Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
New York to stick migrants on risky national park site with no police or jobs
The Biden administration is slashing through environmental protection rules and worries about policing and the health of illegal immigrants as it rushes to erect a migrant camp on a national park site in New York City, local lawmakers told Congress on Wednesday. Published September 27, 2023
Chinese nationals sent $260,000 to Hunter Biden in 2019 at father’s address
Chinese nationals sent $260,000 in bank wires to Hunter Biden in 2019 and listed President Biden's home as the address, House Republicans revealed Tuesday, calling it more refutation of the president's repeated claims of having nothing to do with his son's business dealings. Published September 26, 2023
ICE hits post-pandemic high for detaining illegal immigrants
The administration is now detaining 35,000 illegal immigrants, the most since President Biden took office, according to new data released Tuesday that shows Homeland Security increasingly turning to Trump-style get-tough measures to respond to the record border surge. Published September 26, 2023
Trump up big among Hispanics in GOP, but Biden dominates head-to-head matchup
Former President Donald Trump gets 50% of the support of Hispanic voters in a Republican primary but still trails President Biden by a wide margin in a general election matchup, according to a new poll released this week. Published September 26, 2023
Fraud, errors cost food stamp program nearly $1B a month
Officials in Maryland several years ago managed to disable one of the systems that was supposed to check whether food stamp applications had a low enough income to qualify for the benefit. Published September 26, 2023
Catch, release, murder: HHS withholds answers on suspected MS-13 migrant charged with slaying woman
Top Republicans said the Health and Human Services Department is withholding from Congress a report on its handling of a migrant juvenile who was caught illegally entering the country and released and now stands accused of murdering a 20-year-old woman in Maryland. Published September 25, 2023
FBI defied agents with aggressive approach to search of Trump’s home
The Justice Department pushed for an aggressive approach to search for classified documents at Donald Trump's home after overruling agents who wanted to try to gain the former president's cooperation, a senior FBI official said. Published September 24, 2023
DHS breaks record with more than 300,000 unauthorized entries in August
Homeland Security saw 304,162 unauthorized migrants enter the country in August alone, breaking the previous monthly record and heightening the challenges confronting the Biden administration. Published September 22, 2023
Supreme Court to take up guns — possibly abortion, diversity — in 2023 term
The conservative-leaning Supreme Court over the past two years has rewritten jurisprudence on guns, race and abortion. It's about to confront the results of those rulings in its term that begins next week. Published September 22, 2023
GOP demands transparency on Afghans airlifted to U.S. as Mayorkas renews amnesty
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee demanded answers Thursday from the State Department over who is helping Afghans settle into the U.S. Published September 21, 2023
Mayorkas’ latest border reset: More amnesty and more troops; Venezuelans get special status
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is attempting his third immigration policy reset in just nine months, announcing new troop deployments to the border and faster deportation of families, coupled with an expanded amnesty for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants and more generous work permits to other illegal immigrants already in the U.S. Published September 21, 2023
Telework’s empty buildings open the door for Legionnaires’ disease
The water supply in at least six federal government buildings is contaminated with the bacterium that causes Legionnaires' disease, and the problem may be even more widespread, according to the inspector general who oversees U.S. properties. Published September 21, 2023
DHS announces another immigration reset: More troops for border, more amnesty for those already here
With the southern border being pounded by a new wave of illegal immigrants, Homeland Security announced a new deployment of 800 active-duty troops to the border and said it will expand a speedy deportation program to try to deter the surge of families. Published September 20, 2023
DHS scrambles to deal with thousands of migrants swarming across border Wednesday in Texas
Homeland Security shut down some lanes of traffic at a Mexican border crossing Wednesday and shifted personnel to help with the latest crisis, a new surge of thousands of migrants streaming into Eagle Pass, Texas. Published September 20, 2023
Wuhan lab barred from HHS money for 10 years
The federal government has slapped a punitive 10-year ban on China's Wuhan Institute of Virology, barring it from getting any money through the Health and Human Services Department. Published September 20, 2023
AG Garland distances himself from FBI’s memo, says that ‘Catholics are not extremists’
Attorney General Merrick Garland distanced himself Wednesday from an FBI memo labeling some practicing Catholics as extremists who deserve scrutiny, saying he was "appalled" by the insinuation. Published September 20, 2023
‘We will not be intimidated,’ defiant Garland tells Congress
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday told Congress he doesn't take orders from President Biden or Congress as he defended his department's seemingly disparate handling of investigations into Hunter Biden and former President Donald Trump. Published September 20, 2023
Five questions Merrick Garland must answer when he faces House Judiciary Committee
A House committee will question Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday at a hearing led by one of his staunchest critics: Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan. Published September 19, 2023
Traumatized children taken from parents; migrant surge forces splits in Border Patrol facilities
Homeland Security is separating children from their families in Border Patrol facilities in Texas, saying the surge of migrants is too overwhelming to accommodate them all. Published September 19, 2023
Fate of Elizabeth Warren’s politically immune bureau rests with Supreme Court
The question before the justices is whether Congress can relinquish its power of the purse to another branch of government. Published September 18, 2023
