Stephen Dinan

Comer says the rising number of terrorism suspects at the border is a ‘clear national security risk’

House Republicans have launched a probe into the soaring number of terrorism suspects who've been detected trying to sneak into the U.S. under President Biden, calling it a "clear national security risk" and demanding Homeland Security cough up its plan for stopping the surge.

May 19, 2023

Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch scolds Americans over handling of pandemic emergencies

Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch issued a searing denunciation of the way the country handled the coronavirus pandemic in a statement Thursday warning that Americans were all too eager to give up their freedoms on the say-so of a few chief executives.

May 18, 2023

Most migrants still caught and released into U.S. after Title 42

Most illegal immigrants at the border are still being caught and released after the end of Title 42, according to new numbers obtained by The Washington Times that challenge Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' promises of "consequences."

May 18, 2023

Supreme Court sides with Big Tech in families’ lawsuits over promotion of terrorist videos, content

The Supreme Court gave some breathing room to tech companies in a ruling Thursday, shooting down two lawsuits by relatives of victims of terrorism who wanted to hold social media platforms liable for hosting terrorist content.

May 18, 2023

8-year-old migrant dies in Border Patrol custody

An 8-year-old illegal immigrant girl died Wednesday while in Border Patrol custody, the agency announced, saying she suffered a "medical emergency" that cost her life.

May 17, 2023

Senate votes to block Biden’s leniency on immigrants using welfare

The Senate voted Wednesday to overturn a Biden administration rule that allows legal immigrants to use welfare without having to worry about facing consequences in their future status.

May 17, 2023

16 more terrorist suspects detected at border in April

Border Patrol agents detected 16 more terrorist suspects sneaking into the U.S. last month, bringing the total to 96 this fiscal year.

May 17, 2023

House spending bill calls for $2 billion for border wall, thousands more Border Patrol agents

House Republicans' new homeland security spending bill would pump billions of dollars into border security by restarting construction of former President Donald Trump's wall, adding thousands of Border Patrol agents and boosting the number of beds for migrants awaiting deportation.

May 17, 2023

Judge scolds Biden administration over post-Title 42 releases of illegal immigrants

A federal judge rebuked the Department of Homeland Security for releasing 2,567 migrants on "parole" even after he had issued a temporary restraining order, and demanded that the department track what happens to those migrants as they disperse throughout the country.

May 17, 2023

National Institutes of Health cuts off Wuhan Institute of Virology from taxpayer funding

The National Institutes of Health has quietly erased the Wuhan Institute of Virology -- the facility at the center of speculation about the origin of COVID-19 -- from its list of labs that can conduct animal testing with U.S. money.

May 17, 2023

IRS has built its own e-file system to compete with TurboTax

The IRS said Tuesday that it could create its own electronic direct-file system that would allow many taxpayers to bypass expensive companies such as TurboTax and complete their returns for free -- but said it will take an infusion of manpower and money to get it done.

May 16, 2023

Marjorie Taylor Greene announces articles of impeachment against FBI Director Wray

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced articles of impeachment Tuesday against FBI Director Christopher A. Wray, blaming him for leading an out-of-control agency she said has become President Biden's enforcer against political opponents.

May 16, 2023

DHS says it complied with judge’s order on border releases

A Homeland Security official told a federal judge Monday that the department generally has complied with his order to stop issuing "parole" to illegal immigrants last Thursday, saying that while some people were officially released after the judge's deadline, they had been "fully processed" before that.

May 15, 2023

IRS ponders changes to lower audit rate for Black taxpayers

The IRS is looking to change how it selects which tax returns to audit after concluding that Black taxpayers seem to face more audits than they should, given their share of the population.

May 15, 2023

Biden celebrates as border migrant surge doesn’t materialize

The Biden administration took a sort of victory lap Monday after a major border surge didn't materialize, saying that foreign governments have stepped up their own border security and migrants are becoming reluctant to shift from border-jumping to using "legal" avenues of entry.

May 15, 2023

Judge orders Biden administration to explain parole releases after Washington Times report

A federal judge in Florida ordered the Biden administration on Monday to explain its release of illegal immigrants on "parole" at the southern border, citing a Washington Times report saying some 2,500 paroles were issued even after the court issued a temporary restraining order.

May 15, 2023

Feds granted thousands parole after court’s hold; border numbers drop with Title 42 expiration

Homeland Security paroled roughly 2,500 migrants into the U.S. from the southern border on Friday, according to a department source.

May 14, 2023

DHS paroled 6,000 migrants on Thursday alone: ‘Nobody has any idea who they are’

As the Department of Homeland Security catches and releases illegal immigrants into the U.S., one burning question is how much authorities actually know about whom they're releasing.

May 12, 2023

Feds to run $1.5 trillion deficit this year, and it could get even worse, CBO says

Uncle Sam's budget picture just got worse. The Congressional Budget Office on Friday said the federal deficit will reach $1.5 trillion this year -- and that's before factoring in a pretty bad month of April, which saw tax revenue come in significantly below projections.

May 12, 2023

Border Patrol shatters records with 10,000 arrests a day

The Border Patrol averaged nearly 10,000 arrests a day over the last week, putting it on pace to obliterate previous records for illegal immigration.

May 12, 2023