Stephen Dinan

Sheila Jackson Lee ousted as chair of Congressional Black Caucus Foundation after lawsuit

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee gave up a subcommittee chairman's post and appears to have been ousted as chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation after she was accused of retaliating against an employee who said a foundation supervisor raped her.

January 23, 2019

House Dems to lay out border battle demands: No new walls, more security manpower

After weeks of refusing to negotiate, House Democrats say they are working on a border security counteroffer that could match President Trump's $5.7 billion request for money -- though it won't include the 230 miles of new fencing he wants.

January 23, 2019

Supreme Court agrees to hear gun-rights case, rejects DACA one

The Supreme Court ducked taking a major case involving the Obama-era DACA program but did agree Tuesday morning to hear a gun-rights case, in what legal analysts said could be the final word on the court's schedule for this term.

January 22, 2019

Shutdown showdown votes slated for Thursday

Senate leaders scheduled a showdown on a pair of shutdown votes for Thursday, in what will be the first test of whether President Trump or Democrats have a stronger hand in the negotiations.

January 22, 2019

DOJ asks Supreme Court to speed census citizenship case

The Trump administration said Tuesday it will ask the Supreme Court to speed an appeal of a lower court's ruling that erased a citizenship question from the 2020 census.

January 22, 2019

Building Trump’s wall, one pornographic video at a time

An Arizona state representative has come up with a novel way to pay for construction of President Trump's border wall in Arizona -- impose a pornography tax.

January 22, 2019

Supreme Court takes no action on DACA case; signals no decision this term

The Supreme Court took no action Tuesday on a case involving the Obama-era DACA program, leaving legal experts to conclude that the matter won't be decided before the end of this term in June.

January 22, 2019

Dreamer immigrant activist: Pledge of Allegiance ‘rooted in … white supremacy’

A prominent immigrant-rights activist launched a drive Tuesday to rewrite the American Pledge of Allegiance, saying as it stands now it's a symbol of "rooted in nativism and white supremacy."

January 22, 2019

Senate immigration bill includes border wall money, 52,000 detention beds, 750 border agents

Senate Republicans on Monday released the text of their bill to carry out President Trump's new immigration plan to end the government shutdown, saying they're intent on holding an initial vote later this week.

January 21, 2019

Homeland Security E-Verify workers back with pay during shutdown

Homeland Security has found a way to bring back about 300 people who were furloughed under the government shutdown, finding them alternate jobs they can do until the funding crisis is over.

January 21, 2019

Terrorism suspect caught at U.S.-Mexico border roils immigration debate

Zabi-Ullah Hemmat wasn't just one of 415,816 illegal immigrants caught at the southwest border in fiscal 2016. Nor was he just another of the 84 people from Afghanistan apprehended by Border Patrol agents that year.

January 21, 2019

Senate GOP eyes nominations rules change fight next week

Senate Republicans will make an attempt next week to change the chamber's rules to reduce the obstructive power of the filibuster on presidential nominees, one of the party's leaders said Monday.

January 21, 2019

Donald Trump yields on 3 immigration policies

President Trump's latest immigration proposal marks a retreat on three areas of policy in what the White House said was a "good faith" effort to try to break the gridlock that for more than a decade has thwarted every effort to strike a compromise on the thorny issue.

January 20, 2019

Mike Pence, Jared Kushner: Immigration deal rests with Democrats

Chances for a broader immigration deal in the future rest on Democrats' ability to negotiate over the border wall and the government shutdown, top White House officials said this weekend.

January 20, 2019

Trump’s plan: Some wins for him, some wins for Ds, some middle ground

President Trump's new immigration proposal Saturday marked a retreat on three different areas of policy, in what the White House said was a "good-faith" effort to try to break the gridlock that for more than a decade has thwarted every effort to strike a compromise on the thorny issue.

January 19, 2019