Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Border experts divided on whether Senate deal will end the crisis
Mark Morgan, who ran Customs and Border Protection under President Trump, said there are so many loopholes in the Senate's new immigration deal that it is unlikely to solve the chaos at the southern border. Published February 5, 2024
Border deal angers liberals too
It's not just conservatives who are balking at the new Senate border deal, with key Democrats and liberal pressure groups furious over what they see as President Biden's surrender on immigration. Published February 5, 2024
Steve Daines, chair of Senate GOP’s campaign arm, blasts border security deal
Sen. Steve Daines, the Montana Republican whose job is to get Senate GOP candidates elected, came out in opposition Monday to a southern border security deal with Democrats tied to a $118 billion aid package with money for Ukraine and Israel. Published February 5, 2024
Senate immigration deal backtracks on border wall deadlines
Tucked inside the new Senate border deal is language that would allow President Biden to postpone wall-building, giving him a chance to avoid erecting any more barriers during this current term. Published February 5, 2024
Immigration deal gets tepid thumbs-up from Border Czar Kamala Harris
Vice President Kamala Harris weighed in with her lukewarm backing Sunday for the new bipartisan border deal, saying she thinks it will give the administration "additional solutions." Published February 5, 2024
Congress assails EPA over ‘disgusting’ decision to revive chemical animal testing
Members of Congress are pressing the Environmental Protection Agency over its renewed support for animal testing and its backsliding on rabbits that were supposed to be retired, saying the government must seek out more humane ways to do science. Published February 5, 2024
Border deal expands legal immigration, new powers to expel illegal immigrants
Senators revealed a new border security deal Sunday that would give President Biden new powers to block illegal immigrants at the border, though only after the flow averages more than 4,000 migrants a day. Published February 4, 2024
Senators reach for border deal, House prepares impeachment in momentous week for immigration
Senators were rushing to finalize a deal to stiffen border security Sunday evening ahead of what is shaping up as the most momentous week in immigration policy in Washington in nearly four decades. Published February 4, 2024
Study tempers media, political hype of mass shootings; most in U.S. don’t involve ‘assault rifles’
The national gun control debate focuses heavily on AR-15-style rifles but most mass public shootings over the last 25 years have actually used handguns, according to new myth-busting data from the Crime Prevention Research Center. Published February 4, 2024
Secretaries of state warn of chaos if justices allow state officials to deny Trump ballot access
State election officials are begging the Supreme Court to be wary of allowing states to kick former President Donald Trump off the ballot this year, saying that granting them that power threatens to create an electoral arms race of retaliation. Published February 3, 2024
Justices settle who will argue Trump ballot case: Colorado secretary of state, voters both get time
The Supreme Court has settled a dispute between lawyers over who will argue in favor of disqualifying former President Trump from the ballot because of the Constitution's insurrection clause. Published February 2, 2024
Feds charge New Jersey political operative with mail-in ballot fraud
Federal prosecutors announced charges Thursday against a New Jersey political operative they say orchestrated a mail-in ballot fraud scheme in the 2022 election, casting ballots in the name of people who never actually voted. Published February 1, 2024
Sanctuary switch-up: New York governor now backs deportations for migrants who assaulted police
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul this week embraced deportation for the migrants who assaulted two New York City Police officers, challenging the logic of the city's sanctuary policy and drawing a rebuke from a former ICE director. Published February 1, 2024
He’s mine: Lawyers looking to keep Trump off ballot arguing over who takes case to Supreme Court
Lawyers have been arguing over whether Donald Trump should be on the ballot this year -- and now they're arguing over who should get to argue about it before the Supreme Court. Published February 1, 2024
Hunter Biden still has his law license. Trump alums ask D.C. to disbar him
America First Legal, a conservative nonprofit advocacy group, has filed a complaint asking the District of Columbia Bar to investigate whether Hunter Biden should lose his law license because of his illegal drug use and gun purchases and allegations about influence-peddling. Published February 1, 2024
Pakistan’s deportation push strands Afghan refugees who worked with U.S.
Pakistan has forced nearly 500,000 Afghans to return home over the last four months, complicating life for Afghan refugees who worked with the U.S. and who were promised a special visa to rebuild their lives in America. Many of the refugees fled to Pakistan to try to connect with U.S. authorities and now find themselves thrown back into danger, one of the findings of a new U.S. government watchdog report being released Thursday. Published February 1, 2024
GOP eyes Mayorkas impeachment vote next week, Speaker Johnson predicts it will pass
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday called border security the "No. 1 priority" for Republicans and said part of that is the looming vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Published January 31, 2024
House committee gives first approval to Mayorkas impeachment
The House Homeland Security Committee gave initial approval Wednesday morning of articles on impeachment against Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, saying his mismanagement of the border should make him the first sitting Cabinet member ever to be impeached. Published January 31, 2024
Mayorkas lashes out as Homeland Security committee works on impeachment
Brushing aside Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas's last-minute defense, House Republicans were poised Tuesday night to clear the first hurdle toward his impeachment with votes expected in a committee on two articles of impeachment. Published January 30, 2024
GOP: Mayorkas getting same treatment as Trump, deserves impeachment for undermining immigration law
The House Homeland Security Committee kicked off an impeachment vote Tuesday against Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas with Republicans saying they are holding him to the same standards Democrats used in their impeachments of Donald Trump. Published January 30, 2024
