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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

Articles by Stephen Dinan

Protesters confront federal officers outside of the ICE building in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. Protesters in Portland have clashed with federal agents for the first time since July in a demonstration that targeted a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building.(Sean Meagher/The Oregonian via AP)

Judge Michael Simon slams DHS targeting reporters in Portland riots

A federal judge delivered a stern scolding Thursday to Homeland Security over its behavior during the Portland riots, saying it appears agents and officers intentionally targeted reporters with tear gas and less-lethal munitions during clashes outside the courthouse. Published August 20, 2020

In this March 17, 2020, file photo, people wait in line for help with unemployment benefits at the One-Stop Career Center in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

IRS says enhanced unemployment benefits is taxable income

Millions of people who have never collected unemployment benefits before got checks this spring and summer, in some cases reaching more than $1,000 a week -- far exceeding what some of them made in their jobs. Published August 19, 2020

The person throwing the cloth was wearing a black full-face gas mask with white marker writing that said “TRNG ONLY,” and a visible lot number for the filter canister. (Photo from Utah U.S. Attorney’s Office)

Larry Williams Jr., Air Force airman, charged in Utah riots

Federal investigators charged an Air Force airman with arson during May riots in Utah, and said they were able to connect him to the crime because he used his distinctive government-issued gas mask, which they were able to match to video of the perpetrator. Published August 19, 2020

President Donald Trump tours a section of the southern border wall, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Otay Mesa, Calif. President Trump is asking a federal judge to block an effort by New York prosecutors to obtain his tax returns. Trump’s attorneys filed a lawsuit Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, in U.S. District Court in New York.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump border wall nears 300-mile mark

President Trump's border wall construction will reach 300 miles at the end of this week, a top Army Corps of Engineers official said on Tuesday as he gave Mr. Trump a tour of the border region in Arizona. Published August 18, 2020

Evelyn Lara, 19, with her brother Iker, 7, opens the door as Ricky Hurtado, a Democratic candidate for the North Carolina statehouse, canvasses voters in a largely Latino trailer community, in Burlington, N.C., Sunday, March 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Campaigns slow to rally Latino voters

Most Latinos say they have yet to hear from the presidential campaigns, according to new polling released Monday that the sponsors said could signal less engagement in this year's election. Published August 17, 2020

Federal prosecutors in Utah said they identified a person on video in front of a burning police car as Lateesha Richards. Ms. Richards now faces charges, as do other people detected through technology. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. attorney’s office)

Rioters snared by own Facebook videos, grandma’s review

The Black Lives Matter revolution is, it turns out, being televised -- and livestreamed, tweeted and otherwise shared online. Now police are digging through the data and having stunning success in tracking down perpetrators months after the mayhem. Published August 16, 2020

In this Sept. 18, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump talks with reporters as he tours a section of the southern border wall, in Otay Mesa, Calif., as acting Homeland Secretary Kevin McAleenan listens. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Trump illegally installed top DHS officials: Government watchdog

Leading Democrats called on the top two officials at Homeland Security to step down after Congress's watchdog ruled they were both illegally installed in their jobs, and called into question all the weighty decisions the two men have made in the months since they took office. Published August 14, 2020

Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., left, and Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., center, listen as Attorney General William Barr testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 1, 2019, on the Mueller Report. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Kamala Harris had ‘zero effect’ as senator

Democrats celebrating Sen. Kamala D. Harris' pick as their party's vice presidential nominee cited her groundbreaking ancestry, her personal story and her work as a district attorney and later California attorney general. Published August 13, 2020

President Donald Trump gives thumbs up during a "Rolling to Remember Ceremony," to honor the nation's veterans and POW/MIA, from the Blue Room Balcony of the White House, Friday, May 22, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump can accept nomination from White House, watchdog rules

President Trump can accept the Republican presidential nomination from the White House, according to a ruling by the Office of Special Counsel, the independent federal agency that polices the intersection between government and politics. Published August 13, 2020

In this Feb. 11, 2005, file photo, trays of printed Social Security checks wait to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Management services facility in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Bradley C. Bower, File)

Feds paid Social Security to woman who died in 1971

The Social Security Administration was still paying benefits this year to a woman who died nearly 50 years ago, and her nephew had been cashing the checks -- collecting a staggering $459,000 over the years, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Published August 12, 2020

In this Oct. 15, 2019, photo, then-Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks during a Democratic presidential primary debate in Westerville, Ohio. Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden has chosen Harris as his running mate. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) **FILE**

Kamala Harris compared ICE officers to KKK

Sen. Kamala D. Harris, Democrats' new presumptive vice presidential nominee, once compared ICE to the Ku Klux Klan, telling the agency's chief there was a "perception" that his personnel were using "fear and intimidation" in the same way the KKK did. Published August 11, 2020

Experts said they had seen ultralights, small aircraft powered by lawn mower-sized engines, used to drop loads of drugs in the U.S., But they were surprised to see them being used to ferry illegal immigrants. (ICE photograph) ** FILE **

Border Patrol finds drugs dropped by ultralight aircraft

Border Patrol agents said Monday that they found more than $300,000 in methamphetamine that had just been dropped by an ultralight aircraft that sneaked over the border in southern California. Published August 10, 2020

President Donald Trump, accompanied by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, left, speaks with reporters as he walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Federal budget deficit slows as IRS sees record tax receipts

Uncle Sam set a new monthly record for income in July with $563 billion, the Congressional Budget Office said Monday, as taxpayers finally paid up after the IRS delayed the normal April filing deadline because of the coronavirus. Published August 10, 2020