Stephen Dinan

Bill Clinton: ‘I’m still younger than Donald Trump’

Former President Bill Clinton sought to dismantle former President Donald Trump on Wednesday, saying the Republican candidate is too self-centered to be allowed back into the White House.

August 21, 2024

Democratic convention says Kamala Harris will fix the border

Democrats sought to flip the script on immigration Wednesday, saying former President Donald Trump is the one who has kept the border broken and Vice President Kamala Harris will be the one to fix it.

August 21, 2024

Democrats’ convention leans into pandemic politics

As television cameras panned the crowd at the Democratic National Convention this week, they caught more than a few delegates masked up for COVID-19.

August 21, 2024

Virginia emerges as surprise sanctuary state for illegal immigrants

Sanctuary jurisdictions are exploding across America and Virginia has emerged as one of the leading states, according to a new watchdog report Wednesday.

August 21, 2024

Michelle Obama accuses Trump of ‘racist lies’

Former first lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday accused former President Donald Trump of telling "racist lies" as she christened Vice President Kamala Harris as the heir to her husband's hope-and-change coalition.

August 20, 2024

DHS loses track of 32,000 migrant kids

Homeland Security has lost track of 32,000 illegal immigrant children who failed to show up for their deportation hearings and rarely bothers to look for them, the department's inspector general said Tuesday.

August 20, 2024

Death of the Open the Books founder leaves a massive hole in government watchdog community

Open The Books founder Adam Andrzejewski, who died Sunday at 55, always found ways to make spending and government bungles interesting. From Dr. Anthony Fauci's pandemic-era wealth increase to $1.3 billion spent last year on payments to dead people, he shined a light on the lowlights of government spending.

August 20, 2024

Rep. James Clyburn calls Kamala Harris ‘battle-tested’

Democratic kingmaker Rep. James Clyburn on Monday touted Vice President Kamala Harris as "battle-tested" and said she will rise to a challenging moment in American politics.

August 19, 2024

Hillary Clinton hands the baton to Kamala Harris

Hillary Rodham Clinton, the first woman to secure a major party's presidential nomination, turned the baton over to Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday, saying she has what it takes to beat Donald Trump in November.

August 19, 2024

Who’s fueling Harris’ rise in the polls

Vice President Kamala Harris' rise in the polls isn't a wave of voters ditching former President Donald Trump, but rather formerly reluctant Democrats and independents who are giving her a new look.

August 19, 2024

DHS says new spouse ‘parole’ program will keep other illegal immigrants from coming

If illegal immigrants get firmer legal footing in the U.S. they'll be able to send more money to their home countries, which will stop other would-be migrants from trying to come here, the Biden administration said Monday.

August 19, 2024

IRS employees increasingly snooping on taxpayers, but DOJ rarely prosecutes

IRS employees are increasingly poking into taxpayers' secret information -- a violation of the law -- but prosecutors are refusing to go after them, the agency's inspector general said in a new report.

August 18, 2024

Southern border sees lowest illegal immigration numbers in years

Illegal immigration across the southern border tumbled to just a little more than 100,000 migrants encountered in July, the administration has announced, celebrating the numbers as proof that President Biden's recent tougher approach is working.

August 16, 2024

DHS announces details of Biden’s amnesty for illegal immigrant spouses

President Biden's new "parole" program for immigrants who are married to citizens but in the U.S. illegally will apply even to those who are defying court-issued deportation orders, according to the guidelines the Department of Homeland Security published Friday.

August 16, 2024

Harris sidesteps blame for bungled Afghanistan withdrawal; congressional report to outline role

Three years after the fall of Kabul, Vice President Kamala Harris has escaped political damage from the Biden administration's first major international stumble, and experts doubt that will change.

August 15, 2024

Feds accuse Jordanian migrant of ‘hate-fueled’ anti-Israel rampage in Florida

Federal authorities accused a Jordanian migrant of a "hate-fueled" spate of attacks on Florida businesses he believed were supporting Israel, including a major attack on a solar energy facility.

August 15, 2024

Federal worker collected telework paycheck while sitting in jail, exploits position as head of union

A federal employee and labor union leader collected her government paycheck for time worked even though she was actually sitting in a jail cell on DUI charges, a U.S. senator alleged Wednesday.

August 14, 2024

Machete-wielder at Capitol was illegal immigrant released despite being ‘priority’ for detention

An illegal immigrant who was caught with a machete, a knife and a brick outside the U.S. Capitol was previously in the custody of federal authorities twice but was released each time, according to new data obtained by the House Judiciary Committee.

August 14, 2024

Migrant ‘crime tourists’ arrested for $1 million robbery

U.S. authorities have arrested two migrants they say are part of a South American "crime tourism" operation that has ravaged from coast to coast, including a brazen daylight robbery at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel that netted a $1 million watch.

August 14, 2024

GOP prods Democrat-led states to block noncitizen voting

The Republican National Committee fired off a letter Tuesday to eight Democrat-led states demanding they go through their voter rolls and try to erase the names of noncitizens who may be lurking there.

August 13, 2024