Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Jerrold Nadler, Ted Lieu demand Pence invoke 25th Amendment
Demands grew late Wednesday to invoke the 25th Amendment to immediately remove President Trump from office after he cheered supporters who assaulted the U.S. Capitol and chased Congress out of the building. Published January 6, 2021
Donald Trump defiant amid Capitol chaos
President Trump took to Twitter in the early hours of Wednesday to plead with his vice president to help overturn the Electoral College count. Thirteen hours later, after Vice President Mike Pence signaled he wouldn't be part of a usurpation, Mr. Trump tweeted that Mr. Pence "didn't have the courage." Published January 6, 2021
Ben Sasse: Donald Trump ‘cowered behind his keyboard’
Sen. Ben Sasse unloaded on President Trump after his supporters stormed the Capitol, saying the chief executive was responsible for the unprecedented assault. Published January 6, 2021
Illegals use children as immigration loophole to avoid deportation, DHS confirms
Bring a child to the border, get released: It's a mantra that illegal immigrants have repeated for several years, and groundbreaking data announced Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security shows just how true it is. Published January 5, 2021
DHS reaches 450 miles of border wall, says it’s got money for 350 more miles
Homeland Security took a victory lap Tuesday after announcing it had surpassed 450 miles of border wall erected on President Trump's watch, calling it a "historic" achievement. Published January 5, 2021
GOP pushes back as Trump divides party with Electoral College challenge
President Trump has once again slashed a dividing line through the heart of the Republican Party with his demand that lawmakers reject the results of the Nov. 3 election, but this time the pushback is stronger. Published January 4, 2021
Donald Trump can block Twitter followers once out of office
Plenty of people are expecting Twitter to ban President Trump's account once he is out of office, but it is Mr. Trump who will regain the power to do the banning in the near term. Published January 3, 2021
HHS overturns plan to slap $14,000 fee on distilleries who helped combat COVID
Facing an outcry, Health and Human Services overruled the Food and Drug Administration late Thursday and canceled plans to charge $14,000 fees on distilleries that rushed to make hand sanitizer to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Published January 1, 2021
Pandemic to spark biggest baby bust since 1970s
The U.S. is on track for a 0.13 drop in the Total Fertility Rate, the biggest one-year decline since the 1970s, according to the latest estimates from the Social Security Administration, an agency that meticulously studies this sort of thing. Published December 31, 2020
ICE arrest-related death record tops federal police agencies
ICE was the only federal police agency that didn't record a death attendant to an arrest in the Justice Department's first-ever study of the matter, which was released this week. Published December 30, 2020
DHS on track for 450 miles of border wall by end of year
Homeland Security has surged new border wall construction along previously unfenced portions of the U.S.-Mexico boundary and is circling in on President Trump's goal of 450 total miles built by the end of this year. Published December 30, 2020
El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras sign Asylum Cooperation Agreement with U.S.
The three key Central American countries that were responsible for last year's migrant surge have signed asylum deals with the U.S., officials announced Tuesday, saying the moves could help head off a new wave of caravans. Published December 29, 2020
Feds add human smuggling charges to case against illegal immigrant fake family
Prosecutors divulged new details Tuesday of an illegal immigrant fake family, and announced new human smuggling charges against the abusive couple. Published December 29, 2020
Nations grapple with pasts after U.S. protests for racial justice
George Floyd's death at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer this summer reverberated thousands of miles to the east, where protesters in Belgium toppled a statue of a former king, Leopold II. Published December 28, 2020
Timothy Schmalz, sculptor, says statue removal advocates need reality check
Absolutely arrogant. For Timothy P. Schmalz, an Ontario-based sculptor, that's really the only way to describe the renewed push to tear down statues that commemorate people who are now deemed out of step with modern morals. Published December 28, 2020
Coin shortage fears renewed as coronavirus surges
One of the weirder social symptoms of the coronavirus shutdowns has been a coin shortage, which has pinched operations at some businesses and left coin collectors scrounging for material. Published December 27, 2020
Gund, Jellycat plush toys foment stuffed animal transformation
As children tear into boxes with flashing lights and gadgety beeps this Christmas, millions will find Santa has gone old school and left them a new cuddly pal. Published December 24, 2020
Alan Ray, illegal immigrant, stole identities to get relief funds, prosecutors say
Federal prosecutors announced charges Wednesday against an illegal immigrant from Britain who they say stole dozens of identities and then used some of them to apply for and receive unemployment benefits from coronavirus relief funds. Published December 23, 2020
Confederate statues stay in U.S. Capitol Statuary Hall collection despite Democrats’ opposition
Robert E. Lee may be gone, but other Confederate statues survived House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's attempt to oust them from the U.S. Capitol collection. Published December 23, 2020
DHS deportations plunge amid pandemic; Trump falls far short of Obama record
Homeland Security's deportations plunged nearly 30% over the past year, officials said Wednesday, blaming the pressures of the pandemic for sapping them of the ability to find and oust immigrants who are in the country illegally. Published December 23, 2020
