Stephen Dinan

IRS keeps dozens of intentional tax cheats on payroll

Dozens of IRS employees who "willfully" cheated on their taxes remain working for the agency, and some were even hired back after their tax evasion, an inspector general reported Monday.

July 29, 2024

GOP announces bill to stop DHS from releasing terrorist migrants into the U.S.

Sen. Steve Daines is announcing new legislation Monday to stop Homeland Security from offering "parole" to migrants whom the government has flagged as terrorists or who are otherwise deemed "special interest" because of their origin and travel patterns.

July 29, 2024

Kamala Harris’ history of comparing DHS to racists, including equating ICE to the KKK

Vice President Kamala Harris is now the likely Democratic presidential candidate, and her record on immigration and border security is shaping up as a potential liability.

July 28, 2024

FBI director reopens old wounds as bureau asks whether Trump was hit with bullet

The FBI spent years trying to repair damage from its zealous pursuit of Donald Trump, but then Director Christopher A. Wray suggested that a would-be assassin's bullet didn't actually strike Mr. Trump.

July 28, 2024

FBI acknowledges Trump was hit by a bullet in assassination attempt

The FBI said Friday that former President Donald Trump was hit by the would-be assassin's bullet, as the bureau moved to clean up Director Christopher A. Wray's controversial testimony earlier this week questioning Mr. Trump's account.

July 26, 2024

FBI hasn’t interviewed Trump about assassination attempt

The FBI has yet to interview former President Donald Trump about the attempted assassination that nearly cost him his life, his campaign told The Washington Times.

July 26, 2024

FBI director in hot water after suggesting Trump wasn’t hit by a bullet

A congressman who has served as former President Donald Trump's doctor said Friday that Mr. Trump's ear was in fact struck by a bullet, not shrapnel or glass.

July 26, 2024

Inspector general faults William Barr for handling of 2020 ballot case

The Justice Department's inspector general delivered a scolding this week to former Attorney General William P. Barr and one of his U.S. attorneys, saying they stretched the rules in rushing to disclose information about an investigation into ballot irregularities in the run-up to the 2020 election.

July 26, 2024

Biden claims credit for low border encounters in critical political moment for his vice president

Homeland Security says it's now apprehending fewer than 1,800 illegal immigrants a day sneaking in across the southern border and President Biden is claiming credit, saying his get-tough changes last month have largely solved the problem.

July 25, 2024

Senator says Secret Service declined to fly drones to protect Trump rally

A Republican senator said Thursday that the Secret Service "repeatedly denied" an offer by a local law enforcement agency to fly a drone to help secure the site of the Trump rally on July 13.

July 25, 2024

‘Throw the book at them’: McConnell demands prosecutions of anti-Israel protesters

The Senate's top Republican urged prosecutors to "throw the book" at protesters who clashed with police on the streets near the Capitol on Wednesday, angry over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress.

July 25, 2024

Republicans say Interior Department refused request for more police for anti-Israel protests

The Department of the Interior refused Wednesday to provide reinforcements for U.S. Park Police officers as anti-Israel protesters ran amok through Washington, congressional Republicans charged.

July 25, 2024

Border Patrol numbers undermine Biden claims in Oval Office speech

Experts challenged President Biden's claim Wednesday that "border crossings" are now lower than they were in the final days of the Trump administration.

July 24, 2024

Trump shooter was ‘avid’ gun hobbyist who zeroed in on former president a week before attack

The man who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump was a "loner" gun enthusiast who seemed to be interested in public figures and only recently began to zero in on Mr. Trump as a target for an attack, the FBI said Wednesday.

July 24, 2024

Trump shooter searched for distance of Kennedy assassination

The man who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump focused on him about a week before the shooting, and even did an internet search on the distance Lee Harvey Oswald was when he shot and killed President Kennedy in 1963.

July 24, 2024

FBI nervous about Russian-style concert terrorist attack in U.S.

FBI Director Christopher A. Wray told Congress on Wednesday that he's worried that terrorists have sneaked across the border and may be plotting a terrorist attack like the ISIS raid on a concert hall in Russia this year.

July 24, 2024

Trump shooter flew drone just two hours before assassination attempt, says FBI chief

The man who came within an inch of killing former President Donald Trump flew a drone near the rally site just two hours before Mr. Trump took the stage, FBI Director Christopher A. Wray revealed Wednesday.

July 24, 2024

Children exposed to dangerous levels of lead at federal daycare centers

Children in federal government child care centers were exposed to high levels of lead and copper after the pandemic shutdowns because officials rushed to reopen buildings without flushing their water systems, an inspector general's report shows.

July 23, 2024

Harris says she has enough delegates to win Democratic nomination

Vice President Kamala Harris declared herself the "presumptive Democratic nominee for president" on Monday night, saying she's secured enough support from delegates to be the party's pick.

July 22, 2024

Democrats join GOP calls for Secret Service Director Cheatle to resign

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, after refusing to answer a majority of questions Monday in the first congressional hearing on the attempted assassination of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, is facing overwhelming bipartisan calls for her resignation.

July 22, 2024