Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Kate Brown plan to curb Portland violence rejected by sheriffs
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown's plan to calm violence in Portland is falling apart after two neighboring sheriffs said they won't supply personnel to help out, saying the answer isn't more police but rather a get-tough policy of charging and prosecuting rioters. Published August 31, 2020
Aaron J. Danielson Portland protest death ruled a homicide
Portland police on Monday officially identified the man killed over the weekend after a pro-Trump rally in the Oregon city as Aaron J. Danielson, and declared his death a homicide. Published August 31, 2020
Border Patrol properly used tear gas on migrant caravans: Audit
The Border Patrol followed policy in deploying tear gas to stop caravans of migrants who breached the border en masse in 2018 and 2019, an audit found -- though the agency didn't properly certify all of the agents who used less-lethal force in those incidents. Published August 31, 2020
Ted Wheeler: Portland’s left wing turns on mayor
Left-wing groups in Oregon demanded Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler resign after the death of a right-wing protester over the weekend, saying Mr. Wheeler has allowed the city to spiral out of control. Published August 31, 2020
Nearly $500 million in coronavirus payments to dead people still outstanding: Audit
Hundreds of millions of dollars the IRS paid in coronavirus stimulus checks sent to dead people have not been repaid, according to a new audit Monday. Published August 31, 2020
Anti-police protesters arrested carrying guns in Portland
Police in Portland, Oregon, said Monday they arrested two protesters carrying guns Sunday night amid an unruly demonstration outside a county office building that houses the sheriff's department. Published August 31, 2020
Joe Biden: Trump can’t stop the violence because he’s fomenting it
Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden on Monday blamed President Trump for fomenting violence in the U.S., saying he's struggling to solve the COVID-19 pandemic and sees rising fear as a political lifeline. Published August 31, 2020
Kate Brown, Oregon governor, surges police to quell Portland riots
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced plans Sunday to surge police into Portland -- including FBI agents -- to get a handle on violence that has continued nightly over the last few months. Published August 30, 2020
Donald Trump, Democrats trade blame for unrest
Antifa protesters and pro-Trump demonstrators clashed in Portland, Oregon, this weekend, leaving one man dead and sparking a round of finger-pointing at the national level as President Trump blamed local officials for allowing violence to surge. Published August 30, 2020
Kate Brown blames Donald Trump for Oregon violence
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on blamed President Trump on Sunday for riots that have raged in Portland for the last three months, saying he has "encouraged division and stoked violence." Published August 30, 2020
DHS says Los Angeles sheriff’s sanctuary policy will kill innocent people
The Los Angeles County sheriff's new policy banning his department from turning over any illegal immigrant criminals to ICE, no matter how serious the crimes, will result in innocent people -- often migrants themselves -- being killed or raped, Homeland Security's No. 2 official said. Published August 30, 2020
Man killed in Portland amid clashes between BLM protesters, pro-Trump supporters
Racial justice demonstrators and pro-Trump marchers converged on downtown Portland, Oregon, Saturday, sparking clashes and leaving one man shot and killed in the mayhem, police said. Published August 30, 2020
Justice Department carried out fifth execution in two months
A child murderer was executed at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, on Friday, in the fifth death sentence carried out this year. Published August 28, 2020
Appeals court backs feds in Portland protest fight
A federal appeals court late Thursday halted a lower judge's ruling that the Justice Department said had tied the hands of law enforcement trying to quell riots in Portland, Oregon. Published August 28, 2020
House Democrats move to hold Pompeo in contempt
House Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel said Friday he's starting contempt of Congress proceedings against Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for refusing to work with his committee's investigations of President Trump and his team. Published August 28, 2020
Ted Wheeler, Portland mayor, gets fed up with violent protests: ‘Enough is enough’
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler took aim Wednesday at what he called "a few dozen individuals engaged in violence" who he said have allowed the Oregon city to be wrongly portrayed as a "dark dystopia" by President Trump and others. Published August 27, 2020
Tony H. Pham, new ICE director: History as refugee lends credibility to job
Tony H. Pham, whose family fled Saigon in 1975 and rebuilt their lives in Virginia, winning American citizenship a decade later, told The Washington Times in an exclusive interview that it was "humbling" to be named this week as the senior official performing the duties of director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Published August 26, 2020
Portland protesters sue Trump over DHS deployment to quell riots
Portland protesters filed a lawsuit against President Trump and the Homeland Security Department on Wednesday, saying the deployment of additional federal officers to quell attacks on the federal courthouse was illegal and unconstitutional. Published August 26, 2020
Lezmond Mitchell, Navajo murderer, executed
The federal government carried out its fourth execution this year on Wednesday, putting to death Lezmond Mitchell, who murdered a 63-year-old grandmother and her 9-year-old granddaughter in 2001. Published August 26, 2020
Democrat governors sending COVID patients into nursing homes probed by DOJ
The Justice Department said it is probing four Democratic-led states that pushed nursing homes to admit new residents during the coronavirus, despite heightened risks to the elderly population from contracting COVID-19. Published August 26, 2020
