Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Border Patrol doesn’t collect DNA, leaving murder suspects free on the streets: Watchdog
Border Patrol agents arrested 330,000 people in 2017 but only took DNA samples from fewer than 100 of them, breaking a federal law and allowing serious criminals to go free, a government watchdog reported Wednesday. Published August 21, 2019
Donald Trump’s tariffs are weakening the economy: CBO
President Trump's fondness for tariffs will take a small but very real bite out of the U.S. economy, the government's chief scorekeeper said Wednesday. Published August 21, 2019
Trump-Pelosi budget deal sends deficit soaring
The budget deal President Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi struck last month will cost taxpayers $1.7 trillion over the next decade, the government's chief scorekeeper said Wednesday, adding to a sea of red that threatens to swamp Washington. Published August 21, 2019
Donald Trump moves to end Flores Settlement illegal immigrant family loophole
President Trump will move Wednesday to cancel the family "loophole" that's allowed illegal-immigrant parents and children to pour into the U.S., proposing new rules that would replace the 2015 Flores Settlement court order that created a de facto catch-and-release policy for the families. Published August 20, 2019
Donald Trump says Jewish voters who back Democrats are showing ‘disloyalty’
President Trump on Tuesday called one Muslim congresswoman "violent and vicious" and said Jewish voters show "great disloyalty" to their cause by backing Democrats. Published August 20, 2019
Facebook bias review: Gaining conservatives’ trust is ‘elusive’
Facebook's special investigator tasked with reviewing conservative bias said Tuesday that the social media giant may never be able to do enough to assuage those on the right who feel the platform is stacked against them. Published August 20, 2019
Eric Lin of Maryland arrested for vowing anti-Hispanic ‘genocide’ on Facebook
Federal authorities have arrested a Maryland man accused of praising Adolf Hitler and President Trump, vowing a "genocide" of Hispanics -- and specifically promising to rape and kill one person from Spain. Published August 20, 2019
Harry Reid says ‘Medicare for All’ is loser for Dems
Former Sen. Harry Reid says Democratic presidential candidates' focus on a "Medicare for All" health policy is a loser for the 2020 election -- and so is the push to cancel criminal penalties for illegal immigrants who jump the border. Published August 20, 2019
DACA’s dark side: Illegal immigrants use Obama reprieve for criminal activities
DACA's seventh anniversary has sparked a new round of introspection, with immigrant rights advocates saying the program has proved its worth by helping give opportunity to a generation of children who have become doctors, soldiers, lawyers and teachers. But the program does have a darker side. Published August 19, 2019
Daniel Pantaleo fired by NYPD for Eric Garner’s death
New York Police Commissioner James P. O'Neill on Monday fired the white officer who used a lethal chokehold on unarmed Eric Garner five years ago, an incident that drew national attention amid the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement. Published August 19, 2019
Americans see something fishy in Jeffrey Epstein’s death
Americans are deeply split on whether disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was murdered or committed suicide -- and even most those who say he hanged himself in his jail cell say it happened because authorities turned a blind eye. Published August 19, 2019
Bernie Sanders criminal justice system overhaul targets ‘institutional racism’
Declaring the criminal justice system ruined by pervasive racism and "corporate profiteering," Sen. Bernard Sanders proposed a massive overhaul Sunday that would free many drug convicts, abolish the death penalty and solitary confinement, and promote an unarmed "civilian corps" to replace the police for lower-level calls. Published August 18, 2019
ICE attack: Video captures exchange of gunfire that left anti-ICE attacker dead last month
Newly released video captures the moment when police confronted the man who attacked an ICE facility last month with a gun and incendiary devices, including the shots from local police that killed the attacker -- and perhaps prevented a larger loss of life. Published August 16, 2019
Ted Cruz calls El Paso rampage ‘racist domestic terrorism’
Sen. Ted Cruz said Thursday that this month's shooting rampage in El Paso was "racist domestic terrorism," and said he would back legislation to try to prevent similar attacks in the future. Published August 15, 2019
Corey Lewandowski and Rick Dearborn, Trump allies, subpoenaed by House Dems
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler issued subpoenas Thursday for Trump associates Rick Dearborn and Corey Leandowski -- just hours before President Trump is expected to see Mr. Lewandowski at a rally in New Hampshire. Published August 15, 2019
Judge rules Georgia’s electronic voting system illegal
A federal judge ruled Thursday that Georgia's electronic voting system is defective, vulnerable to a foreign government's hacking, and cannot be used in the 2020 elections. Published August 15, 2019
Feds bust stash house where smugglers ‘terrorize’ illegal immigrants
Authorities in Texas busted a massive illegal immigrant stash house last week, rescuing 73 migrants from smugglers who allegedly kicked them, used a stun gun on them and carried a pistol to "terrorize" them. Published August 15, 2019
Michael Avenatti wants Nike case tossed: Trump feud cause of prosecution
Michael Avenatti, the one-time Trump nemesis, asked a federal judge Wednesday to toss the criminal case against him in New York, saying he's getting a bum rap because of his "feud" with President Trump. Published August 14, 2019
Emma Lazarus’ ‘huddled masses’ rejected as paupers in year poem added to Statue of Liberty
The same year that Emma Lazarus' poem welcoming the world's "poor" and "huddled masses" was added to the Statue of Liberty, the U.S. government rejected 5,812 of those same new arrivals for being poor. Published August 14, 2019
Chuck Schumer tells Trump to nix border wall, spend cash fighting domestic terrorism
Sen. Charles E. Schumer penned a letter Wednesday officially asking President Trump to cancel his $5 billion request for border wall money in the new budget, and to use the cash on combatting domestic terrorism and racist violence. Published August 14, 2019