Stephen Dinan

Brothers charged with manslaughter after migrant killed in western Texas

Two brothers have been charged with manslaughter in western Texas after authorities say they were involved in shooting at a group of illegal immigrants, killing one man and wounding a woman.

September 30, 2022

Hundreds of DHS employees took pandemic unemployment aid even though they were working: Audit

Hundreds of Homeland Security employees were paid unemployment benefits during the coronavirus pandemic despite staying on the job, the department's inspector general revealed Thursday.

September 29, 2022

Equal Rights Amendment faces tough questions from appeals court

The Equal Rights Amendment ran into a skeptical federal appeals court Wednesday, with judges signaling they are wary of ordering the National Archives to certify the amendment as a valid part of the Constitution.

September 28, 2022

China used ‘double-crossing companies’ to steal U.S. national security research

Although the federal government invests heavily in research, it's China that gets more out of it, according to a Defense Department study of its spending that is getting attention on Capitol Hill.

September 28, 2022

Blackburn’s bill would cut IRS user fees for small businesses

If the IRS is getting tens of billions of dollars in additional funding, one senator wants to make sure it finds a way to ease life for taxpayers -- and particularly small businesses -- by cutting the agency's user fees.

September 27, 2022

FBI money request signals ongoing problems in vetting Afghan evacuees

Tucked inside Democrats' new spending bill is $15.3 million in emergency money for the FBI to investigate Afghan evacuees brought to the U.S. during last year's chaotic airlift.

September 27, 2022

Feds ignored sex-offender checks in placing illegal immigrant children, inspector general says

The Biden administration was so unprepared for the surge of migrant children last year that it was unable to deliver adequate care, leading some children to experience panic attacks and sending others to potentially unsafe homes, an inspector general revealed Tuesday.

September 27, 2022

$20 billion payday: Biden’s border surge sends smuggling prices soaring

The migrant smuggling economy at the U.S.-Mexico border now tops $20 billion and the cartels have made at least $2.6 billion in profit over the past 12 months just from controlling the routes illegal immigrants use, according to a Washington Times analysis.

September 27, 2022

California suffers defeat in bid to stop ICE detention centers

A federal appeals court blasted California's law that tried to shut down immigration detention centers paid for by the federal government but run by private contractors, ruling Monday that the state was illegally attempting to override the national government's policies.

September 26, 2022

Planned Parenthood was entitled to pandemic loans: inspector general

Planned Parenthood organizations were rightly able to collect pandemic business loans, an inspector general concluded in a new report Monday that rebuts the claims of congressional Republicans.

September 26, 2022

GOP lawmakers: Feds break law to drive illegal immigrants to get abortions

The Biden administration is driving illegal immigrant girls to states where they can get late-term abortions, Republican lawmakers charged, accusing the president's team of breaking a federal law that prohibits the use of taxpayer money to facilitate the procedure.

September 24, 2022

States paid pandemic unemployment benefits to 200,000 dead people, federal audit finds

States paid out billions of dollars in pandemic unemployment claims to more than 200,000 applicants whose Social Security numbers indicated they were already dead, according to a new inspector general's audit.

September 23, 2022

Voters back GOP governors in migrant busing showdown

Most voters say GOP governors were justified in shipping illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities, according to new polling that shows Americans felt the states had no choice but to share the pain of the current chaos at the border.

September 23, 2022

Biden team knew it was slashing ICE enforcement, top official reveals

A top official at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement admitted in a deposition earlier this month that the Biden administration knew it would slash the agency's ability to arrest illegal immigrants, but moved ahead anyway.

September 22, 2022

Final defendant in ‘Fast and Furious’ murder of Border Patrol agent gets 50-year prison sentence

Federal prosecutors closed out the final case against the men who murdered Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in a shootout linked to President Obama's Fast and Furious gun scheme, concluding one of the darkest chapters in American border security.

September 22, 2022

Biden’s pick for U.S. archivist shoots down ERA backers’ hopes of shortcut to ratifying amendment

Colleen Shogan told lawmakers that if she is installed as the next head of the National Archives, she will not short-circuit the process to add the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution.

September 22, 2022

Pandemic fraudsters will owe taxes on their ill-gotten gains, IRS warns

The IRS warned Wednesday that anyone who cheated the government on pandemic loans still must pay taxes on the fraud-based income or else face the wrath of the taxman.

September 21, 2022

Kid brothers from Guatemala found abandoned at border

Border patrol agents found two young brothers at the border Tuesday, saying they had been "abandoned" by their parents who turned them over to a group of people to make their way into the U.S.

September 20, 2022

Border communities seethe as Democrats seek money for Martha’s Vineyard migrants

Martha's Vineyard said it was stressed when about 50 migrants were flown to the exclusive island enclave earlier this month. In Brooks County, Texas, Sheriff Urbino "Benny" Martinez had to laugh. His county has already seen that many migrants this year, just counting dead bodies.

September 20, 2022

Martha’s Vineyard migrants file class-action lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis

Some of the illegal immigrants Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis flew to Martha's Vineyard filed a class-action lawsuit Tuesday against the Republican governor, saying he bamboozled them into making the trip.

September 20, 2022