Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Bill would allow victims to sue sanctuary cities
Senate Republicans announced new legislation Tuesday that would allow victims of illegal immigrant crimes to sue sanctuary cities for damages. Published July 9, 2019
Donald Trump loses bid to block complainers from presidential Twitter account
A federal appeals court shot down President Trump's attempts to block critics from his Twitter account, ruling Tuesday that government officials' social media platforms are public forums protected by the First Amendment. Published July 9, 2019
Chuck Schumer: Donald Trump must answer for Jeffrey Epstein scandal
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer tried to tie President Trump to the growing scandal over accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, saying Tuesday that Mr. Trump must answer for his past praise of the billionaire financier. Published July 9, 2019
House Dems to subpoena Jared Kushner, Jeff Sessions, Rod Rosenstein
The House Judiciary Committee will vote this week to subpoena President Trump's son-in-law and top adviser Jared Kushner, as Democrats' battle with the White House gets more personal. Published July 9, 2019
ACLU fights Trump lawyer change in census citizenship case
Now even the lawyers arguing the census citizenship question have become a matter of dispute. Published July 8, 2019
U.N. human rights commissioner blasts U.S. border situation
The U.N.'s human rights commissioner on Monday blasted the U.S. for the conditions illegal immigrant children face when they are caught sneaking across the border, calling it "undignified." Published July 8, 2019
Nancy Pelosi: Trump citizenship question is attempt to ‘make America white again’
President Trump's push to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census is an attempt to "make America white again," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday, co-opting his campaign slogan. Published July 8, 2019
Feds seize cargo ship that smuggled $1.3 billion in cocaine
The ship that carried nearly 20 tons of cocaine into a U.S. port last month has been seized and the government is aiming to claim it under forfeiture laws, authorities said Monday. Published July 8, 2019
Andrew Cuomo signs bill allowing release of Trump taxes
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a law Monday that would allow the state to release President Trump's tax returns with Congress. Published July 8, 2019
Kris Kobach to run for Senate in Kansas
Kris Kobach on Monday announced his bid for Kansas's open Senate seat, casting himself as a Trump-style Republican who can carry the president's tough immigration message directly to the halls of Capitol Hill. Published July 8, 2019
Bennie Thompson, Democrats vow immigrant detention center probe
Lawmakers return to Washington this week more divided than ever and facing a series of new immigration policy crises, with an urgency to troubling conditions at the border for illegal immigrants, with President Trump sparking a clash over the 2020 census, and with the Homeland Security Department preparing a round of deportations of illegal immigrant families. Published July 7, 2019
ACLU asks judge to forbid Trump from restoring citizenship question to census
The ACLU went to court late Friday to ask a federal judge to put an end to President Trump's attempts to add a citizenship question to the census, saying the government was poised to illegally break its own self-imposed deadlines. Published July 5, 2019
Judge skeptical as Trump lawyers plot path to restore citizenship question
A federal judge signaled skepticism Friday of any new effort to add a citizenship question back into the 2020 census, and approved Trump opponents' plans to pry into the decision-making that led to the question in the first place. Published July 5, 2019
Trump ‘thinking’ of executive order on census citizenship question
President Trump said Friday he's "thinking" about issuing an executive order to try to force a citizenship question onto the 2020 census, as he continues to battle the courts. Published July 5, 2019
Economy adds 224,000 jobs in June rebound
The economy added 224,000 jobs in June, the Labor Department announced Friday, describing a market that remains resilient nearly a decade into the recovery from the Great Recession. Published July 5, 2019
Donald Trump’s team works overtime to add citizenship question to census
President Trump said Thursday he told the Justice and Commerce departments to work through the federal Independence Day holiday to try to find a way to shoehorn the citizenship question back into the census. Published July 4, 2019
Donald Trump’s extravagant plans for July 4th bashed by Capitol Hill Democrats
Democrats and pundits went ballistic Wednesday over President Trump's planned Fourth of July extravaganza on the National Mall, but some tourists visiting Washington cheered the president's call for a bigger show of patriotism featuring the military on Independence Day. Published July 3, 2019
9th Circuit Court blocks military funds for Trump border wall
In a 2-1 decision the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals halted $1 billion in border wall construction, saying Congress, not the president, controls taxpayers' money. Published July 3, 2019
2020 census citizenship question back in play after Trump tweet
President Trump's Twitter account upended the 2020 census on Wednesday, with government lawyers scrambling to figure out how to reverse themselves and add a citizenship question into next year's count -- just a day after they'd told courts it wasn't going to happen. Published July 3, 2019
Donald Trump dismisses Dems’ border complaints as politics
President Trump defended the Border Patrol Wednesday, saying they are doing a "great job" and blaming Democrats for overcrowding and other horrid conditions faced by illegal immigrants at the border. Published July 3, 2019
