Stephen Dinan

Rep. Nancy Mace corners DNC hopeful Martin O’Malley in fight over the definition of ‘woman’

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley on Wednesday became the latest Democrat to fall victim to a tricky line of questions asking him to define what a woman is.

January 15, 2025

MTG says fed employees better ‘come to heel’ in Trump’s second term

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene told federal employees on Wednesday to prepare to "come to heel" to President-elect Donald Trump and the voters who are sending him back into office.

January 15, 2025

Supreme Court sides with businesses in overtime, minimum wage case

The Supreme Court made it easier for some businesses to prove employees are exempt from overtime and minimum wage standards in a ruling Wednesday that set a relatively low bar for the firms.

January 15, 2025

Ghost town: 10% of federal workforce is totally remote, 50% of the rest telework some days a week

Working remotely has consumed the federal bureaucracy to the point that 10% of the workforce -- some 228,000 employees -- never show up at an office, according to a new report Wednesday by the House's oversight committee.

January 15, 2025

Biden ends term with nearly 11 million illegal border crossers

President Biden will end his term with a record of nearly 11 million illegal immigrants detected during his time in office, according to Homeland Security data released Tuesday.

January 14, 2025

Biden leaves Trump with deteriorating deficit

The federal government has run a $711 billion deficit over the last three months of 2024, the Treasury Department reported Tuesday, underscoring the worsening budget picture that President Biden will turn over to President-elect Donald Trump.

January 14, 2025

388 noncitizens voted legally in D.C.’s election

Some 388 noncitizens cast ballots in the District of Columbia's local elections in November, according to data released Tuesday by Judicial Watch that suggests the city's groundbreaking experiment in expanding its voter pool saw only tepid interest.

January 14, 2025

Man with blowtorch near California fire is an illegal immigrant

Homeland Security confirmed Tuesday that a man who sparked interest after being spotted with a blowtorch near one of the California fires is an illegal immigrant with a criminal record.

January 14, 2025

‘Minor president’: Biden battles to build legacy as historians downgrade his greatness

For better or worse, President Biden will go down in history as the turkey sandwiched between Donald Trump's two slices of bread.

January 14, 2025

Bullets and lobster tails: Pentagon spends nearly $80 billion in one-month spree

The Defense Department went on its biggest monthlong spending spree since the height of the war on terror, dumping nearly $80 billion in a rush to empty its accounts before the end of the fiscal year.

January 14, 2025

DOGE challenge: Waste watchdog dares Musk, Ramaswamy to cut $800 billion lost to fraud

The federal government spends as much as $800 billion annually on fraudulent benefit payments, according to a leading expert, who said the incoming Trump administration could reduce the federal deficit without slashing departments or agencies.

January 13, 2025

Big bet: Political betting market Kalshi hires Donald Trump Jr.

Donald Trump Jr., son of the president-elect, has linked up with online betting market Kalshi, which broke new legal ground last year in becoming the first U.S. bookmaker to allow largely unrestricted gambling on election outcomes.

January 13, 2025

Biden moves to block Trump by renewing ‘temporary’ migrant amnesty

President Biden on Friday gave more than 234,000 refugees from El Salvador another 18 months of amnesty from deportation.

January 12, 2025

DHS renews deportation amnesty for nearly 1 million migrants

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas renewed temporary protected status -- an amnesty from deportation -- for hundreds of thousands of migrants on Friday, rushing to lock in protection before the next Trump administration takes office.

January 10, 2025

Justices weighing national security vs. free speech in TikTok case

TikTok's fate now rests in the hands of the Supreme Court, which grappled Friday with whether the company's ties to a foreign adversary are so deep that national security concerns outweigh the company's and its users' First Amendment free speech rights.

January 10, 2025

Laken Riley Act clears first filibuster test as Democrats rush to back Trump-style immigration bill

Last year the Laken Riley Act couldn't even get a sniff of action in the Senate.

January 9, 2025

Laken Riley Act clears key filibuster test in Senate; bill pushes DHS to detain criminal migrants

Senators gave a boost Thursday to the Laken Riley Act, voting to head off an initial filibuster of legislation that would push Homeland Security to detain and try to deport illegal immigrants who commit theft or shoplifting crimes.

January 9, 2025

Guatemalan illegal immigrant in Florida ran guns that were used in crimes in Dominican Republic

A Guatemalan migrant living in the U.S. illegally under a fake identity unlawfully bought hundreds of AK-47 rifles and Glock pistols and shipped them to customers in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, where some were used in crimes.

January 9, 2025

Road trip tumult: Energy Dept. blistered for wasting taxpayer money on electric vehicle boondoggle

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm abused American taxpayers with her 2023 publicity road trip in an electric vehicle, said an inspector general who accused her team of overselling their expenses on some travel vouchers and choosing expensive hotel rooms when cheaper ones were available.

January 8, 2025

Jimmy Carter’s memorial earns taxpayers one-day reprieve

Taxpayers have a one-day reprieve for any payments or returns that are supposed to be due on Thursday, the IRS said, citing the national day of mourning for former President Jimmy Carter.

January 8, 2025