Stephen Dinan

House Dems announce bill to demand Donald Trump’s tax returns

Two senior House Democrats announced legislation Wednesday to force a sitting president to release his tax returns to the public, in a move aimed squarely at President Trump.

January 9, 2019

Roxana Orellana Santos, illegal immigrant activist, detained by ICE in Maryland

Deportation officers on Tuesday took a prominent Maryland illegal immigrant activist into custody in preparation for sending her home to El Salvador, sparking an outcry from other activists who said she was being unfairly targeted.

January 8, 2019

Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer accuse Donald Trump of ‘misinformation and malice’ in border fight

Democrats' top leaders said Tuesday that President Trump had abused the office of the presidency in his Oval Office address demanding a border wall, saying his speech was filled with "misinformation and even malice."

January 8, 2019

Donald Trump vow to have Mexico pay for border wall backfires

In another political time, without President Trump in office, a debate over border fencing would probably look very different.

January 8, 2019

Donald Trump eyes National Emergencies Act to end government shutdown, get border wall built

President George W. Bush flexed the National Emergencies Act in the days after the 2001 terrorist attacks, President Jimmy Carter used it during the Iranian hostage crisis, and President Barack Obama tapped it to handle the swine flu pandemic in 2009. Now it's President Trump who is eyeing the 1976 law.

January 8, 2019

Chamber of Commerce tells GOP to end shutdown with ‘Dreamer’ deal

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce called on Congress Tuesday to end the partial government shutdown and strike a deal to trade more border security for legalizing potentially millions of illegal immigrants.

January 8, 2019

Mitch McConnell: Dems’ wall reversal is sign of ‘partisan tantrum’

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell accused Democrats Tuesday of a "partisan tantrum," saying they backed border barriers many times before, and have only changed now that President Trump is the one asking for the money.

January 8, 2019

Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer demand equal airtime for Democrats after Donald Trump address

Democratic leaders on Monday asked the broadcast networks for equal airtime to counter President Trump's planned immigration speech Tuesday, saying it's only fair they get a chance to counter his "malice and misinformation."

January 7, 2019

Los Angeles County agrees to purge voter rolls in Judicial Watch settlement

Los Angeles County has agreed to conduct a purge of its voting rolls, in a move that could strip perhaps 1.5 million inactive voters from the lists of those eligible to cast ballots.

January 7, 2019

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Democrats visit Border Patrol station where Felipe Gomez Alonzo died

Democrats on Monday visited the New Mexico spot where a second migrant died last month to demand the government invest more in emergency medical care and provide better treatment for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants surging across the border.

January 7, 2019

Donald Trump: ‘National emergency’ lets military build border wall

President Trump said Sunday that he is considering declaring border security a national emergency and triggering presidential powers that would allow him to assign the military to build his border wall, and he promised a decision based on how shutdown negotiations go.

January 6, 2019

Donald Trump ponders ‘emergency’ powers to build border wall

President Trump said Friday he could declare a national emergency on the border and order his government to build fencing without needing to go to Congress for additional funding.

January 4, 2019

Trump says he sees path to end shutdown, says wall must be built

President Trump said Friday he and Democratic leaders are finally making progress on ending the government shutdown, saying they're now "all on the same path" -- though he didn't reveal any specifics that gave him confidence.

January 4, 2019

Dems: No deal on border until government is reopened

Democratic leaders emerged from a White House meeting Friday to say they won't begin to negotiate on border security until the government shutdown is ended.

January 4, 2019

Glenn Grothman writes bill to allow crowdsourcing for border wall

A Wisconsin congressman announced legislation Friday to allow Americans to donate money to the government earmarked specifically to build President Trump's wall.

January 4, 2019

Pat Roberts of Kansas won’t run for re-election

Sen. Pat Roberts announced Friday he won't seek re-election in 2020, already giving Republicans a second vacancy to defend.

January 4, 2019

White House releases border briefing that Dems ‘did not want to hear’

The White House on Friday released the border briefing President Trump to get Democratic leaders to see during a meeting earlier this week, saying the public should see the information behind the president's case for why he wants a border wall.

January 4, 2019

Chuck Schumer: Donald Trump ‘is a terrible negotiator’

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer begged Republicans Friday to break with President Trump and vote to reopen the government without new border wall money, saying the president doesn't know how to negotiate.

January 4, 2019

House Democrats pass bill to end shutdown, reopen government

Using their new majority, House Democrats passed legislation Thursday to reopen the shuttered parts of the government -- but Senate Republicans said the moves are a non-starter, and the White House issued a veto threat as well, signaling the partial shutdown will go on.

January 3, 2019

Republicans relinquish Congress with whimper: ‘More missed opportunities than anything’

Republicans closed out two years of control over the political branches of Washington on Thursday with a whimper, leaving a government still in partial shutdown and a long list of priorities left undone.

January 3, 2019