Stephen Dinan

Charles Schumer to punish Donald Trump by opposing Cabinet picks

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Monday he'll vote against a slate of President Trump's Cabinet nominees, saying he feels compelled to send a signal of defiance to the new administration.

January 30, 2017

Voters back idea of Trump’s travel halt for Iraq, Syria, five other Muslim countries

A majority of voters back the concept of halting admissions from seven terrorist-connected countries, according to a new Rasmussen Reports poll Monday that found general broad support for the kind of executive order President Trump signed on Friday.

January 30, 2017

Donald Trump says he’s already tamed F-35, Lockheed Martin

President Trump said Monday he's already set the troubled F-35 jet program on firmer footing, just weeks after he attacked Lockheed Martin's leadership of the program and invited Boeing to price out an alternative with its F-18.

January 30, 2017

Donald Trump: ‘5 percent chance’ Charles Schumer’s tears were real

President Trump said Monday that there's only a "5 percent chance" that Sen. Charles E. Schumer's tears were real a day earlier, when the New York Democrat held a news conference to complain about the administration's new "extreme vetting" policy.

January 30, 2017

John Kelly Homeland Security Secretary issues waiver to let green card holders avoid travel ban

Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly issued a blanket waiver Sunday allowing immigrants holding green cards, or entitled to permanent residence in the U.S., to enter the country, despite President Trump's new executive order.

January 29, 2017

Trump says extreme vetting pause is same as Obama’s 2011 Iraq policy

President Trump defended his new extreme vetting policy Sunday in the face of severe pushback from judges, members of Congress and the press, saying President Obama did much the same thing when he put a pause on Iraqi refugees for six months in 2011.

January 29, 2017

White House says ‘extreme vetting’ order remains in place despite judge’s ruling

Despite confusion at airports and a judicial spanking, the White House said Sunday that President Trump's "extreme vetting" executive order remains in effect and is working as the administration had hoped, halting almost all travelers from seven majority-Muslim countries with histories of terrorism.

January 29, 2017

White House says U.S. still most open immigration system even after Trump orders

The U.S. will still be the most open country in the world for foreign visitors even after President Trump's new executive order hitting pause on the refugee program and the Visa Waiver program and suspending visits from a half-dozen war-torn countries, administration officials insisted Saturday.

January 28, 2017

First lawsuit filed to challenge Trump’s refugee policy

Civil liberties groups filed the first lawsuit Saturday morning challenging President Trump's pause on migration from countries troubled by terrorism, saying the halt has already snared two Iraqis who'd already been approved to come to the U.S., and who fear for their lives back home.

January 28, 2017

Trump hits pause button on refugees, puts immigration from terror regions on hold

President Trump imposed a pause Friday on the U.S. refugee program, suspended the visa waiver program and halted all arrivals from some countries with a history of terrorism, in a broad executive order fulfilling one of his more controversial campaign pledges.

January 27, 2017

California to give lawyers to illegal immigrant students to stop deportations

The University of California will provide lawyers to any of its illegal immigrant students who get detained by agents, system President Janet Napolitano said Friday.

January 27, 2017

Donald Trump’s border wall hits budget woes

The bean counters are registering their own disapproval of President Trump's border wall, saying the cost alone makes it a bad idea.

January 27, 2017

Charles Schumer to vote against Rex Tillerson for State Dept. job

The Senate's top Democrat said Friday that he'll vote against President Trump's secretary of state pick, accusing former oil company chief Rex Tillerson of refusing to denounce Mr. Trump's policies and trying to mislead senators.

January 27, 2017

Donald Trump plan for wall on border sinks talks with Mexico

Relations between the U.S. and Mexico crumpled Thursday after President Enrique Pena Nieto canceled his visit to Washington next week, protesting President Trump's executive order to American officials to begin building his border wall.

January 26, 2017

Miami-Dade ends sanctuary city policy, bowing to Donald Trump’s order

The mayor of Miami-Dade ended the county's sanctuary city policy Thursday, just a day after President Trump threatened to pull federal funds from jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with immigration agents.

January 26, 2017

Donald Trump eyes tax on Mexican imports to pay for wall

President Trump is considering a plan to tax imports from Mexico and using the money to build his promised border wall, the White House said Thursday.

January 26, 2017

Duncan Hunter tells governor to nix illegal immigrants instead of cutting middle class scholarships

Before California strips middle class families of assistance for college tuition, it should first cancel tuition benefits it pays out to illegal immigrants who attend the state's public universities, a key congressman said Wednesday.

January 26, 2017

Mark Morgan, U.S. Border Patrol chief, ousted from job

Border Patrol Chief Mark Morgan will be leaving job, the agency announced Thursday, after just seven months on the job.

January 26, 2017

Enrique Pena Nieto, Mexican president, cancels meeting with Trump after immigration orders

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said Thursday that he's canceled his planned visit to see President Trump next week, retaliating for the strict new executive orders issued a day earlier.

January 26, 2017

Donald Trump hits back at Mexico’s Nieto: Cancel our meeting if you won’t pay for the wall

President Trump said Thursday that it may be for the best if Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto cancels his planned visit here next week, unless he's willing to pony up money for the border wall.

January 26, 2017