Stephen Dinan

As Biden exits, the border is finally coming under control

President Biden has finally managed to get the southern border back to the low levels of illegal immigration he inherited from President Obama, according to the latest data that shows fewer than 100,000 migrants nabbed at the U.S.-Mexico boundary in November.

December 19, 2024

Moderate drinking actually lowers risk of death, major National Academies study finds

The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine just scrambled millions of Americans' New Year's resolutions with its latest report this week, finding that those who consume a moderate amount of alcohol actually do better on a host of health indicators.

December 19, 2024

American men drop out of economy as immigrants claim jobs: Study

Americans clamoring for more immigrants to fill out the workforce are ignoring a labor source already here -- men who have given up on the economy, according to a new study.

December 19, 2024

Trump to inherit slowing economy, rising unemployment from Biden

President Biden will turn over a slowing economy and a tepidly rising unemployment rate to President-elect Donald Trump, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday, describing the headwinds the new administration will face.

December 18, 2024

Paul blocks bill to expand authority over drones; predicts state, local abuses of rights

An effort to push through new authority to detect and interdict drones was blocked in the Senate Wednesday after Sen. Rand Paul said it's too soon to rush a solution that could end up trampling on Americans' rights.

December 18, 2024

Trump’s border czar says any illegal immigrant can be deported: ‘We’ll eventually get to you’

Criminals will be the first targets for President Trump's "mass" deportations, but Homeland Security will eventually get to rank-and-file illegal immigrants, according to incoming border czar Tom Homan.

December 18, 2024

Congress wants states to have new counter-drone powers amid New Jersey sightings

Members of Congress are rushing to give states permission to detect drones, responding to the mysterious drone sightings that have captivated New Jersey and surrounding states.

December 17, 2024

Can Donald Trump sue his way to media accountability?

President-elect Donald Trump has sued The Des Moines Register for its disastrously wrong preelection polling, marking his latest move in a crusade to demand accountability for the media's 2024 election snafus.

December 17, 2024

Final verdict: Feds say New Jersey drones are mix of police, hobbyists and commercial UAVs

Federal authorities on Monday delivered their most thorough verdict yet about the drone sightings in New Jersey in recent weeks, saying some are law enforcement, some are commercial flights, some are hobbyists and many are actually airplanes, helicopters or even stars mistaken for drones.

December 16, 2024

Drone concerns spread beyond New Jersey; Trump: ‘Something strange is going on’

Worry over drones is spreading from New Jersey across the Atlantic seaboard, with leaders in other states also demanding that the federal government figure out what's going on in the skies.

December 16, 2024

Trump starts the firing even before his term begins

President-elect Donald Trump's iconoclastic approach to nominations isn't just the people he's picking -- it's the people he's looking to fire.

December 16, 2024

FBI deploy new tech to try to figure out drones

FBI and Homeland Security authorities are now using infrared cameras to try to figure out what's going on with the drones spotted flying over New Jersey and other parts of the Atlantic seaboard, according to a report Monday.

December 16, 2024

Judges defy Trump by revoking retirements, blocking him from naming replacements

The anti-Trump resistance is spreading to the federal courts, where three judges have now rescinded their retirement decisions in moves that will block President Trump from picking their replacements.

December 15, 2024

Appeals court judge rescinds retirement after Trump’s election victory

A federal appeals court judge has rescinded his decision to retire, becoming the third judge to decide not to give President-elect Donald Trump a chance to fill his seat.

December 14, 2024

New Jersey rejects Biden’s airplane explanation for drone sightings

The Biden administration's claim that the drones over New Jersey are mostly regular aircraft isn't sitting well with the state's residents or politicians, who say it's a demeaning explanation, given what people have seen with their own eyes.

December 13, 2024

Feds say New Jersey drones are actually airplanes

Two federal agencies said Thursday that most of the drone sightings reported in New Jersey in recent weeks are actually manned aircraft that people on the ground are mistaking for mysterious unmanned aerial vehicles.

December 12, 2024

Informants stormed U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6; no evidence of undercover agents

The FBI had more than two dozen informants in Washington surrounding the chaos of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, and four of them entered the building as part of the protests, an inspector general said.

December 12, 2024

Biden’s supercharged IRS nets $1.3 billion more from wealthy taxpayers

The IRS on Thursday said it has sweated an additional $1.3 billion from wealthy tax cheats, thanks to enhanced reviews and audits paid for by the budget-climate law President Biden signed two years ago.

December 12, 2024

Feds spent $500,000 to promote atheism in Britain

The State Department sent about $500,000 in taxpayer money to a British-based humanist outfit that promoted atheism in Nepal and another that helped pregnant migrants to the U.S. obtain abortions, according to a new congressional report.

December 12, 2024

Van Drew doubles down on drone claims, says it could be Iran or China

Rep. Jeff Van Drew told the Pentagon on Thursday to put up or shut up after a military spokeswoman dismissed his claim that the drones swarming over New Jersey are Iranian in origin.

December 12, 2024