Stephen Dinan

Trump indictment follows Democratic playbook, says former House GOP Majority Leader Tom DeLay

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who has indicted former President Donald Trump, is following a well-trod Democratic playbook.

April 3, 2023

Migrants now allowed to select gender preference without proof under new DHS guidance

Homeland Security's legal immigration agency will now allow applicants to select a gender of their choice without having to provide supporting documentation that matches.

April 1, 2023

More than 1,000 illegal immigrants rushed border in El Paso, officials say

More than a thousand illegal immigrants rushed the border in El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday and into Thursday, officials said, blaming what they called "false information" fed by smugglers.

March 31, 2023

Countdown to cuts: Social Security has enough money in trust fund for only 10 more years

The Social Security Administration said Friday that its main trust fund will run out of money in 2033, leaving the program with no reserves and forcing an immediate 23% cut in benefits unless Congress acts to shore up the program before then.

March 31, 2023

Weaponization hearing finds at least 20 White House employees involved in tech censorship

Louisiana's attorney general called Thursday for federal employees to be fired, lose their retirement benefits and face civil lawsuits if they are found to have pressured tech companies to censor opposing viewpoints.

March 30, 2023

NIH spent billions on overseas animal testing but didn’t police anti-cruelty standards

The National Institutes of Health sent $2.2 billion to labs outside the U.S. to conduct animal testing over the last decade but didn't follow up to make sure they were complying with American standards on preventing cruelty, according to a new audit Thursday.

March 30, 2023

GOP lawmakers say China must be punished over soaring illegal immigrants

Republican House members prodded the Biden administration Thursday to slap sanctions on China for refusing to cooperate in taking back its illegal immigrants, saying the U.S. should start refusing to dole out visas to would-be Chinese migrants.

March 30, 2023

Inspector general dings DHS over money spent on migrant welcome program

Homeland Security misspent money on its program to pay local nonprofits to welcome illegal immigrants caught and released into the country, according to an inspector general's report that dinged the department for failing to oversee how the money was spent.

March 30, 2023

AG Garland tells Congress he needs controversial spying power to keep China in check

Attorney General Merrick Garland made an impassioned plea Wednesday for Congress to renew a controversial government spying authority, warning that if the "Section 702" powers go away the U.S. will suffer in its ability to keep track of China's efforts to undermine the country.

March 29, 2023

Agents’ busy weekend: 6 miles of border, nearly 300 illegal immigrants, 35 different nationalities

Border Patrol agents in the Imperial Beach region of California reported a hectic night last weekend, nabbing 290 illegal immigrants over a 13-hour stretch.

March 29, 2023

U.S. Marshals told not to arrest protesters outside justices’ homes, documents reveal

Deputy U.S. marshals assigned to guard Supreme Court justices last year were directed to try not to make arrests, according to documents a U.S. senator revealed Tuesday, contradicting Attorney General Merrick Garland's assurances to Congress.

March 28, 2023

Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans urge DHS Chief Mayorkas to resign in acrimonious hearing

Calls to resign rained down on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday as he insisted the border was secure, while struggling to answer questions about illegal immigration and the flow of deadly fentanyl.

March 28, 2023

Attorney General Garland: Too early to call Nashville shooting a hate crime

Attorney General Merrick Garland said Tuesday that it's too early for the Justice Department to say whether the horrific shooting at a Christian school in Nashville should be considered a hate crime.

March 28, 2023

Mayorkas ‘not aware’ cartels use illegal immigrants to distract border agents

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday told Congress he's unaware that cartels use illegal immigrants to flood the border and sneak over dangerous contraband.

March 28, 2023

House GOP to subpoena State Department for secret Afghanistan documents

House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul said Monday that he has signed a subpoena to force the State Department to turn over a secret cable revealing diplomats' urgent plea to Secretary of State Antony Blinken in 2021 not to follow through on President Biden's troop-withdrawal plans.

March 27, 2023

Biden administration urges Supreme Court to uphold law against enticing illegal immigration

The Biden administration pleaded with the Supreme Court on Monday to preserve a section of the law that punishes people who entice illegal immigrants to remain in the U.S., brushing aside First Amendment worries.

March 27, 2023

Bernie Sanders, other ideological warriors stumble in ratings of lawmakers’ effectiveness

They may win the most headlines, but Congress' ideological warriors fared particularly badly in a study of lawmakers' effectiveness as they struggled to get their ideas passed into law.

March 27, 2023

Feds say immigrant led reign of terror as mayor of Haitian village

Federal prosecutors charged a Haitian politician with visa fraud this week after a jury in a civil trial found that Jean Morose Viliena oversaw a campaign of terror against his opponents while he was mayor of a Haitian village.

March 24, 2023

Reports: U.S., Canada strike new migration deal to calm the border

The U.S. and Canada have reached a deal to try to stop what's become an increasingly chaotic border between the two nations, according to news reports from both countries.

March 23, 2023

175 Americans are still in Afghanistan, some held by the Taliban

There are about 175 Americans still in Afghanistan, and some of them are being held captive by the Taliban, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Congress on Thursday.

March 23, 2023