Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans urge DHS Chief Mayorkas to resign in acrimonious hearing
Calls to resign rained down on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday as he insisted the border was secure, while struggling to answer questions about illegal immigration and the flow of deadly fentanyl. Published March 28, 2023
Attorney General Garland: Too early to call Nashville shooting a hate crime
Attorney General Merrick Garland said Tuesday that it's too early for the Justice Department to say whether the horrific shooting at a Christian school in Nashville should be considered a hate crime. Published March 28, 2023
Mayorkas ‘not aware’ cartels use illegal immigrants to distract border agents
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday told Congress he's unaware that cartels use illegal immigrants to flood the border and sneak over dangerous contraband. Published March 28, 2023
House GOP to subpoena State Department for secret Afghanistan documents
House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul said Monday that he has signed a subpoena to force the State Department to turn over a secret cable revealing diplomats' urgent plea to Secretary of State Antony Blinken in 2021 not to follow through on President Biden's troop-withdrawal plans. Published March 27, 2023
Biden administration urges Supreme Court to uphold law against enticing illegal immigration
The Biden administration pleaded with the Supreme Court on Monday to preserve a section of the law that punishes people who entice illegal immigrants to remain in the U.S., brushing aside First Amendment worries. Published March 27, 2023
Bernie Sanders, other ideological warriors stumble in ratings of lawmakers’ effectiveness
They may win the most headlines, but Congress' ideological warriors fared particularly badly in a study of lawmakers' effectiveness as they struggled to get their ideas passed into law. Published March 27, 2023
Feds say immigrant led reign of terror as mayor of Haitian village
Federal prosecutors charged a Haitian politician with visa fraud this week after a jury in a civil trial found that Jean Morose Viliena oversaw a campaign of terror against his opponents while he was mayor of a Haitian village. Published March 24, 2023
Reports: U.S., Canada strike new migration deal to calm the border
The U.S. and Canada have reached a deal to try to stop what's become an increasingly chaotic border between the two nations, according to news reports from both countries. Published March 23, 2023
175 Americans are still in Afghanistan, some held by the Taliban
There are about 175 Americans still in Afghanistan, and some of them are being held captive by the Taliban, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Congress on Thursday. Published March 23, 2023
Federal agency tries to downplay its ‘ecogrief’ training; skeptics question employee triggers
The Fish and Wildlife Service downplayed the scope of its training for employees to handle "ecogrief," telling Congress on Thursday that no more than 150 employees took the classes and calling the sessions "small bore." Published March 23, 2023
Bitcoin ATMs were used to launder COVID fraud money, feds charge
Federal authorities arrested the founder of Coindawg, a bitcoin ATM operation, and charged him with money laundering, saying he helped steal pandemic loans and used the ATMs to launder the proceeds. Published March 23, 2023
DHS nabs migrant smuggler using tow truck to hide people
Prosecutors have brought charges against a man they say tried to sneak illegal immigrants through a Border Patrol checkpoint by packing them in the rear of an SUV, then calling to have it towed through the checkpoint. Published March 23, 2023
Biden endorsement comes at expense of Nature’s credibility; Republican readers lose interest
Nature magazine is finding out that Republicans also consume scientific literature -- but they're less likely to do so when they perceive the publication has gone woke. Published March 22, 2023
Red states flee bipartisan voter roll cleanup group, blame its left-wing election agenda
A seemingly inoffensive bipartisan outfit created to help states sort out their voter rolls has emerged as the latest partisan battlefield, with a half-dozen GOP-led states canceling their involvement with the organization this year, saying it's turned into a proving ground for left-wing ideas. Published March 22, 2023
Florida lawmaker who sponsored ‘don’t say gay’ legislation pleads guilty to pandemic fraud
Joseph Harding, a former state representative in Florida, pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges stemming from his attempt to collect pandemic loans to which he wasn't entitled. Published March 21, 2023
D.C. man rebukes Fauci’s COVID-19 vaccine pitch on video: ‘You all attack people with fear’
A D.C. man delivered a verbal scolding to Dr. Anthony Fauci in a newly revealed video showing the world-famous doctor's struggles to convince Black residents in the city's poorest area to get the coronavirus vaccine back in 2021. Published March 20, 2023
Good guys’ guns save lives more often than reported
The founder of the Crime Prevention Research Center says many instances of a good guy with a gun stopping a bad guy with a gun have been left out of the FBI's database of active shooting incidents, fueling a false narrative that rarely do good guys with guns stop shootings. Published March 20, 2023
Supreme Court vacates ruling on parental notice for Missouri teen who sought an abortion
The Supreme Court on Monday erased a lower-court ruling that had held a county court clerk was liable for telling a teen seeking a judge's permission to bypass a parental consent law before obtaining an abortion that her parent would be notified anyway. Published March 20, 2023
Democrats’ investigation says Trump failed to report foreign gifts while in White House
President Trump and his family failed to report nearly $300,000 worth of gifts from foreign nations during his time in office, according to a new report by Democrats on the House oversight committee which said the unreported gifts could create constitutional problems. Published March 17, 2023
Republicans say Biden’s rules for firms competing with China on chips make U.S. less competitive
Republican senators lashed out Thursday against the Commerce Department for demanding companies that apply for new funding to compete with China in semiconductor manufacturing also meet unrelated benchmarks for providing childcare and labor union set-asides. Published March 16, 2023
