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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan can be reached at sdinan@washingtontimes.com.

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FILE - This photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 22 2020, shows firearms on display at SHOT Show, the annual trade show sponsored by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane, file)

Judge rules USPS ban on guns is unconstitutional

The U.S. Postal Service policy banning people from bringing firearms into post offices violates the Constitution, a federal judge in Texas ruled Tuesday. Published September 30, 2025

Pedestrians chant, "ICE go home!" as federal immigration agents stand on North Clark Street near West Oak Street in the River North neighborhood, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Judge calls on Americans to ‘stand up’ to Trump in 161-page admonishment

A federal judge tried to rally anti-Trump resistance with a blistering ruling Tuesday that denounced the president as "scandalous," found that his executive actions had violated the First Amendment rights of immigrants, and called on Americans to "stand up" and defend the Constitution. Published September 30, 2025

President Joe Biden waits to speak at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Biden political opponents got stuck on TSA’s watchlist, audit finds

The Transportation Security Administration and federal air marshals retaliated against adversaries of President Biden by sticking them on secret scrutiny lists and tracking their air travels, the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday, admitting to "widespread abuses" during the previous president's term. Published September 30, 2025

Federal agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection walk along West Wacker Drive in the Loop, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

FBI, ATF, DEA assigned to protect ICE amid growing violence

Attorney General Pam Bondi issued orders Monday to the Justice Department's law enforcement agencies to "defend" U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel and offices amid a growing wave of anti-ICE violence. Published September 29, 2025

Then-President Donald J. Trump's name is printed on a stimulus check issued by the IRS to help combat the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak in this April 23, 2020 photo taken in San Antonio. Early in the pandemic, government relief checks became an attractive target for criminals. A federal inspector general sent a stark warning to Congress, saying they are leaving a massive amount of stolen taxpayer money in scammers' pockets because lawmakers haven't extended the statute of limitation on pandemic unemployment fraud. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

States forgave billions in fraudulent pandemic benefits

It was bad enough that fraudsters stole tens of billions of dollars in bogus pandemic-era unemployment benefits -- now it turns out states forgave much of that money without even trying to claw it back. Published September 29, 2025

The Supreme Court Building is seen in Washington on March 28, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Trump takes birthright citizenship case back to Supreme Court

The administration has asked the Supreme Court to approve his move to deny recognition of birthright citizenship to babies born to illegal immigrants and temporary visitors, teeing up one of the biggest constitutional fights of the Trump presidency. Published September 27, 2025

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo speaks at the old Assembly Chambers in Carson City, Nev., May 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Tom R. Smedes) **FILE**

Nevada works its way off DOJ’s sanctuary jurisdiction list

Nevada has reached an agreement to cooperate with the federal government on immigration enforcement, earning the state its way off the Justice Department's name-and-shame list for sanctuary jurisdictions on Friday. Published September 26, 2025