Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Illegal immigrants taking beds from local residents in Arizona hospital
The main hospital in Yuma, Arizona, put a price tag on the border crisis, with its officials telling lawmakers Thursday that it spent $26 million last year on uncompensated care for the wave of illegal immigrants who threaten to swamp the facility. Published February 23, 2023
Supreme Court’s pro-gun ruling could mean 150 more firearms deaths a year, Rand Corp. says
The Rand Corp. has put a death toll on last year's gun rights Supreme Court ruling, calculating that more permissive concealed-carry permit laws would lead to at least 150 additional firearms deaths each year. Published February 23, 2023
Supreme Court struggles to draw line on how Big Tech aids terrorists who use platforms
Supreme Court justices searched Wednesday for a way to determine when large social media companies used by terrorists cross the line into aiding and abetting them in their attacks. Published February 22, 2023
Supreme Court backs Arizona convict in death sentence case
The Supreme Court said a death row convict in Arizona should get a new chance to argue against his sentence, ruling Wednesday that the state's high court should have given him a chance to tell jurors his alternative was life in prison without parole. Published February 22, 2023
DHS revives Trump-style asylum limits to stop new border surge
The Biden administration proposed new rules Tuesday to block illegal immigrants from jumping the border to file bogus asylum claims, embracing a Trump-style policy that President Biden had once labeled a "humanitarian disaster." Published February 21, 2023
Supreme Court skeptical of upending Big Tech legal protection for hosting controversial content
The Supreme Court cast a skeptical eye Tuesday on a challenge to big social media companies, with justices expressing concern that stripping them of legal protection for how they promote content on their websites could upend the entire internet economy. Published February 21, 2023
Social Security to go broke in 10 years, forcing Washington’s hand on retiree crisis
Social Security's trust fund insolvency is looming in Congress' windshield now that the Congressional Budget Office has reported that it will run out of money in 2032. Published February 20, 2023
DOJ tells justices not to erase legal protections for Big Tech
The Justice Department says social media companies like YouTube and Twitter shouldn't be held liable for hosting other people's content, but also says the tech giants may cross lines when they insert themselves into the situation by deciding what to promote. Published February 17, 2023
McCarthy says Sinaloa cartel is now biggest employer in southern Arizona county
The Sinaloa cartel is now the biggest employer in Cochise County, Arizona, because it hires so many people to smuggle people and drugs, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Thursday. Published February 16, 2023
Father charged with kidnapping daughter to force her into marriage in Yemen
Federal authorities have charged a father and son with spiriting their daughter and sister out of the country and holding her captive in Yemen, where they tried to force her into a marriage. Published February 16, 2023
ChatGPT acknowledges bias, ‘real limitations’ in artificial intelligence tool
The people behind the groundbreaking ChatGPT acknowledged Thursday that the artificial intelligence tool sometimes delivers results that are "politically biased, offensive or otherwise objectionable." Published February 16, 2023
Supreme Court cancels oral argument on Title 42 border policy
The Supreme Court on Thursday canceled oral argument in a case seeking to challenge President Biden's cancellation of the Title 42 pandemic border expulsion policy. Published February 16, 2023
Immigrants in workforce surge under Biden; native-born lag behind
More than 2 million new immigrants have arrived to take jobs in the U.S. since 2019, according to a new study released Thursday that challenges a growing chorus of voices arguing the country needs more immigrants to keep the economy humming. Published February 16, 2023
Texas AG mounts legal challenge to Pelosi’s designated voter scheme
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a lawsuit Wednesday to unravel the 2023 spending bill Congress approved late last year, saying too few lawmakers showed up in person to vote on the measure for it to be valid. Published February 15, 2023
Texas asks court to halt Joe Biden’s border ‘parole’ plan
Texas asked a federal judge Wednesday to issue an injunction halting President Biden's new program offering to admit up to 30,000 migrants a month under a new "parole" policy, saying the administration invented a new immigration procedure without permission from Congress. Published February 15, 2023
A world of hurt: Workshops aim to help federal employees cope with ‘ecogrief’
The Interior Department's Fish and Wildlife Service is offering "ecogrief" training to employees who are struggling with a sense of trauma or loss as they witness a changing environment. Published February 15, 2023
Biden and inflation added $3.1 trillion to federal deficit, CBO reports
President Biden and the Democrat-led Congress helped add $3.1 trillion to the federal deficit over the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday, delivering a depressing picture of the government's finances and the economy. Published February 15, 2023
Sen. Joni Ernst calls on HHS to permanently bar Wuhan virus lab from getting U.S. money
The Chinese virology lab that some analysts blame for igniting the coronavirus pandemic has been stripped of its U.S. funding, but Sen. Joni Ernst said it has not been blacklisted to make sure it can't get federal money in the future. Published February 14, 2023
Illegal crossings at northern border ‘historic’
Temperatures may have dipped to below zero along the U.S.-Canada border last month, but the pace of illegal immigration was overheated as people poured across the less-protected boundary. Published February 13, 2023
ChatGPT went to Congress, became a pro-choice, anti-gun liberal; refused to write conservative bills
The intelligence might be artificial, but the bias is real. Published February 13, 2023