Stephen Dinan

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says U.S. is ‘not a safe country’ for migrants

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene blasted the Biden administration for opening its doors to illegal immigrants fleeing poverty, violence or the effects of climate change, saying the U.S. isn't a safe country in those respects.

June 6, 2023

DHS says border ‘is working as intended’ after Title 42

The Homeland Security Department said it has "repatriated" roughly 1,700 illegal immigrants per day since the end of Title 42, or less than 40% of the unauthorized migrants showing up at the southern border in recent weeks.

June 6, 2023

DHS says nurse refused family’s requests for medical treatment; 8-year-old migrant died

Homeland Security is blaming contract medical personnel for bungling the handling of an 8-year-old migrant girl who died in Border Patrol custody last month.

June 1, 2023

McCarthy credited for debt-ceiling win after leading House members through difficult bipartisan vote

In the face of their parties' loud opposition to the debt ceiling bill, House Republicans and Democrats cast their votes to pull the legislation across the finish line.

June 1, 2023

Wuhan virus lab got more U.S. money than previously reported

The Wuhan lab at the center of speculation about the origins of the coronavirus received four different grants of money from the U.S. government over the past decade, according to new research released Wednesday.

May 31, 2023

Border Patrol chief to retire amid border chaos

Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz will retire at the end of next month, leaving the agency after overseeing the most chaotic border in modern American history.

May 30, 2023

Inspector general asks for more time, money to probe pandemic unemployment fraud

The Labor Department's inspector general said Tuesday it will soon run out of its infusion of pandemic cash and will have to trim its investigation into the fraudsters who stole tens of billions of dollars from the unemployment benefit system.

May 30, 2023

Trump vows to end birthright citizenship through executive order

Former President Donald Trump vowed Tuesday to sign an executive order ending birthright citizenship if he makes it back to the White House.

May 30, 2023

Confidently incorrect: For ChatGPT, the truth isn’t always out there

ChatGPT may be a modern marvel of computer engineering and a shockingly good practitioner of the English language -- but don't expect it to actually be correct.

May 29, 2023

How did hundreds of noncitizens end up on Chicago’s voter rolls?

Hundreds of noncitizens have been kicked off Chicago's voter rolls after admitting they were never supposed to have been registered in the first place, according to a new study that blames the Motor Voter Act for how the names got added in the first place.

May 29, 2023

Potty politics: Federal wildlife refuges ordered to build ‘all-gender’ bathrooms

The nation's wildlife refuges, already straining under a billion-dollar maintenance backlog, have just been ordered to build "all-gender" bathrooms for employees at every facility that doesn't already have single stalls.

May 29, 2023

IRS worked overtime to probe Twitter Files journalist Matt Taibbi

The IRS really must have wanted to investigate Matt Taibbi, the Twitter Files journalist.

May 24, 2023

Appeals court upholds school’s diversity policy that curtailed Asian American student admissions

A federal appeals court upheld the diversity policy at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology, ruling Tuesday that the plan survives constitutional scrutiny despite cutting Asian American admissions by 26%.

May 23, 2023

DHS missed MS-13 warnings to admit man accused of murdering Kayla Hamilton

The Department of Homeland Security missed signs that an illegal immigrant juvenile had ties to MS-13 when admitting him to the U.S., where he now stands accused of murdering a 20-year-old woman in Maryland.

May 23, 2023

9th Circuit Court shoots down ‘anti-racist’ push to nix immigration law

A federal appeals court overturned a lower court ruling that had found a key section of immigration law to be tainted by racism, dealing a blow to "anti-racist" activists who see the case as a major test for cleansing the federal code of bigoted statutes.

May 22, 2023

Border arrests drop below 3,000 a day; rate rises for migrants evading capture

The Border Patrol apprehended fewer than 3,000 migrants a day from Friday through Sunday, marking a dramatic lessening of chaos at the southwestern border.

May 22, 2023

Migrant deaths spur soul-searching at DHS

Homeland Security rushed to beef up its medical screening of illegal immigrants at the border after the death last week of an 8-year-old girl who'd repeatedly complained about health issues while in Border Patrol custody, then succumbed after suffering a seizure.

May 22, 2023

DHS says it complied with judge’s ‘parole’ order but discovered several thousand new cases

Homeland Security officials say they have identified several thousand more migrants they paroled into the country last week ahead of a judge's restraining order, but said all of the releases complied with their understanding of the terms of the order.

May 20, 2023

House probes Wildlife Service’s social justice agenda; Nature put downriver of agency’s priorities

The House Natural Resources Committee, which has launched an investigation into the Fish and Wildlife Service's spending on its social justice agenda, said the agency charged with rescuing endangered species is focusing much of its time and money working instead on "social change."

May 19, 2023

Border Patrol agents shot at from Mexico while rescuing 4-year-old migrant

Border Patrol agents say they came under gunfire from Mexico on Monday while they were working to rescue a 4-year-old boy whom smugglers had dropped into the U.S. from the border wall.

May 19, 2023