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Articles by Stephen Dinan

President Joe Biden returns a salute as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, en route to California. (AP Photo/Jess Rapfogel)

Biden’s ‘parole’ program stretches immigration powers

When Emilio Gonzalez ran U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, offering immigrants "parole" into the U.S. was a selective and specialized occasion -- the sort of thing he would talk over with other agency chiefs before personally making an approval.

January 19, 2023
In this Wednesday, March 8, 2017 file photo, the Ames Stradivarius violin is seen in New York. The Stradivarius violin stolen four decades ago from the late virtuoso Roman Totenberg and returned to his family by a federal prosecutor came alive again _ at the crime scene, playing the same music.  At a concert in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 19-year-old star violinist Nathan Meltzer revived the priceless instrument of the Polish-born musician on Friday evening, Nov. 15, 2019.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

ICE arrests fake violinist illegal immigrant

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Thursday it will try to deport an illegal immigrant who made tens of thousands of dollars begging for money on Florida streets while posing as a violinist.

January 19, 2023
Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., talks to reporters as he walks to the House chamber, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. In a letter, Sunday, Jan. 15, to the White House, Comer, who chairs the House Oversight Committee, says he wants to see the documents and communications related to searches that have uncovered classified documents at PresidentJoe Biden’s home and former office as well as visitor logs of the president’s Wilmington, Delaware, home from Jan. 20, 2021, to present. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

House Oversight Committee launches probe into border chaos

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer announced Thursday a broad probe into the chaos at the southern border and said he'll give top Border Patrol agents a chance to explain directly to the public how bad things have gotten.

January 19, 2023
Newly-elected Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks to his office from the chamber after a contentious battle to lead the GOP majority in the 118th Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

New GOP majority tells House lawyers to cool the lawsuits

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy installed a new general counsel Wednesday and said he expects the chamber's lawyers to take a more reserved approach in weighing in on hot-button issues percolating in the courts.

January 11, 2023