Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Judge rules Google has illegal ‘monopoly’ on web ad technology
Google has an illegal monopoly of some web advertising, a federal judge ruled Thursday, delivering a victory to the federal government that brought the antitrust challenge against the tech giant. Published April 17, 2025
Supreme Court expected to consider giving Trump more firing power, overruling 90-year-old precedent
President Trump's firing spree of independent agency leaders is running into a 90-year-old Supreme Court case that judges have used to block many of those ousters. Published April 17, 2025
‘Tell the truth’: Mother of murdered woman challenges White House reporters on immigration coverage
Patty Morin, mother of Rachel Morin, the Maryland mother slain by an illegal immigrant, challenged the White House press corps Wednesday to "tell the truth" about illegal immigration and crime. Published April 16, 2025
Sen. Van Hollen travels to El Salvador to demand return of deported MS-13 suspect
Sen. Chris Van Hollen made a pilgrimage to El Salvador Wednesday to demand the country release Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whom the U.S. deported last month, saying he was "illegally abducted" from Maryland and must be sent back. Published April 16, 2025
Judge raises the stakes in deportation battle with Trump
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg upped his feud with President Trump on Wednesday by finding probable cause to hold his administration in contempt of court for continuing to carry out deportations to El Salvador despite the judge's orders to turn around planes. Published April 16, 2025
White House changes rules for media access to Trump in latest strike against AP
The White House shut down the special access that wire services have long enjoyed to presidential events, as President Trump continues his battle against The Associated Press. Published April 16, 2025
‘Major questions doctrine’: Judge orders Trump to restart climate, green energy funding
A federal judge ordered the administration Tuesday to reopen the "spigots" for climate and clean energy funding programs, ruling against President Trump's funding pause. Published April 15, 2025
Judge fires back at Trump, Bukele as Democrats turn MS-13 gang suspect into new crusade
A federal judge reinforced her demand Tuesday that the U.S. keep working to bring back an MS-13 gang suspect wrongly deported to El Salvador, dismissing statements by that country's president against releasing Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Published April 15, 2025
Judge blocks Trump from ending controversial Biden ‘parole’ program for Venezuelans, others
A federal judge issued an order Monday evening blocking the Trump administration from rescinding the Biden administration's "parole" program for unauthorized migrants from Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua, saying the move was too "arbitrary." Published April 14, 2025
State Department suggests deported Salvadoran man is beyond U.S. reach
The administration shows no sign of capitulating in its battle with judges who are pressuring President Trump to bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador, with the State Department now saying he's beyond America's reach. Published April 13, 2025
U.S. says wrongly deported man is now in El Salvador’s ‘sovereign’ custody
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man the U.S. wrongly deported and who is now the subject of a major court battle, is "alive and secure" in a terrorism prison in El Salvador, the Trump administration said Saturday. Published April 12, 2025
Federal judge blocks new deportations under Alien Enemies Act
A federal judge issued a new blockade Friday preventing President Trump from deporting Venezuelan gang suspects who are being held in southern Texas. Published April 11, 2025
Judge’s ruling allows ICE to make arrests near churches
A federal judge on Friday rejected a lawsuit by churches against the new Trump policy allowing immigration officers to make arrests near churches, saying the religious organizations can't show they suffered enough harm to be able to sue. Published April 11, 2025
‘Just need to start killing’: Man arrested for threats to Trump, ICE
Federal authorities announced charges Friday against a Pennsylvania man they accused of threatening to assassinate President Trump and vowing to slaughter immigration officers at ICE. Published April 11, 2025
Feds balk at latest deadline in Salvadoran gang deportation case
The Trump administration on Friday said it needs more time to figure out what the Supreme Court's new ruling means for bringing back a deported MS-13 gang suspect. Published April 11, 2025
Trump Derangement Syndrome? Federal judges let loose when ruling on the executive branch
One appeals court judge said the administration treated some illegal immigrant deportees worse than the U.S. treated Nazis. A district judge scorned the president for acting like a "king" or "dictator." Still other judges have accused the president and his team of racism and "animus" toward transgender persons. Published April 11, 2025
Los Angeles schools block Homeland Security employees from checking on migrant children
Los Angeles schools said Thursday that they turned away two teams of Homeland Security employees that tried to enter elementary schools looking to check in with some migrant students. Published April 10, 2025
Judge won’t block Trump’s registration requirement for immigrants
A federal judge shot down immigrant-rights groups' attempt to block President Trump's new requirement that illegal immigrants register with the government, saying the organizations that sued didn't have legal standing to bring the case. Published April 10, 2025
Supreme Court orders Trump administration to do its part to bring immigrant back from El Salvador
The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered Homeland Security to try to bring back an MS-13 gang suspect who was wrongly deported to El Salvador. Published April 10, 2025
Biden admitted 6,300 illegal immigrants with criminal records, national security concerns: DOGE
The Biden administration used its "parole" powers to admit at least 6,300 unauthorized migrants into the U.S. who have criminal records or appeared on the government's terrorism watch list, the Department of Government Efficiency reported Thursday. Published April 10, 2025
