Stephen Dinan

Fairfax County defied DHS in releasing illegal immigrant with multiple gun, DUI, hit-and-run charges

Fairfax County repeatedly refused deportation "detainer" requests from Homeland Security and released a Venezuelan migrant back into the community despite arrests for driving under the influence, hit-and-run, firearms crimes and malicious wounding, Homeland Security said Thursday.

September 26, 2024

Video shows noncitizens registered to vote in Arizona

The Heritage Foundation says it has video evidence of people who aren't U.S. citizens living in Arizona and hoping to vote in this year's presidential election.

September 26, 2024

Biden administration on track for $1 trillion in improper payments

The federal government blows nearly half a million dollars every minute of every day on erroneous payments, according to a new report that hopes to shock Washington to clean up its act.

September 26, 2024

Sen. Lindsey Graham announces bill to end birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants

Citing the surge in illegal immigrants who've come into the U.S. over the last few years, Sen. Lindsey Graham on Wednesday announced new legislation to prevent children born to them from becoming automatic citizens.

September 25, 2024

Michael Hart pleads guilty in first-ever greenhouse gas smuggling case: ‘Clean air not for sale’

A California man pleaded guilty this week to smuggling greenhouse gases into the U.S. in a first-of-its-kind prosecution under federal law.

September 25, 2024

U.S. taxpayers funded Chinese labs that carried out grisly experiments on beagle puppies

The federal government has been paying Chinese labs that carry out animal testing including experiments that involved severing beagle puppies' spines to study how they would react to such a horrific injury.

September 25, 2024

‘There’s IDs everywhere’: How illegal immigrants erase their identities at the border

Passports, identity cards and other documents are strewn on the ground at the U.S.-Mexico border, cast aside by illegal immigrants who are erasing their old lives as they slip across the boundary.

September 24, 2024

Blinken ducks subpoena on Afghanistan bungles, House begins contempt proceedings

Secretary of State Antony Blinken defied a subpoena Tuesday demanding he appear before Congress to talk about the failures of the 2021 Afghanistan troop withdrawal. Republicans said they will move to hold him in contempt.

September 24, 2024

FBI agent Nicholas Williams admits stealing silver during raid on Jan. 6 defendant Alexander Fan

An FBI agent has pleaded guilty to stealing from targets during raids and arrests, including from a man who was part of the mob that invaded the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

September 24, 2024

Child smuggler admits to using gummies to knock out kids at border

Federal prosecutors announced a guilty plea Monday for a woman who smuggled illegal immigrant children into the U.S. without their parents, and in at least one case used melatonin "gummies" to knock the kid out to sneak her in.

September 23, 2024

IRS allowed contractors to keep access to tax files after jobs ended

The IRS repeatedly allowed contractors to keep their active access to the tax agency's systems and buildings after their projects ended, an inspector general reported Monday.

September 23, 2024

Reported crime rate fell in 2023, FBI says

The rate of reported crimes dipped in 2023, the FBI said Monday, with a 3% drop in the number of violent crimes reported to police and a 2.4% drop in property crimes.

September 23, 2024

Harris puts up First Amendment fight but loses first round in court

Kamala Harris as California attorney general went after donor lists of nonprofit groups, and the Supreme Court slapped her down.

September 23, 2024

America’s allies and enemies pick Harris as world weighs in on U.S. election

The revelation that Iran tried to leak Trump campaign materials to the Biden campaign has left little doubt who the Islamic Republic wants to see win -- or, more to the point, lose -- America's looming presidential election.

September 22, 2024

Older Americans emerge as top fraud targets as scammers go high-tech

Older Americans are at the spear tip of what experts describe as a "tsunami of fraud," most of it run by scammers operating abroad, often with the backing of organized crime syndicates and sometimes with the backing of adversarial nations.

September 19, 2024

Migrant gang war: Border expert says Mexican Mafia ‘green-lighted’ killing of Tren de Aragua members

Worried by the growing power and recklessness of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, the Mexican Mafia has "green-lighted" killings of TdA members, according to a homeland security expert who tracks cartel behavior.

September 18, 2024

Illegal immigrants in Texas struggle to get abortions, ACLU says

Immigrants who live illegally in southern Texas -- and even some legal residents -- are struggling to obtain abortions, the American Civil Liberties Union said in a new report Wednesday.

September 18, 2024

Federal buildings deemed dangerous for child care; audit suggests closing, moving sites

The federal government is delaying basic security improvements to its buildings that house day care centers, according to an inspector general's audit, which found 80 of the 93 facilities still have "significant security vulnerabilities."

September 17, 2024

Illegal immigration ticks down after Biden paused fraud-filled ‘parole’ program

Homeland Security on Monday reported its best border numbers since just after President Biden took office after being forced to limit a fraud-filled "parole" program that had been admitting as many as 30,000 people a month.

September 16, 2024

Trump assassination attempt exposes Secret Service gaps, raises calls for more protection

A gunman wouldn't have been able to get so close if it were President Biden on the golf course this weekend instead of former President Donald Trump. A second assassination attempt against Mr. Trump is raising more questions about the resources allocated to security for the former president and current presidential candidate, with much of the focus on why the Secret Service hasn't done more.

September 16, 2024