illegally but was sworn in this past summer as a police officer in the Chicago suburbs. Published October 16, 2025
Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration’s federal layoffs during shutdown
A federal judge ordered the administration Wednesday to halt its firing of federal employees during the government shutdown, saying it was ill-conceived and executed. Published October 15, 2025
Supreme Court poised to redraw part of Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court plowed into the thorniest of political issues Wednesday as the justices sought to sort out how much -- if at all -- states and judges can use race when they address discrimination in how congressional and state legislative district maps were drawn. Published October 15, 2025
Cartels place bounties on U.S. immigration officers: DHS
Mexican cartels are behind at least some of the bounties placed for information or attacks on ICE and CBP personnel, Homeland Security said Tuesday, citing "credible intelligence." Published October 14, 2025
Supreme Court to hear Louisiana congressional district map dispute over race
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has traveled a circuitous path to the U.S. Supreme Court, where her office this week will argue that the 60-year-old Voting Rights Act should not promote Black voters' interests over those of others. Published October 14, 2025
Senator’s bill would ban judges from considering gender identity in sentencing decisions
Sen. Tom Cotton announced legislation Tuesday to bar judges from using a convict's gender identity or transition status to deliver watered-down prison sentences. Published October 14, 2025
Trump’s NIH plows ahead with bat lab to fuel virus research in U.S.
The Trump administration is moving to wind down many taxpayer-funded animal experiments, but a controversial bat virus lab in Colorado is still powering forward with a new infusion of millions of dollars. Published October 14, 2025
