Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Biden administration announces private sponsorship program for refugees
The Biden administration announced a new effort Thursday to recruit private citizens to sponsor new refugees seeking to come to the U.S. Published January 19, 2023
House Oversight Committee launches probe into border chaos
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer announced Thursday a broad probe into the chaos at the southern border and said he'll give top Border Patrol agents a chance to explain directly to the public how bad things have gotten. Published January 19, 2023
New York mayor says other jurisdictions should bear burden of Biden’s border migrants
New York Mayor Eric Adams complained Wednesday that big cities are bearing too much of the burden of welcoming the surge of illegal immigrants from the southern border, and he called for the feds to create a new national system to "fairly distribute" the newcomers. Published January 18, 2023
Biden’s army of IRS auditors falls victim to hiring woes, ambiguous marching orders
President Biden's vision for a supercharged IRS is running into the rough realities of hiring problems and difficulties in figuring out who should face more audits. Published January 18, 2023
Heroin smugglers who used potato chip bags get 3-year prison sentence
Two Mexican women who smuggled heroin into the U.S. in bags of potato chips were slapped with three-year prison sentences. Published January 18, 2023
Bad neighborhoods: 1% of counties responsible for 42% of America’s murders
Homicide rates have spiked, but most of America has remained untouched. Only a tiny fraction of U.S. counties account for nearly all of the country's homicides, according to research released Tuesday that showed a striking concentration where killings take place. Published January 17, 2023
Republican majority off to speedy start with House bills, resolutions
While big clashes within the Republican Party and with President Biden have drawn most of the attention, rank-and-file Republicans have used their new majority to create a striking wish list. Published January 16, 2023
Federal government hits debt limit, clock starts ticking on potential default
The federal government will bump up against its borrowing limit this week, the Treasury Department said, putting Congress on notice that it must approve an increase or risk Uncle Sam not being able to cover the bills. Published January 13, 2023
Illegal immigrant gets 7-year sentence for attempted murder of Border Patrol agent
An illegal immigrant who snuck into the U.S. earlier this year was slapped Thursday with a prison sentence of more than 7 years for trying to murder a Border Patrol agent. Published January 12, 2023
Feds announce election fraud charges against Iowa candidate’s wife
Federal prosecutors announced charges Thursday against an Iowa woman they say attempted to falsely register and then cast ballots in the names of dozens of residents to help her husband, a Republican, in his elections. Published January 12, 2023
House Republicans eye vote to stop illegal immigrant voting in D.C.
A top House Republican announced legislation Thursday to stop the District of Columbia from allowing immigrants -- including some in the country illegally -- to cast ballots in local elections. Published January 12, 2023
DHS slaps new limits on when Border Patrol can chase fleeing smugglers
The Department of Homeland Security announced a new vehicle-pursuit policy Wednesday that will severely limit when Border Patrol agents can pursue migrant smugglers. Published January 11, 2023
New GOP majority tells House lawyers to cool the lawsuits
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy installed a new general counsel Wednesday and said he expects the chamber's lawyers to take a more reserved approach in weighing in on hot-button issues percolating in the courts. Published January 11, 2023
GOP lawmaker files articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary Mayorkas
A House Republican has filed the first articles of impeachment in the new Congress, targeting Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for failing to secure the southern border and then misleading lawmakers about his efforts. Published January 11, 2023
Biden greets new GOP majority with rough talk and veto threat
It didn't take long for President Biden and the new House GOP majority to get off on the wrong foot. Published January 11, 2023
House passes bill to cancel hiring of more IRS agents, stop new audits
Republicans flexed their new House majority to take a first swipe at President Biden on Monday, approving a bill that would claw back tens of billions of dollars from the IRS that Democrats had hoped would help the tax agency audit more Americans. Published January 9, 2023
White House vows to veto first GOP bill on cutting IRS funding
The White House vowed Monday that President Biden would veto House Republicans' first bill, which would claw back tens of billions of dollars from the IRS. Published January 9, 2023
Michigan paid $3.3B in pandemic unemployment to people with no work history
In a random sampling of 60 claims, auditors found a third of them showed suspicious assertions of self-employment that should have been followed up. Published January 9, 2023
Biden visits border, sees more money as solution to chaos
President Biden took a walk Sunday along the border wall in El Paso, Texas, getting his first up-close look at the boundary that has bedeviled his administration with two years of unprecedented chaos and saying the solution is more money. Published January 8, 2023
Texas governor hand-delivers letter demanding Biden secure the border
The Republican governor accused Mr. Biden of having "sanitized" the city by ousting migrants who had been swamping the city streets, trying to lessen the visual impact of the surge of illegal immigration. Published January 8, 2023
