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Ken Dilanian

Washington, D.C.

Justice and Intelligence Correspondent at NBC News

NBC News Justice and Intelligence Correspondent, based in DC. Former AP, LA Times, USA TODAY, Philly Inquirer. Williams College

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  • 1 week ago | mynbc15.com | Lawrence Hurley |Ken Dilanian

    TOPICS:PresidentContemptFederal governmentCourt ordersJudgesDeportationComplianceJudicial powerWASHINGTON — The Trump administration has been accused of ignoring or flat-out defying recent federal court orders, with two judges now weighing contempt findings against officials. Washington-based District Judge James Boasberg ratcheted up the pressure Wednesday when he announced there is probable cause to find the government in contempt.

  • 1 week ago | cnbc.com | David Rohde |Ken Dilanian

    In a blistering ruling, a federal judge blocked a new executive order from President Donald Trump punishing a prominent law firm that successfully sued Fox News for promoting false claims of election fraud. Loren L. AliKhan, speaking from the bench in her Washington, D.C., courtroom Tuesday, said Trump's order targeting the law firm Susman Godfrey was part of a "personal vendetta." "The framers of our Constitution would see this as a shocking abuse of power," AliKhan said.

  • 1 week ago | telemundowashingtondc.com | Lawrence Hurley |Ken Dilanian

    El gobierno de Trump ha sido acusado de ignorar o desafiar de plano las recientes órdenes de los tribunales federales, incluida una decisión de la Corte Suprema de que debe "facilitar" la liberación de un hombre de Maryland que fue enviado por error a una prisión salvadoreña. El juez federal que preside el caso de Kilmar Abrego García el martes reprendió al gobierno por su inacción. "No he conseguido nada", dijo la jueza Paula Xinis, del Tribunal de Distrito de Maryland.

  • 1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Lawrence Hurley |Ken Dilanian

    WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has been accused of ignoring or flat-out defying recent federal court orders, including a Supreme Court decision that it must “facilitate” the release of a Maryland man who was sent in error to a Salvadoran prison.  The federal judge presiding over Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case Tuesday chastised the administration for its inaction. “I’ve gotten nothing,” said Judge Paula Xinis of the U.S. District Court for Maryland.

  • 1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Ken Dilanian |Alexandra Marquez

    The FBI has placed an analyst on leave whose name was on a list of alleged "deep state" actors in a book written by FBI Director Kash Patel, two people familiar with the matter told NBC News. This was first reported by the New York Times. It’s unclear what reason the FBI gave for the move, and the agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Brian Auten, a Russia expert, was the employee who was placed on leave.

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10 Apr 25

RT @andrewrsorkin: This will require our allies wanting to work with us. We have managed to taunt our closest allies + we are trying to ext…

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10 Apr 25

RT @samstein: Anger inside the department of labor after Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer threw herself a birthday party amid all the DOGE cut…

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10 Apr 25

RT @TheFP: “This is perhaps the worst economic own goal I have seen in my lifetime.” Free Press columnist @tylercowen: