Stephen Dinan

U.S., Guatemala reach deal for border cooperation

Guatemala inked a cooperation agreement with the U.S. on Tuesday committing to trying to stem the flow of its citizens fleeing the country to head north.

May 28, 2019

Border Patrol proposes new job to feed, care for illegal immigrants

The Border Patrol says it's looking to create a new category of job that would take babysitting duties out of the hands of agents and give them over to support personnel, freeing the agents to return to the front lines patrolling the border.

May 28, 2019

Supreme Court to hear case of cross-border shooting by Border Patrol agent

The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will hear the case of a father who tried to sue a Border Patrol agent who shot into Mexico, killing his son.

May 28, 2019

First-ever private border wall built in New Mexico

A private group announced Monday that it has constructed a half-mile wall along a section of the U.S.-Mexico border in New Mexico, in what it said was a first in the border debate.

May 27, 2019

Court halts Trump’s emergency declaration wall-building plans

President Trump said this weekend that he will try to speed an appeal after a federal judge late Friday halted his plans to construct border wall by declaring a national emergency and pulling the money from the Pentagon.

May 25, 2019

Supreme Court puts Ohio, Michigan gerrymander cases on hold

The Supreme Court put two big political gerrymandering cases on hold Friday, ordering a halt to lower court rulings that had found legislative maps in Ohio and Michigan invalid.

May 24, 2019

Republican blocks disaster spending bill; says rush to passage shortchanges border

A Republican on Friday blocked the disaster spending bill from speedy passage through the House, meaning it will be June before the chamber is able to return in full to approve the measure.

May 24, 2019

Julian Assange indicted in Chelsea Manning classified material leak

A federal grand jury handed up a new 18-count indictment against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday, accusing him of a much more active role in one of the largest leaks of classified information in U.S. history.

May 23, 2019

Immigrant welfare crackdown ordered by Donald Trump

President Trump ordered federal agencies Thursday to begin enforcing existing federal rules against immigrants who end up on the public dole, telling the government to begin demanding the money be repaid by the immigrants' sponsors.

May 23, 2019

Donald Trump orders agencies to crack down on immigrants taking welfare

President Trump ordered federal agencies Thursday to begin enforcing existing federal rules against ineligible immigrants collecting public benefits such as food stamps.

May 23, 2019

Congress announces deal on disaster bill; no border money for Trump

Congress struck a deal on a disaster aide package Thursday, covering states and Puerto Rico for catastrophes over the last two years but leaving out billions of dollars President Trump wanted to deal with the border crisis.

May 23, 2019

Senate GOP approves permanent earmark ban

Senate Republicans voted Thursday to adopt a permanent ban on earmarks, a move that signals that as long as the GOP controls the chamber the practice of pork-barrel spending won't return.

May 23, 2019

Democrats shoot down effort to rein in anti-Israel BDS movement

House Democrats shot down the GOP's effort Thursday to take a stand against the anti-Israel boycott movement, calling it a distraction from their agenda.

May 23, 2019

‘100%’ of illegal immigrant families released into U.S.: DHS

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan said Thursday that "100%" of illegal immigrant families in the new border surge are being released into communities, rather than being held and deported.

May 23, 2019

Kris Kobach turned down Homeland Security position, says only ‘czar’ can solve border crisis

Kris Kobach said Wednesday he turned down an immigration adviser's position at Homeland Security because it doesn't carry enough weight to be able to solve the border crisis.

May 22, 2019

Joel Ernesto Escobar, illegal immigrant murder suspect, released over PG County sanctuary policy

Prince George's County has admitted it did defy an ICE detainer and released an immigrant living in the U.S. illegally who had been accused of attempted murder, only to see the teen implicated in a horrific gang-related killing last month.

May 22, 2019

Flu outbreak strikes Texas border detention facility

Stung by the death of a teenage boy, Homeland Security officials went back and re-tested an entire detention facility and found 32 people suffering from the flu, officials said Wednesday.

May 22, 2019

Michael Avenatti charged with bilking Stormy Daniels

Michael Avenatti, the lawyer who for years has dogged President Trump, was charged Wednesday with bilking adult film actress Stormy Daniels, the woman he used to go after Mr. Trump.

May 22, 2019

New York moves to expose Trump taxes

New York's legislature approved a bill Wednesday that would give Congress access to President Trump's state tax returns, setting up a backdoor method for Democrats to get hold of information Mr. Trump has refused to release.

May 22, 2019

Nancy Pelosi’s ‘cover-up’ accusation upsets delicate balance with White House

Wednesday's blow-up between President Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was dramatic on its own, but it was all the more strange because the two sides had just taken a significant step toward cooperation hours before they opened fire on each other.

May 22, 2019