Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Illegal border crossings plummet in 2020
Illegal immigration across the southwestern border plummeted over the last year as President Trump's policies and the coronavirus pandemic took hold -- but officials warned they're already seeing signs of a new surge they said could shatter records. Published October 14, 2020
Lindsey Graham: Amy Coney Barrett will shatter glass ceiling for pro-life women
Judge Amy Coney Barrett will become the first avowedly pro-life woman to reach the Supreme Court, shattering a glass ceiling for women and challenging the liberal orthodoxy on what beliefs women must hold, Sen. Lindsey Graham said Wednesday. Published October 14, 2020
Amy Coney Barrett responds to ‘White colonizers’ attack over adopted children
An emotional Judge Amy Coney Barrett said Tuesday that her family has been hurt by "cruel" comments from anti-Trump opponents who derided her adoption of two children from Haiti. Published October 13, 2020
Amy Coney Barrett rejects Donald Trump ‘pawn’ talk
Judge Amy Coney Barrett made no commitments to President Trump and passionately rejected insinuations she would be his "pawn" in upcoming rulings on Obamacare and possibly the 2020 election, the Supreme Court nominee told the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday. Published October 13, 2020
Supreme Court stops 2020 census from continuing
The Supreme Court issued an order Tuesday that halts the 2020 census count in place, delivering a victory to the Trump administration, which is rushing to complete the enumeration and submit the final results to Congress this year. Published October 13, 2020
Judge Barrett decries ‘attacks’ on family, ‘caricatures’ of her Catholic faith
Judge Amy Coney Barrett said Tuesday that her family has been "attacked" and she's seen "caricatures floating around" concerning her Catholic faith, but said she's going through it because she feels a duty to defend the law. Published October 13, 2020
Amy Coney Barrett hearing turned in Obamacare referendum
Senate Democrats, who have few chances to derail Judge Amy Coney Barrett's elevation to the Supreme Court, sought to turn her confirmation hearings into a referendum on the fate of Obamacare, saying Monday that her vote in an upcoming case means "life or death" for millions of Americans who rely on the health care law. Published October 12, 2020
Martha McSally uses Mark Kelly China connections as political weapon
Sen. Martha McSally hopes Democratic opponent Mark Kelly's long-standing ties to China play in helping her fend off his Senate challenge in the Nov. 3 election. Published October 12, 2020
Dick Durbin: Amy Coney Barrett’s faith won’t be issue in Supreme Court hearings
A top Democrat said Monday that his party will not target Judge Amy Coney Barrett's Catholic faith during this week's Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Published October 12, 2020
Lindsey Graham defends Amy Coney Barrett hearing, says public deserves chance to see judge’s answers
Sen. Lindsey Graham said Monday that some Republicans wanted him to skip the confirmation hearing for Judge Amy Coney Barrett and just push her nomination through with a vote -- but he said Americans deserve a chance to see the judge in action. Published October 12, 2020
American Bar Association rates Amy Coney Barrett ‘well qualified’
The American Bar Association rated Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett "well qualified" to fill a seat on the high court, judging by her "integrity, professional competence and judicial temperament." Published October 12, 2020
Border Patrol rips Los Angeles Times ‘villainize’ of agents
The Border Patrol's top brass lashed out Sunday at what they called a "false" report in the Los Angeles Times that agents separated an illegal immigrant mother and her newborn baby, saying the paper skewed the facts as it "sought to villainize" the agents. Published October 11, 2020
New York Times targeted as GOP clamors for prosecution of Trump’s tax leaker
The newspaper said Mr. Trump, through use of tax breaks and write-offs, paid no income tax most of the past 15 years. In 2016 and 2017, two years he did show a tax liability, it was just $750 each year. Published October 11, 2020
Judge blasts D.C. mayor’s coronavirus church shutdown
A federal judge slapped down D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's church shutdown policy late Friday, chiding the city for restricting freedom of worship during the coronavirus pandemic even when churches were willing to take precautions. Published October 10, 2020
Joe Biden White House win likely to ease Illegal immigrants plight
Illegal immigrants from Central America streamed into Mexico earlier this year, betting that a Democrat winning the White House next month would dramatically improve the odds of being able to continue north, successfully jump the U.S. border and gain a foothold. Published October 8, 2020
Zul Mirza Mohamed, Texas mayoral candidate, arrested for absentee ballot fraud
Texas authorities announced Thursday they have arrested and charged a mayoral candidate in the Dallas area with election fraud, accusing him of running a scam to request absentee ballots in other voters' names. Published October 8, 2020
ICE surges into sanctuary cities in California, nets 128 migrants
ICE officers surged to the streets of California last week and rounded up 128 undocumented immigrants who had been released by local governments under sanctuary policies, as part of an aggressive new stance against sanctuary jurisdictions. Published October 7, 2020
DHS to fix guest-worker program blamed for outsourcing American jobs
The Trump administration finalized a major overhaul Tuesday of the H-1B visa, the country's premier high-tech guest-worker program, moving to stop companies from ousting American workers in favor of cheaper foreign labor. Published October 6, 2020
DHS: White supremacists are the most lethal domestic extremist threat
Last year was the deadliest for incidents of domestic extremism in 25 years -- and White supremacists were responsible for the vast majority of people killed in them, Homeland Security said Tuesday in a new threat assessment. Published October 6, 2020
Virginia officials fear ballots lost after thefts at post offices
Virginia election officials were begging for the public's help Monday to try to figure out if any ballots had been stolen when six mailboxes at post offices were cracked over the weekend. Published October 5, 2020
