Stephen Dinan

Republicans preserve $1.9 billion in border wall cash in 2022 spending bill

Republicans preserved nearly $2 billion in unspent border wall construction money as part of the government-wide spending bill announced Wednesday, and also won increases in funding for ICE and the Border Patrol, dashing hopes of immigrant-rights advocates who'd called for deep cuts.

March 9, 2022

Democrats delay vote on ICE nominee after Washington Times report on domestic violence allegations

Democrats on Tuesday abruptly canceled a looming vote on President Biden's nominee to lead ICE after an accusation of domestic violence surfaced.

March 8, 2022

Nearly half of IRS audits aimed at poorest taxpayers: Study

Nearly half of all audits the IRS conducted in 2021 were aimed at the country's poorest taxpayers, according to a new study that called the ratio unfair.

March 8, 2022

Feds announce charges against American who ran a Russian ‘propaganda center’

Federal prosecutors unsealed charges Tuesday against a woman who ran what they called a "Russian propaganda center" in New York, trying to inject Moscow's viewpoint into American politics.

March 8, 2022

DHS intelligence office bungled warnings about Jan. 6 violence, inspector general finds

Analysts in Homeland Security's intelligence division spotted threats leading up to last year's mass intrusion of Trump supporters at the U.S. Capitol, but the department did not send out any alerts until two days after the mayhem, an inspector general said in a new report Tuesday.

March 8, 2022

Man used pandemic benefits to buy a $58,000 Pokemon card

A Georgia man was sentenced to three years in prison after admitting he bilked the federal government out of $85,000 and used most of it to buy a Pokemon card.

March 7, 2022

EXCLUSIVE: Senator wants ICE vote delayed after domestic violence allegation against Biden nominee

Sen. James Lankford asked Democrats on Monday to delay a planned vote this week on President Biden's pick to lead ICE after accusations of domestic violence surfaced.

March 7, 2022

EXCLUSIVE: Biden’s pick to lead ICE was probed over domestic violence complaint

President Biden's nominee to lead the country's deportation agency faced a domestic violence accusation from his wife, according to documents filed in a tangentially related sexual harassment lawsuit.

March 7, 2022

Former citizenship chief urges Biden to halt Russian visas

In an average year, roughly 150,000 Russians will enter the U.S. as students, academics, pro athletes, investors, or, most common, as visitors on tourism or business trips.

March 5, 2022

Judge rules Biden overreached in exempting kids from border pandemic policies

A federal judge on Friday slammed President Biden's decision to grant an exemption to illegal immigrant children at the border by allowing them to enter while other migrants are turned back amid the pandemic.

March 4, 2022

DHS grants protected status to Ukrainians in U.S.

The Homeland Security Department granted Temporary Protected Status to Ukrainians in the U.S. on Thursday, giving both illegal immigrants and those here on short-term visas a chance to remain and work for up to 18 months amid their country's chaos.

March 3, 2022

Feds accused American citizen of violating Russia-oligarch sanctions

Federal prosecutors announced charges Thursday against an American they say violated U.S. sanctions by working for a Russian oligarch, calling the case an "example" amid Moscow's ongoing aggression in Ukraine.

March 3, 2022

Biden dodges issue of relief for Ukrainians in U.S.

President Biden's tough talk this week for Russia and words of comfort for Ukraine didn't extend to tens of thousands of Ukrainian citizens already here in the U.S., who fear having to return to their war-torn home country.

March 2, 2022

Biden administration restarts troubled Iraqi refugee program

The State Department said it is reviving an Iraqi refugee program that was abruptly shut down early last year after investigators discovered government employees had been pilfering files in order to help people file bogus applications.

March 2, 2022

Biden’s guest list for State of the Union falls flat

Ukraine's ambassador had a prime seat for President Biden's State of the Union address Tuesday, with an invitation to sit next to first lady Jill Biden and accept the accolades of an enthusiastic Congress.

March 1, 2022

Feds nab financier accused of netting $71 million in coronavirus loan fees

Federal prosecutors announced charges Tuesday against a man they say lied about being a lending institution, got approved as a pass-through for coronavirus loans, and "faked" his way into collecting more than $70 million in taxpayer money through his deception.

March 1, 2022

Ukraine’s ambassador to join Jill Biden for State of the Union

Ukraine's ambassador to the U.S. will sit with first lady Jill Biden for Tuesday's State of the Union address, the White House announced.

March 1, 2022

Arizona woman sentenced for voting in dead father’s name

An Arizona woman was sentenced Monday to probation after admitting she illegally cast a mail-in ballot in her dead father's name.

February 28, 2022

Stranded by U.S., Afghan allies wonder if helping was a ‘mistake’

Experts say tens of thousands of other Afghans who should have been evacuated were instead stranded -- including many who directly assisted the U.S. government and were promised a ticket out of the country under the Special Immigrant Visa program.

February 28, 2022

Supreme Court ponders EPA’s role in stemming climate change

Coal-producing states and power companies went to the Supreme Court Monday to try to block the Biden administration from imposing the president's greenhouse gas policies without seeking more authority from Congress.

February 28, 2022