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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan can be reached at sdinan@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Stephen Dinan

U.S. $100 bills are seen on July 14, 2022, in Marple Township, Pa. Giving Tuesday raised $3.1 billion in 24 hours for charitable causes in the U.S. on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, as the event that started as a hashtag in 2012 celebrated its 10th anniversary and its status as a staple of fundraising for nonprofits. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Feds announce bust in $30 million pandemic unemployment fraud

Federal prosecutors announced charges Wednesday against eight people in Georgia they say filed more than 5,000 bogus applications for pandemic unemployment benefits, stealing more than $30 million in money intended for the downtrodden. Published November 30, 2022

Web pages used to show information for collecting unemployment insurance in Virginia, right, and reporting fraud and identity theft in Pennsylvania, are displayed on the respective state web pages, on Feb. 26, 2021, in Zelienople, Pa. The Secret Service said it has seized more than $1.2 billion while investigating unemployment insurance and loan fraud and has returned more than $2.3 billion of fraudulently obtained funds by working with financial partners and states to reverse transactions. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) **FILE**

New York City workers busted for COVID fraud

Federal authorities announced charges Wednesday against New York City workers they say conspired in an extensive fraud operation involving dozens of bogus pandemic loan applications. Published November 30, 2022

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on threats to the homeland on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Supreme Court asked to block Mayorkas deportation policy

The Supreme Court grappled Tuesday with states' ability to challenge the Biden administration's immigration policies, and the courts' ability to referee those disputes, in a case over Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas's non-deportation policy. Published November 29, 2022

U.S. Border Patrol agents, aided by a dog and a Black Hawk helicopter, search for a group of migrants evading capture at the base of the Baboquivari Mountains, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, near Sasabe, Ariz. TThe desert region located in the Tucson sector just north of Mexico is one of the deadliest stretches along the international border with rugged desert mountains, uneven topography, washes and triple-digit temperatures in the summer months. Border Patrol agents performed 3,000 rescues in the sector in the past 12 months. (AP Photo/Matt York) **FILE**

Assaults on Border Patrol agents rise as border chaos spreads

October saw 61 Border Patrol agents assaulted along the southern border, in 48 incidents, or more than any month since the start of fiscal year 2020. By contrast, last October had just 28 incidents and October 2020 tallied just 16 assault incidents on agents at the southern border. Published November 27, 2022

In this June 22, 2016, file photo, Border Patrol agent Eduardo Olmos walks near the secondary fence separating Tijuana, Mexico, background, and San Diego in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

How the Biden admin quietly converts illegal immigrants into legal ‘parolees’

This administration isn't the first to rely on parole, but its application of the process is the most wide-ranging. Authorities have flexed their power to bring in Afghan evacuees, Ukrainians who want to avoid the war in their country, and hundreds of thousands of people from myriad countries who show up at the southern border. Published November 27, 2022

Members of the New Orleans Police Department investigate a carjacking scene on N. Pierce St. that resulted in an elderly woman's death in New Orleans, La., Monday, March 21, 2022. (Max Becherer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Hidden COVID crisis: Violent juvenile crime exploded amid school shutdowns

"We are seeing, and I hear this from chiefs and sheriffs all the time, as well as our own agents, an alarming uptick in the incidence of juveniles engaging in violence, often graduating from carjackings to even worse violence," FBI Director Christopher Wray said. Published November 20, 2022