Stephen Dinan

Republicans demand DHS block Palestinians from fleeing to U.S.

After watching the fiasco of the Afghan airlift, Republican lawmakers are demanding assurances that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas won't attempt a repeat performance with Palestinians seeking to flee the new war between Israel and Hamas.

October 17, 2023

DHS offers rent payments, medical care, chance at asylum to separated migrant families

The Biden administration has reached a settlement with migrant parents whose children were separated from them under President Trump's zero-tolerance border policy, promising them housing, medical care, trauma therapy, work permits and legal assistance to help them win a permanent place in the U.S.

October 16, 2023

Texas governor pushes migrant busing to higher level

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is stepping on the gas in his busing campaign as howls from sanctuary cities grow, and he has sent another 10,000 migrants to Democratic-led big cities in the past two weeks.

October 15, 2023

House subpoenas records of potential ‘coverup’ to protect Fauci

The House panel investigating the coronavirus announced Friday it has served a subpoena on the National Institutes of Health to get records that could show a "coverup" intended to protect Dr. Anthony Fauci from scrutiny as he shaped the country's response to the pandemic.

October 13, 2023

Supreme Court extends reprieve to White House in social media censorship case

The Supreme Court on Friday gave the Biden administration some added breathing room by extending a hold on a lower court ruling that had forbidden the White House and FBI from pressuring social media companies to censor Americans' posts.

October 13, 2023

Pro-Hamas foreign students should have visas revoked, former immigration chief says

Foreign students studying in the U.S. who join pro-Hamas protests should be deported, a former head of the government's citizenship agency said.

October 13, 2023

IRS looks to audits, fines, to make up more than $600 billion ‘tax gap’

The gap between what Americans owe the government and what they actually pay is large and growing, the IRS said Thursday, estimating the "tax gap" for 2021 at more than $600 billion.

October 12, 2023

Social Security announces 3.2% benefit increase as still-high inflation drives up prices

The average Social Security benefit check will increase by $50 a month next year, the government announced Thursday, citing still-high inflation as the reason for the increase.

October 12, 2023

Forgotten $5 billion: Labor Department sitting on a pile of leftover taxpayer money

The Labor Department's pandemic relief "first week" unemployment benefits program has been shut down for two years, but the department is hoarding nearly $5 billion in allocations.

October 11, 2023

House GOP probes Biden’s biting dog, says White House should face OSHA inquiry

A senior House Republican demanded Wednesday that the White House comply with workplace safety laws to protect federal employees from President Biden's bite-prone dog, Commander.

October 11, 2023

Federal deficit hit $1.7 trillion in fiscal year 2023

Uncle Sam ran a deficit of nearly $1.7 trillion in the just-concluded fiscal year, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, pointing to higher spending and lower revenue as the culprits for an increasingly grim fiscal picture.

October 10, 2023

Feds bust illegal immigrant in gun-buying conspiracy

A high school teacher left his dog in a hot car for an hour and a half while he made illegal straw purchases of guns, which he turned over to an illegal immigrant who then spread them around, including two weapons that were later used in shootings.

October 10, 2023

DHS deported less than 1% of catch-and-release migrants since start of Biden administration

Homeland Security has caught and released more than 2.1 million illegal immigrants at the southern border since the start of the Biden administration.

October 9, 2023

Hamas attack puts new attention on terrorism at U.S. border

Hamas' sneak attack into Israel across a heavily fortified border has focused new attention on American borders, where Republicans say the next 9/11-style attackers may be planning to enter -- or already have.

October 9, 2023

Why Biden admin is targeting migrants from one South American country for rapid deportation

The Biden administration is restarting deportations of illegal immigrants to Venezuela, officials said Thursday, vowing "harsh" consequences for those who try to jump the border moving forward.

October 5, 2023

5th Circuit Court breaks more new ground for justices; floating wall, censoring on docket

Most Americans know about the Supreme Court, and many are aware of the circuit court of appeals in Washington, often labeled the second highest court in the land. But outside of lawyers, journalists and the odd legal aficionado, few are familiar with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

October 5, 2023

Justice Department urges federal court to tear down Texas’ floating border wall

The Biden administration appeared before a federal appeals court Thursday to ask the judges to rule against Texas' floating border wall, saying it's illegal under the terms of a 19th-century law governing navigable rivers.

October 5, 2023

‘I can’t stop that’: Hamstrung Biden says he’s required by law to build border wall

President Biden on Thursday said he has no choice but to build a new border wall, saying his hands are tied by laws Congress passed ordering that billions of dollars be spent on constructing the barrier.

October 5, 2023

No mas: Biden admin. admits ‘immediate’ need for Texas border wall amid massive migrant surge

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Wednesday that the U.S. has an "acute and immediate need" to build border wall in southern Texas, and he issued an order waiving some of the country's most iconic environmental protection laws to speed up construction.

October 4, 2023

‘A state of war exists in Texas’: Abbott’s floating border wall case tests migrant invasion theory

Texas takes its border showdown with President Biden to a panel of judges on Thursday, arguing that the illegal immigrants streaming into the U.S. constitutes an invasion that the state has a right to repel -- including by deploying its own floating wall in the Rio Grande.

October 4, 2023