Stephen Dinan

Illegal immigration rises in March as migrants defy DHS’s new program

Illegal immigration surged significantly in March, according to the latest Homeland Security numbers that suggest the Biden administration's new program to try to discourage unauthorized border crossers is already losing its teeth.

April 17, 2023

Sabbath work case gives justices new chance to crack ‘separation’ of church and state

When the Supreme Court first looked at whether employees could be forced to work on their Sabbath, it was the 1970s. The issue returns Tuesday to the high court, with a much different lay of the land. Jefferson's wall of separation has been breached, and a majority of justices believe their predecessors' attempt at neutrality turned into outright hostility toward the faithful.

April 16, 2023

The buck stops…not here: Biden pins blame for disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal on Trump

The White House mounted a vehement defense last week of President Biden's decision-making in Afghanistan, seeking to put a shine on the calamitous withdrawal in August 2021 as the Pentagon and State Department sent classified reports to Congress detailing the failures.

April 16, 2023

Biden grants Obamacare access to illegal immigrant Dreamers in DACA program

President Biden on Thursday announced plans to give illegal immigrant Dreamers in the DACA program access to Obamacare, saying they deserved the same right to health care as Americans.

April 13, 2023

Dianne Feinstein to take break from key Senate committee so Biden judicial picks can advance

Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Wednesday that she has asked to be taken off the Senate Judiciary Committee temporarily, allowing another Democrat to take her place so the panel can process President Biden's judicial nominees.

April 12, 2023

Texas marks year of success with busing; sanctuaries reach new limits as crisis hits home

When Gov. Greg Abbott announced that his first busload of 30 or so migrants, plucked from the streets of Texas, had reached the nation's capital last year, he faced a wall of criticism.

April 12, 2023

Biden plans hiring spree for bulk of government; NASA gets no space to grow

The folks at NASA have to be wondering what they did to anger President Biden.

April 11, 2023

Justices confront Big Tech’s definition of ‘terrorist’ in legal liability case

For Twitter, one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. And then there's Donald Trump.

April 11, 2023

NIH cuts off funding for Russian lab work, animal experiments after Biden order

The National Institutes of Health says it has cut off all funding for work in Russian labs -- including one that debilitated cats and then made them walk on a treadmill -- as it seeks to comply with President Biden's executive orders.

April 9, 2023

Tense encounter ends with Border Patrol agents killing smuggling suspect

Border Patrol agents fired 16 shots at a smuggling suspect, killing him after he led them on a lengthy chase, then attacked one of the agents with a club.

April 9, 2023

White House puts best face on role in Afghanistan chaos, shifts blame to Trump

The White House on Thursday mounted a vehement defense of President Biden's decision-making in Afghanistan, seeking to put a shine on the calamitous withdrawal as the Pentagon and State Department sent classified reports to Congress detailing the failures.

April 6, 2023

IRS reveals plans to spend $80 billion in new cash

The IRS released a 10-year plan Thursday outlining how it plans to spend the $80 billion in new money Democrats pumped into the tax agency as part of last year's climate change budget law, promising the cash will help go after high-dollar tax cheats and fix the agency's abysmal customer service.

April 6, 2023

Rep. Ryan Zinke: U.S.-Taiwan meeting explored defense cooperation, Chinese chokehold on minerals

U.S. lawmakers emerged from their meeting Wednesday with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen determined to figure out why the U.S. has yet to deliver key weapons systems to Taiwan, according to one of the participants.

April 5, 2023

Afghan evacuees spewed racism, sexism at U.S. aid workers, audit finds

Afghan evacuees subjected U.S. refugee workers to racism and sexism because they were "unaccustomed to the norms of U.S. society" and the ad hoc nature of the 2021 airlift left the government with too little time to blunt their racism through a full orientation, according to an inspector general's report.

April 5, 2023

Feds indict Frederick County sheriff on gun charges

Federal prosecutors announced charges Wednesday against Sheriff Charles Jenkins in Frederick County, Maryland, accusing him of helping a firearms dealer to illegally acquire automatic weapons.

April 5, 2023

Feds to pay $144.5 million for role in Texas church shooting

The federal government has agreed to pay victims of a 2017 church shooting in Texas $144.5 million to compensate them for the Air Force's failure to flag the shooter as someone who shouldn't be able to buy a gun.

April 5, 2023

Using facial recognition for unemployment benefits discriminates against minorities, audit finds

After pushing unemployment agencies to crack down on fraud, the Labor Department's inspector general now says the method states turned to - facial recognition - ends up discriminating against minorities.

April 4, 2023

Ted Cruz: Democrats see Mayorkas as scapegoat, will be gone within 6 months

Sen. Ted Cruz said Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas won't last six months in his job after Democrats have decided to blame him for the chaos at the border.

April 4, 2023

College student charged with threatening to kill member of Congress for ‘coming for the gays’

A New Hampshire college student appeared in court Monday on charges of threatening to kill a member of Congress after authorities say he made a drunken phone call warning he would retaliate against the lawmaker for "coming for the gays."

April 3, 2023

IRS shut down employees’ suggestion box after deciding it cost too much

IRS leaders say they care about staffers' feedback, but the tax agency axed its employee suggestion program in 2021 and has yet to come up with a replacement, according to an inspector general's report Monday.

April 3, 2023