Stephen Dinan

DNA tests to identify ‘fake’ illegal immigrant families at border

Border authorities have identified more than 1,000 "fake families" over the past seven months featuring adults trying to use children who aren't their own to sneak into the U.S.

May 1, 2019

Democrats weigh contempt of Congress for William Barr

House Democrats said they are considering holding Attorney General William P. Barr in contempt of Congress after he informed them he won't meet their deadline for turning over the unredacted special counsel's report and won't appear to testify Thursday.

May 1, 2019

1,000 ‘fake’ families found at border over past seven months

Homeland Security has spotted more than 1,000 fraudulent families at the southwest border over the past seven months, officials said Wednesday, putting parameters on the growing phenomenon of adults trying to use someone else's children to sneak into the U.S.

May 1, 2019

Barr: Mueller report undercuts Democrats’ treason, collusion allegations

Attorney General William P. Barr scolded President Trump's critics on Wednesday, wondering "how did we get to the point" where investigators cleared the president of collusion with Russia, yet his critics are refusing to concede.

May 1, 2019

Voters oppose impeachment at this point: Poll

Most Americans still have questions about President Trump's behavior in the wake of the special counsel's report, they're divided on whether Congress should pick up the investigation -- but majority opposes impeachment.

May 1, 2019

William Barr: DOJ to probe possibility of Clinton-Russia collusion

Attorney General William P. Barr revealed Wednesday that the Justice Department is looking into the possibility that Russian operatives fed disinformation to the Hillary Clinton campaign during the 2016 presidential election season.

May 1, 2019

Barr: Mueller didn’t say we misrepresented his report

Attorney General William P. Barr on Wednesday insisted he did not misrepresent the final conclusions by special counsel Robert Mueller in a contentious Senate hearing.

May 1, 2019

Robert Mueller’s letter scolding AG William Barr released by Justice Dept.

The Justice Department on Wednesday released special counsel Robert Mueller's letter complaining about Attorney General William Barr's initial summary of the 400-plus page report's findings, just ahead of Mr. Barr's first full public testimony about the report.

May 1, 2019

David N. Cicilline: Barr lied to Congress on Mueller report

Attorney General William Barr lied to Congress under oath, a top House Democrat said Wednesday in demanding he resign.

May 1, 2019

William Barr to testify Mueller probe evidence ‘not sufficient’ to charge Donald Trump

Attorney General William P. Barr will tell Congress on Wednesday that the special counsel did compile evidence of suspicious behavior by President Trump but that it was "not sufficient to establish" a crime was committed.

April 30, 2019

Emmet Sullivan rules Trump emoluments case can advance

A federal judge in Washington has ruled that a group of Democrats in Congress can proceed with a lawsuit against President Donald Trump alleging his businesses violate a constitutional ban against gifts from foreign governments

April 30, 2019

Robert Mueller unhappy with William Barr summary: Report

Special counsel Robert Mueller sent a letter expressing concern over Attorney General William P. Barr's initial summary of the investigation into Russia, President Trump and the 2016 election, the Justice Department confirmed Tuesday.

April 30, 2019

Joni Ernst moves to crack down on annual year-end federal spending sprees

Sen. Joni Ernst, who promised voters she would make Washington's big spenders "squeal" like pigs, announced legislation Tuesday to curtail the end-of-year buying sprees that end up leaving taxpayers on the hook for fine china, good lobster and other extravagant expenses.

April 30, 2019

Trump to demand more money for border

House Democrats unveiled new legislation Tuesday designed to stymie President Trump's wall building national emergency plans, attaching the provisions to the annual veterans affairs funding bill.

April 30, 2019

Mark Green, GOP congressman, to force vote on Michael Cohen perjury probe

The House will vote Wednesday on a resolution referring former Trump lawyer-turned-nemesis Michael Cohen to the Justice Department for a perjury investigation.

April 30, 2019

Pentagon approves 320 troops for illegal immigrant babysitting duties

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has approved a Homeland Security request to assign 320 "personnel" to babysit illegal immigrants, driving them, feeding them and checking on their welfare, the Pentagon announced Monday.

April 29, 2019

‘Fake families’ surge at border, looking to exploit U.S. immigration law

The number of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally who fraudulently posed as families with juvenile children at the border has soared, authorities reported Monday, saying they have opened about 100 investigations and found more than 25 suspected cases in April alone.

April 29, 2019

Prosecutors sue to kick ICE out of courthouses

Several Massachusetts district attorneys filed a federal lawsuit Monday demanding a judge order ICE to stop enforcing the law at state courthouses, saying too many people are refusing to be witnesses or show up for cases because they fear being deported.

April 29, 2019

Thomas Walter Gillen pleads guilty to role in Charlottesville clashes

Federal prosecutors won a guilty plea Monday from yet another white supremacist stemming from the August 2017 riot in Charlottesville, Virginia, the Justice Department announced.

April 29, 2019

Chuck Grassley tells Trump to cancel tariffs or lose U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal

The Senate's senior Republican issued an ultimatum to President Trump on Sunday, saying either he cancels his trade-war tariffs or else he can forget about getting his U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal through Congress.

April 29, 2019