Stephen Dinan

Senators challenge USDA to detail spending to group that funded Wuhan lab

The National Institutes of Health is pulling funding for the Wuhan virus lab, but three Republican senators are trying to make sure EcoHealth Alliance, which was the conduit for taxpayer funds to reach Wuhan, doesn't skate on its past links to the lab.

July 26, 2023

Spendthrift EPA growing too fast under Biden, watchdog warns

Somewhat tamed by the Trump administration, the Environmental Protection Agency has gained a new lease on power under President Biden, according to a new report that says the agency has so much cash coming in that it can't be properly audited for waste and fraud.

July 26, 2023

Judge punches hole in Biden border policy by blocking new asylum limits

A federal judge blocked the Biden administration's attempt to impose stricter rules on asylum-seekers, blunting the stick in the government's new carrot-and-stick approach to illegal immigration.

July 25, 2023

Biden’s DOJ sues Texas to remove water wall from Rio Grande

The Biden administration filed a lawsuit Monday asking a judge to order Texas to remove the floating barrier the state put into the Rio Grande to try to block illegal immigration, saying the water wall amounts to illegal construction.

July 24, 2023

Abbott blames Biden for illegal immigrants that drown in Rio Grande

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott blasted President Biden on Monday, telling him to either find a way to secure the border or get out of the way of states that want to do it themselves.

July 24, 2023

IRS agents stop making surprise house calls; visit to journalist raises questions

Bloodied by bad press, the IRS promised Monday to reverse course and stop sending officers out to make surprise house calls to collect unpaid taxes from Americans.

July 24, 2023

Offended Republicans pull funding from Smithsonian’s American Latino exhibit

When newly elected Rep. Juan Ciscomani first came to Washington late last year to prepare for his swearing-in, he took his six children to the Smithsonian's new exhibit on Latino history, eager to show them their heritage.

July 23, 2023

Senior Border Patrol chief ousted after criticizing Biden border chaos, Republicans say

Top Republicans demanded answers Friday over what they said was an effort to punish a senior Border Patrol official who has been critical of the Biden administration's immigration policies.

July 21, 2023

FBI source: Hunter Biden was ‘stupid,’ but Burisma paid him to keep Joe Biden involved

Burisma executives thought Hunter Biden was "stupid" but felt they had to keep paying him in order to continue political protection from his father, Joe Biden, an FBI confidential source reported to the bureau in 2020.

July 20, 2023

Mayorkas boasts illegal border crossings fell 65% under new Biden policies

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas took a victory lap Thursday over the dropping number of illegal immigrants trying to sneak across the southern border, saying it's evidence that his carrot-and-stick approach is paying off.

July 20, 2023

House probe accuses Mayorkas of flouting 12 laws and court orders

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has flouted at least a dozen laws or court orders related to immigration, a House committee charged Wednesday in a new report that lays the groundwork for impeachment proceedings.

July 19, 2023

‘Parental discretion is advised’: MTG introduces photos of Hunter Biden sex acts at hearing

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene held up photos of Hunter Biden engaged in sex acts with an alleged prostitute at a congressional hearing Wednesday and said it was evidence that he had violated a federal law prohibiting transporting someone across state lines for sex.

July 19, 2023

IRS agents say Justice Department brass nixed felony charges against Hunter Biden

Prosecutors working the Hunter Biden case agreed to bring felony charges against the president's son only to have that decision stymied by President Biden's operatives, two IRS whistleblowers told Congress on Wednesday.

July 19, 2023

Feds use pandemic fraud charges to bust Step or Die street gang

They got Al Capone on tax evasion, and now federal prosecutors have managed to bust up a Louisiana street gang by charging two dozen people with pandemic benefit fraud.

July 19, 2023

Texas denies ordering police to push migrants back into the Rio Grande

Texas officials on Tuesday vehemently denied a new press report that they had ordered police to push illegal immigrant children back into the Rio Grande and refused to give water to those who make it across the river from Mexico.

July 18, 2023

Illegal immigration cools at southern border as Biden policies take hold

Illegal immigration at the southern border has dropped to its lowest levels since just after President Biden took office, with Customs and Border Protection reporting fewer than 145,000 encounters with unauthorized migrants in June.

July 18, 2023

Defense Department sitting on 20,822 unused border wall panels

The Defense Department revealed Tuesday that it has more than 20,000 unused border wall panels in storage that it is trying to dispose of after President Biden halted construction.

July 18, 2023

Vanishing act: DHS admits that 40% of catch-and-release migrants disappeared

ICE failed to deliver immigration court summonses to more than 80% of illegal immigrants caught and released under the Biden administration's "parole" program just before the end of the Title 42 pandemic border policy, according to new statistics the government submitted to a federal judge.

July 18, 2023

Illegal immigrant kids with tuberculosis infections released into 44 states

The government is releasing thousands of illegal immigrant children with latent tuberculosis infections into America's communities, with no assurances they will get treated.

July 18, 2023

FBI agent confirms IRS agents’ testimony on interference in Hunter Biden probe

A supervisory special agent at the FBI has confirmed a key element of IRS agents' testimony that they were blocked from interviewing Hunter Biden as part of their investigation into his criminal activities, Republicans' top investigator said Monday.

July 17, 2023