Stephen Dinan

Marjorie Taylor Greene delays Mayorkas impeachment, says she’s been promised full action later

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Thursday sidelined her impeachment resolution against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, saying she has assurances from GOP leaders that the House will take up the matter through the normal process.

November 30, 2023

House passes bill to shut down N.Y. migrant camp on national park land

The House voted Thursday to shut down President Biden's use of National Park Service land in New York to house illegal immigrants in a first test vote of how communities are responding to the unprecedented surge of migrants.

November 30, 2023

More people carrying concealed weapons even as permits drop

More than half of the states now allow residents to carry concealed guns without needing to obtain a permit and it's led to a sea change in gun habits, according to a new study by the leading researcher on the issue.

November 30, 2023

IG launches probe into GSA’s site selection process for FBI’s new headquarters

The Office of Inspector General for the General Services Administration plans to investigate the agency's site selection process for the FBI's new headquarters in Greenbelt, Maryland.

November 30, 2023

Judge backs DHS in dispute over razor wire, but spanks feds for ‘cynical’ approach to border

A federal judge has ruled that the federal government can cut holes in the razor-wire fencing Texas has set up along part of the border with Mexico, but she delivered a severe rebuke to the Biden administration for abusing that power to help illegal immigrants reach the U.S.

November 30, 2023

Biden’s border surge drives U.S. to new record with highest-ever share of immigrants

Immigrants now make up 15% of the U.S. population, the highest share in history, breaking records established more than a century ago, according to a report.

November 29, 2023

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene launches new impeachment effort against DHS’ Mayorkas

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced new articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday, seeking a do-over after her previous attempt was narrowly derailed.

November 29, 2023

DHS shuts down some border crossings amid new migrant surge

The Department of Homeland Security said Monday that it will reduce or shut down some lanes of traffic at border crossings in Arizona and Texas to redeploy staff to handle a renewed surge of migrants entering illegally.

November 27, 2023

Wealthy Westerner turns birth tourism into status symbol, ignites outrage over ‘privilege’

Birth tourism usually involves a woman trying to deliver a baby in a more prosperous country than her home nation, but an Australian "influencer" has turned that equation on its head and sparked a global debate over the practice.

November 24, 2023

Mayorkas changes tune on need for more border money after repeatedly seeking cuts

When President Biden sent Congress his Homeland Security budget in the spring, his director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement was peppered with questions from lawmakers about why he was asking for a cut in funding and fewer detention beds at a time when the border was out of control.

November 24, 2023

ICE makes progress in tracking down Title 42 ‘parole’ violators

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, prodded by a federal judge, has now issued hundreds of deportation charging documents to illegal immigrants caught and released around the end of the Title 42 pandemic border expulsion policy in May.

November 23, 2023

Biden’s Global Media CEO warns VOA over activism in Israel coverage

The CEO who runs the board in charge of Voice of America, Radio Free Europe and other U.S. government-funded news agencies lectured employees this week about crossing the line from journalist to activist.

November 23, 2023

IRS takes another mulligan, cancels new gig worker tax reporting for this year

The IRS gave gig workers a reprieve Tuesday, announcing they won't have to worry about meeting tough new rules requiring them to file paperwork on low-dollar payments collected on apps like Venmo and PayPal when they file their 2023 taxes.

November 21, 2023

Elon Musk’s X sues Media Matters, claims liberal group faked ‘Nazi’ scandal

Elon Musk's social media platform X sued Media Matters on Monday, claiming the liberal media-pressure group, in an effort to drive away business, "manufactured" posts that showed major companies' ads showed up next to Nazi content.

November 20, 2023

Pandemic relief fraud hunters beg for more time; offices set to close as avalanche hits

Congress is about to face major decisions on how seriously it wants to go after fraudsters who stole hundreds of billions of dollars in government assistance during the coronavirus pandemic -- and whether it wants to arm agencies to prevent a repeat in the future.

November 20, 2023

Biden student loan forgiveness ripe for fraud; 2 million claims were poised for automatic approval

The Education Department approved millions of applications for President Biden's now-defunct student loan forgiveness program without checking to make sure the borrowers were eligible, Congress' chief watchdog said in a new report.

November 17, 2023

Biden claims major victory on rooting out fentanyl flow; Beijing already makes good on Xi’s promises

FBI Director Christopher A. Wray told Congress this week that the Chinese government is at the root of the fentanyl trafficking that has flooded the U.S., and he said Beijing could shut down the flow of drugs if it wanted.

November 16, 2023

Counterterrorism chief says no signs terror groups are exploiting porous U.S. borders; GOP doubtful

A top Biden administration security official told Congress Wednesday that she has seen no evidence that foreign terrorist groups are trying to sneak operatives into the U.S. through the southern border. In the face of GOP doubts, National Counterterrorism Center Director Christine Abizaid said there is a "vulnerability" along the border with Mexico, but terrorist networks don't appear to be exploiting it.

November 15, 2023

Mayorkas unaware that Clapper, Brennan signed Hunter Biden laptop disinformation letter

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told Congress on Wednesday that he didn't know that three people he appointed to a new intelligence experts panel had spread disinformation about Hunter Biden's laptop just ahead of the 2020 election.

November 15, 2023

Marjorie Taylor Greene confronts Mayorkas with photo of constituents killed at border

Two days after her attempt to impeach Alejandro Mayorkas failed, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene told the Homeland Security secretary he's not out of danger yet and will soon face another vote.

November 15, 2023