Stephen Dinan

Hillary Clinton ‘secret’ email count doubles as latest batch is released

The State Department on Monday deemed 23 more of former Secretary Hillary Clinton's emails "secret," more than doubling the number of messages she sent or received on her special account that have now been given that high level of classification.

February 29, 2016

Victims of illegal immigrant violence tell GOP to reject Marco Rubio

Victims of illegal immigrant violence released a letter Monday demanding Republican voters reject Sen. Marco Rubio's presidential campaign, saying he made himself unacceptable by pushing for "amnesty" in 2013.

February 29, 2016

Donald Trump refuses to condemn KKK as campaign veers into nativist territory

Sen. Jeff Sessions, who led the fight against the 2013 Senate immigration bill, endorsed Donald Trump's presidential bid Sunday, breaking his own precedent to boost the billionaire businessman just ahead of the biggest day on the primary election calendar.

February 28, 2016

Hillary Clinton’s email account an open secret in Washington long before scandal broke

Hundreds of people -- from White House officials and titans of the mainstream media to senators, Supreme Court justices and many of her top colleagues at the State Department -- could have known about Hillary Clinton's secret email account, if only they'd cared to look closely enough.

February 28, 2016

Jeff Sessions endorses Donald Trump

Sen. Jeff Sessions, who led the fight against the 2013 Senate immigration bill, endorsed Donald Trump's presidential bid Sunday, breaking his own precedent to boost the billionaire businessman just ahead of the biggest day on the election calendar.

February 28, 2016

Marco Rubio says GOP can’t nominate white supremacist apologist

Marco Rubio said Donald Trump's refusal to condemn the Ku Klux Klan makes him unqualified to lead the GOP into the general election.

February 28, 2016

Democrats say illegal immigrant children should have constitutional right to lawyers

Congressional Democrats introduced legislation Friday to grant illegal immigrant children taxpayer-funded lawyers to argue their cases, saying once they get into the U.S. they deserve constitutional due process protections to make sure their cases are fairly decided.

February 26, 2016

Donald Trump says he’s being audited by IRS, will wait on releasing tax returns

Donald Trump said he will eventually release his tax returns, but said Thursday he's in the middle of being audited by the government and won't do it until the review is over.

February 25, 2016

Donald Trump defends hiring foreign workers, says he couldn’t find Americans for jobs

Donald Trump fended off tough questions Thursday night about his business empire's hiring practices, including a million-dollar fine for hiring illegal immigrants and admitting he's facing a federal tax audit, as the Republican presidential campaign turned exceptionally nasty at the final debate before Super Tuesday.

February 25, 2016

Park Service chief reprimanded after admittedly ignoring ethics rules

The chief of the National Park Service knew his book project would be squelched by agency ethics officers, so he went ahead and wrote it anyway without bothering to ask for permission, investigators said Thursday in a report detailing a striking level of negligence.

February 25, 2016

Justice Department promises crackdown on sanctuary cities

The Obama administration is preparing to crack down on sanctuary cities, Attorney General Loretta Lynch told Congress on Wednesday, saying she would try to stop federal grant money from going to jurisdictions that actively thwart agents seeking to deport illegal immigrants.

February 24, 2016

Loretta Lynch: Obama can’t enact his Gitmo plan on his own

Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Wednesday that federal law flatly prevents President Obama from sending of the the detainees from Guantanamo Bay to U.S. territory, hurting his ability to follow through on his new closure plan.

February 24, 2016

Spanish-language media, human rights activists teaching illegals how to avoid deportation

Spanish-language media and human-rights activists are actively educating illegal immigrants on how to break the law, avoid immigration agents and remain in the country even after a judge has ordered them to be kicked out, a top Obama administration official testified to Congress on Tuesday.

February 23, 2016

Judge threatens subpoena against Hillary Clinton over emails

A federal judge questioned the Obama administration's "good faith" in helping keep former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails secret for six years and said he may end up issuing a subpoena to force her to turn over her entire account to the government.

February 23, 2016

Joe Biden’s 1992 opposition to lame-duck Supreme Court pick could doom Obama nomination

It may be Vice President Joseph R. Biden who dooms President Obama's hopes of reshaping the Supreme Court and picking a replacement for the late Justice Antonin Scalia after Republicans unearthed a 1992 speech in which then-Sen. Biden said it was "not fair" to let a lame-duck president make such an important decision.

February 22, 2016

Public sides with FBI, wants Apple to crack terrorists’ iPhone: poll

Americans side with the FBI in the fight to force Apple Inc. to crack the security on the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino terrorists, according to a Pew Research Center poll released Monday.

February 22, 2016

Donald Trump emerges stronger after spats, continues domination of Republican race

Attacking the Bush family? Didn't matter. Slipping into foul language? Whatever. Calling his opponents liars? They had it coming. Battling Pope Francis? Ho-hum.

February 21, 2016

GOP sets another turnout record; Democrats’ numbers slide

Republicans' turnout streak continued, with GOP voters shattering their South Carolina primary record Saturday night.

February 21, 2016

Jeb Bush ends presidential campaign after disastrous showing in South Carolina

His own mother told him not to run, and on Saturday, Jeb Bush finally caved to her political wisdom, suspending his presidential campaign after another disappointing showing in South Carolina's primary.

February 20, 2016

Donald Trump wins South Carolina primary, Jeb Bush drops out

Surmounting new concerns about his temperament and his commitment to conservative values, Donald Trump was projected to win South Carolina's Republican presidential primary Saturday, sealing himself as the frontrunner and proving he can win in moderate and conservative states alike.

February 20, 2016