Stephen Dinan

Hillary Clinton’s email testimony pursued in federal court

Prosecutors decided last week not to charge former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over her secret email server, but a federal court could still force her to testify under oath after a conservative law firm petitioned the judge to force her to talk.

July 10, 2016

Clinton cites aides for classified emails, rejects Comey finding of ‘careless’

Hillary Clinton on Friday brushed aside the FBI's conclusion that she was reckless with classified information, again denying she sent any secrets across her non-secure email system and saying she was merely repeating what others had told her.

July 8, 2016

Judicial Watch seeks to put Hillary Clinton under oath

Judicial Watch, the interest group that won the right to force Hillary Clinton's top aides to testify on her secret email system, petitioned a federal judge Friday to force Mrs. Clinton herself to sit for a deposition, saying there are questions only she can answer about how she handled her messages.

July 8, 2016

Sanctuary city policy gets funding yanked by federal government

The Justice Department said Thursday it has warned sanctuary cities to quit shielding illegal immigrants from deportation agents or else lose federal grant money, putting some muscle behind Republicans' push to punish cities and counties that have refused to cooperate.

July 7, 2016

Comey: FBI didn’t put Clinton under oath

Hillary Clinton was not put under oath and there is no transcript of her interview with the FBI, Director James Comey told Congress on Thursday.

July 7, 2016

FBI’s James Comey: Hillary Clinton not ‘sophisticated enough’ to understand classified markings

Hillary Clinton wasn't "sophisticated enough" to know she was risking national security when she sent and received classified information, so it was impossible to make a criminal case against her, FBI Director James B. Comey told Congress on Thursday.

July 7, 2016

GOP to ask FBI Director Comey to investigate Clinton perjury

House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz told FBI Director James Comey to investigate whether Hillary Clinton lied to Congress when she said she didn't send or receive classified information on her secret email server.

July 7, 2016

Bill introduced to strip Hillary Clinton of security access

Marco Rubio is leading a high-powered group of senators in officially petitioning the State Department to suspend the security clearances of former Secretary Hillary Clinton and her top aides -- a move that could effectively kneecap her preparations for the White House.

July 7, 2016

Illegal immigrant parents can be detained, but children must be freed: Court

Agents can detain illegal immigrant parents who try to break into the U.S. with their children, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, delivering a victory to one of the Obama administration's remaining get-tough immigration policies.

July 6, 2016

Illegal immigrant parents can be detained but children must be released, court rules

Agents can detain illegal immigrant parents who try to break into the U.S. with their children, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, delivering a victory to one of the Obama administration's remaining get-tough immigration policies.

July 6, 2016

Loretta Lynch: No charges against Hillary Clinton

Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch formally cleared Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, saying she would not pursue a criminal case against the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee for mishandling classified information through her secret email account when she was secretary of state.

July 6, 2016

Protesters throw cash on Senate floor

Anti-GMO protesters threw a wad of dollar bills from the viewing galleries onto the Senate floor Wednesday to protest a bill that wouldn't go as far as they wanted in clamping down on genetically modified crops.

July 6, 2016

Democrats vote to defend sanctuary cities, block mandatory jail time for repeat illegals

Senate Democrats launched filibusters Wednesday to protect sanctuary cities and to shield repeat illegal immigrants from mandatory minimum five-year prison sentences, saying Republican lawmakers were following the lead of Donald Trump in attacking immigrants.

July 6, 2016

DHS announces $10 million in grants to stop homegrown radicalization

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced $10 million Wednesday in federal grants available to local governments, colleges and nonprofit organizations that run programs designed to keep people from becoming radicalized.

July 6, 2016

James Comey to testify to Congress on Clinton emails

FBI Director James Comey will testify to Congress Thursday on his findings about Hillary Clinton's secret email account, the House Oversight Committee announced.

July 6, 2016

Paul Ryan: Congress could strip Hillary Clinton of access to classified material

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Wednesday that Congress could step in and try to deny Hillary Clinton access to classified information during the presidential campaign, if the Obama administration doesn't take that step itself.

July 6, 2016

Paul Ryan says Hillary Clinton should be denied intelligence briefings

The government should deny Hillary Clinton the regular national security briefings presidential nominees generally receive, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Tuesday night.

July 5, 2016

Republicans demand FBI release investigative files on Hillary Clinton

Top Republicans said Tuesday that the FBI needs to release details of its investigative files on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton if it wants voters to accept its conclusion that her carelessness with top secret information doesn't rise to the level of a prosecutable crime.

July 5, 2016

Court rules government can’t use private emails to hide from transparency

A federal appeals court issued a stinging rebuke to a top Obama White House official Tuesday, saying he can't hide his emails from public scrutiny merely by shifting them to a non-government account.

July 5, 2016

FBI recommends no charges against Hillary Clinton

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's secret email account may have broken laws governing handling of classified information, but it's unlikely a prosecutor could make the charges stick, FBI Director James B. Comey said Tuesday, ending his yearlong investigation into the Democratic presidential candidate.

July 5, 2016