Stephen Dinan

Texas seeks citizenship data from federal government on 450,000 voters

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked the Homeland Security Department on Monday to verify the citizenship status of more than 450,000 names on the state's voter rolls, saying that while the vast majority are likely eligible to vote, he wants to weed out those who aren't.

October 7, 2024

Supreme Court rejects Biden administration appeal over emergency abortions

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Biden administration's attempt to carve out emergency exceptions to Texas' strict abortion law.

October 7, 2024

How easy is it to make a ghost gun? Supreme Court faces next big firearms case

On Tuesday, Supreme Court justices grapple with the Biden administration's attempt to crack down on ghost guns.

October 6, 2024

Homeland Security says it won’t renew ‘parole’ for Venezuelans

Homeland Security confirmed that it will not offer a new period of "parole" to tens of thousands of Venezuelans who came to the country without authorization starting in 2022 -- but said they may still qualify for other legal protections.

October 4, 2024

Deepfakes 1, Gavin Newsom 0: Court blocks California’s anti-satire law as unconstitutional

The war over deepfakes and campaigns is heating up, and the fakers just won an early victory after a federal judge ruled against California's wide-ranging law that tried to ban manipulated materials about politicians in the months ahead of an election.

October 3, 2024

Feds accuse five IRS employees of COVID fraud

The Justice Department announced fraud charges Tuesday against five current or former IRS employees in Tennessee whom prosecutors say stole money from the government's pandemic relief programs.

October 3, 2024

Federal judge blocks California’s deepfake anti-satire campaign law

A federal judge has halted California's new law targeting deepfake satire and parody videos, saying it likely tramples on the First Amendment.

October 3, 2024

DHS released hundreds of thousands of migrants who lacked ID, allowed some to board planes

Homeland Security is releasing hundreds of thousands of migrants who haven't been able to prove their identities to authorities, the department's inspector general said Wednesday.

October 2, 2024

Court revives betting on election outcomes

A federal appeals court has once again opened the door to large-scale wagering on the outcome of U.S. elections after the judges on Wednesday rejected the government's claims that betting could undercut voting and taint the results.

October 2, 2024

Vance blames illegal immigration for rising housing costs

Sen. J.D. Vance said Tuesday that illegal immigrants are competing with Americans for housing and contributing to the soaring prices that have chased many people out of the dream of home ownership.

October 1, 2024

Walz complains Trump only built 2% of border wall

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday that former President Donald Trump only built 2% of the border wall he promised.

October 1, 2024

CBS cuts Vance’s microphone as he tries to explain illegal immigration

CBS censored Sen. J.D. Vance, cutting his microphone during the vice presidential candidates debate Tuesday, as he tried to correct the network's anchors on the immigration process.

October 1, 2024

U.S. welcomed 100,000 refugees over last year, the most in 30 years

The U.S. took in 100,000 refugees over the last year, the highest figure in three decades, as President Biden worked to rebuild a system largely dismantled by his predecessor.

October 1, 2024

Biden expands border shutdown policy that makes immigrant expulsion easier

President Biden finalized his new get-tough border policy Monday, making it easier to trigger the government's expulsion powers for illegal immigrants along the U.S.-Mexico boundary.

September 30, 2024

Babylon Bee sues California over new laws cracking down on satire

The Babylon Bee, a website that skewers liberals, filed a lawsuit Monday challenging California's new anti-satire laws, saying Gov. Gavin Newsom is trying to take the fun out of politics.

September 30, 2024

‘Totally unrealistic’: Trump, Harris bust budget with their tax and spending plans

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are in a bidding war to bust the budget.

September 30, 2024

Harris, with pledge of border policy makeover, rewrites history, turns back on left-wing allies

Vice President Kamala Harris hopes 20 minutes at the border wall can offset nearly four years of border chaos.

September 29, 2024

DOJ sues Alabama to block state’s attempt to remove noncitizens from voting rolls

The Justice Department announced a lawsuit Friday against Alabama, arguing the state's effort to remove noncitizens from its voter rolls came too close to the November election.

September 27, 2024

15,000 killers, 20,000 sexual assault convicts, 60,000 robbers among illegal immigrants at large

The Department of Homeland Security knows of at least 660,000 illegal immigrants at large in the U.S. with criminal records, including 13,000 convicted killers, nearly 16,000 convicted of sexual assault and 56,000 involved with dangerous drugs.

September 27, 2024

Mothers blast Harris’ border visit: ‘A photo-op won’t bring our kids back’

Parents who lost children to crimes blamed on lax border security unloaded on Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday, blaming her for the criminal mayhem.

September 27, 2024