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'Seen, Heard & Whispered': The conversations happening in Washington's power corridors

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Articles by Stephen Dinan

In this file photo, Southern Poverty Law Center President Richard Cohen discusses a SPLC federal lawsuit against the Alabama Accountability Act during a press conference in Montgomery, Ala., Monday, Aug. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Dave Martin) ** FILE **

Immigration group demands SPLC revoke ‘hate’ label

One of the most prominent groups advocating for stricter immigration went to court Wednesday to demand a judge order the Southern Poverty Law Center to stop labeling it a "hate group," accusing the self-described watchdog of running an illegal racket to silence political opponents.

January 16, 2019
Attorney General nominee William Barr testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

William Barr, AG nominee, says border needs walls ‘right now’

Attorney General nominee William P. Barr said Tuesday that the U.S. does need fencing on the border with Mexico, and delivered a fierce rebuke to sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate in identifying immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, saying they entice more people to break the law.

January 15, 2019
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., second from left, speaks to reporters as he stands with from left, Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., following their meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

House cancels vacation to work on ending shutdown

The House will skip its planned weeklong vacation that had been scheduled for next week in order to work on ending the partial government shutdown, Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer announced Tuesday.

January 15, 2019
In this June 8, 2018, photo, Rep. Steve King, Iowa Republican, attends a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

GOP builds pressure on Rep. Steve King over white supremacy

House Republicans ramped up their ostracism of Rep. Steve King on Tuesday, with one party leader saying the Iowa Republican "should find another line of work" after remarks that were taken to be conciliatory toward white supremacists.

January 15, 2019
President Donald Trump, center, reacts to a question from a member of the media during his meeting with members of his cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 18, 2018. Sitting with Trump are Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, right. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) **FILE**

Federal judge blocks citizenship question on 2020 census

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from asking about citizenship on the 2020 census, ruling that the government cut too many corners in its decision-making on adding the question.

January 15, 2019
In this June 8, 2018, photo, Rep. Steve King, Iowa Republican, attends a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

Dems eye censure of Steve King over white nationalism

An influential Democratic congressman announced Monday that he will introduce a resolution formally censuring Rep. Steve King, seeking to put the entire House on record against the Iowa Republican whose recent comments have landed him in the middle of controversy.

January 14, 2019
A sign stands at the construction site for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new headquarters in Washington on Aug. 27, 2018. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Supreme Court declines to hear case challenging CFPB

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to continue operating by refusing to hear a challenge that had argued the agency set up after the 2008 financial collapse was unconstitutional.

January 14, 2019
A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent gathers information on four Guatemalan nationals, including two men and a pair of 12 and 13-year-old boys, Wednesday, July 18, 2018, in Yuma, Ariz. Thousands of families and unaccompanied children are continuing to cross the U.S. border in Arizona and California even after learning of the government's family separation policy upon apprehension. (AP Photo/Matt York) ** FILE **

Unaccompanied child immigration loophole releases MS-13 gang members

All three of the illegal immigrants entered the U.S. in 2016 as unaccompanied alien children, meaning they crossed the border without parents -- a status that earned them a quick release into the country, where they were quickly reunited with their family and began to live while awaiting deportations that never came.

January 13, 2019
The plaintiff points to writings by then-Judge Neil M. Gorsuch — now on the Supreme Court — who said the "knowingly" standard must apply both to the firearms possession and their prohibited status. (Associated Press/File)

Justices take case on illegal immigrant possessing guns

The Supreme Court said Friday that it will take a case involving an illegal immigrant who claims he didn't know his status had lapsed when he went to shoot a gun at a range, thus violating a law against illegal immigrants possessing weaponry.

January 11, 2019
President Donald Trump speaks as tours the U.S. border with Mexico at the Rio Grande on the southern border, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, in McAllen, Texas, as Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, left, listens. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

John Cornyn warns Trump over source of wall money

A top Republican who just two days ago visited the border with President Trump on Friday cautioned the president against redirecting disaster relief money to build his border wall.

January 11, 2019