Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
McConnell projected to win seventh term in Kentucky
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is projected to have successfully defended his Kentucky Senate seat Tuesday, winning a seventh term. Published November 3, 2020
Audit finds DHS cut corners when it sent agents to Portland riots
Department of Homeland Security officials cut too many corners when they deployed additional agents to Portland, Oregon, over the summer to quell riots near the federal courthouse, the department's inspector general said in a new report this week, delivering the latest blow over the aggressive federal response. Published November 3, 2020
Judge Michael Mosman restricts feds amid Portland protests
A judge on Monday ordered federal police to stay penned inside a one-block radius from the courthouse in Portland, ruling that they were violating protesters' rights when they went into crowds blocks away to try to arrest agitators. Published November 2, 2020
Lindsey Graham, Republicans face uphill fight for Senate control
Sen. Lindsey Graham is in the fight of his political life, and that fact captures the 2020 Senate map in a nutshell. Published November 2, 2020
Donald Trump ‘public charge’ immigration rule tossed by federal judge
A federal judge in Chicago issued a nationwide halt Monday to President Trump's attempt to make more immigrants have to prove self-sufficiency in order to win a path to citizenship. Published November 2, 2020
DHS: Tech companies’ censorship is ‘grave threat to national security’
The No. 2 official at Homeland Security said Monday that cancel culture censorship by Twitter and other tech companies has created a "dystopian" world and it's become a "grave threat to national security." Published November 2, 2020
Suspect dies after refusing to stop for Border Patrol checkpoint
A person died Sunday after barreling through an inspection station at a Border Patrol highway checkpoint in Texas, bailing out of the car, running across the median and getting struck by a vehicle headed the other way on the interstate, Homeland Security officials said. Published November 2, 2020
States look to ban noncitizen voting, adopt ranked-choice ballots
Noncitizens don't have the right to vote anywhere in Florida right now. Voters on Tuesday will be asked to make sure that doesn't change. Published November 1, 2020
EXCLUSIVE: DHS, DOJ ready new crackdown on bogus asylum claims
The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice are on the verge of finalizing a new asylum crackdown on "frivolous" claims, with two new regulations demanding migrants meet a tougher standard for proving persecution, The Washington Times has learned. Published November 1, 2020
Chad Wolf, Homeland Security acting secretary: Twitter a ‘threat’ to U.S. security over censorship
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf labeled Twitter a "threat" to America's security on Friday, saying that the tech giant's quick trigger finger in censoring government agencies could deny people information they need to be safe. Published October 30, 2020
Postal worker arrested for delaying mail during election season
Federal investigators arrested an Ohio postal worker Friday and charged her with delaying the mail after police found an undelivered absentee ballot application and other election-related mail in her vehicle. Published October 30, 2020
DHS marks nearly 400 miles of border wall
Homeland Security officials took a victory lap Thursday to mark completion of nearly 400 miles of border wall, putting a check next to President Trump's most famous 2016 campaign promise and mocking news outlets that had predicted the project would never get off the ground. Published October 29, 2020
Twitter caves, restores border chief’s account; pro-wall tweet still censored
Twitter reversed itself Thursday and unlocked the account Homeland Security's top border official 20 hours after censoring him for a post promoting the importance of border wall construction. Published October 29, 2020
Twitter censors DHS border wall tweet as ‘hateful’
Twitter deleted a tweet and shut down the account of the country's border chief late Wednesday after he posted a message celebrating construction of nearly 400 miles of wall. Published October 29, 2020
DHS mocks Pelosi, media over border wall: ‘Outright lies’
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf celebrated "nearly 400 miles" of border wall construction Thursday by mocking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and media critics who'd said President Trump would never be able to get it done. Published October 29, 2020
Judge rules Virginia must reject late ballots with no postmark
A judge in Virginia ruled Wednesday that the state cannot count ballots that arrive after Election Day and do not contain a postmark. Published October 28, 2020
Miles Taylor reveals himself as ‘Anonymous’
Former Department of Homeland Security official Miles Taylor revealed himself on Wednesday to be "Anonymous," the author of a book and op-ed critical of President Trump. Published October 28, 2020
Trump signs record-low refugee target
President Trump signed a new record low limit on refugees for 2021 and instituted a new ban on most refugees from countries with a nexus to terrorism, the White House said Wednesday, completing a four-year effort to rewrite America's marquee humanitarian relief program. Published October 28, 2020
Remote controlled car used to smuggle drugs, border patrol says
Border Patrol agents said they busted a plot Tuesday to use a remote-controlled toy car that had been used to help smuggle more than $100,000 worth of methamphetamine across the U.S.-Mexico border into Arizona. Published October 27, 2020
Mark Morgan warns of border ‘invasion’ if Biden wins
The Department of Homeland Security said this week, warning of a looming "invasion" of illegal immigrants should the next administration roll back President Trump's accomplishments. Published October 27, 2020
