Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Schumer, Dems demand Trump cancel Putin meeting after election meddling indictments
Top Democrats called on President Trump to cancel his summit next week with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, saying it's the most immediate way to punish Moscow after Friday's indictment of a dozen Russian military officers accused of interfering in the 2016 election. Published July 13, 2018
Congressional Hispanic Caucus oppose abolishing ICE
Democrats' push to abolish ICE took a dagger to the heart Thursday when the Congressional Hispanic Caucus voted against endorsing the policy, saying it wouldn't solve anything. Published July 13, 2018
Steve Bannon must testify to counter Peter Strzok testimony, House Democrats demand
House Democrats demanded that former Trump campaign chief Stephen Bannon be called to testify to Congress as a counterpoint to Thursday's hearing with embattled FBI Agent Peter Strzok. Published July 12, 2018
Asylum officers get broader powers in new government guidelines
The government's citizenship agency issued new guidelines this week that give asylum officers broader powers to reject claims based on domestic abuse or gang violence, clearing the way for those with bogus claims to be speedily deported. Published July 12, 2018
GOP senators push measure to support ICE
Republican senators called Thursday for the Senate to approve a resolution putting the chamber on record in support of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying the government's top deportation agency does critical work in keeping the country safe. Published July 12, 2018
Dems introduce first bill to abolish ICE
A handful of congressional Democrats on Thursday introduced the first bill to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, putting on paper the details of getting rid of the agency responsible for everything from deportations to stopping counterfeiters to nabbing online child sex predators. Published July 12, 2018
Paul Ryan: My car was eaten by animals
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said he hasn't driven in several years and when he went to check if his car still worked, he discovered a family of woodchucks had eaten all the wiring. Published July 12, 2018
Paul Ryan ‘confident’ GOP holds House
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Thursday the numbers have improved, and he now thinks Republicans will keep control of the House in this year's elections Published July 12, 2018
Feds claim success after 57 of 103 border children back with parents
Administration officials told a judge Thursday they had to cut corners and turned very young children over to adults without fully confirming they were related in the rush to meet this week's court-ordered deadline to reunite with family 103 juveniles separated by President Trump's zero-tolerance border policy. Published July 12, 2018
Immigrants find noncitizen voter registration easy
Abdel showed up at his local Pennsylvania motor vehicle office to take his driver's license test -- and walked out having registered to vote, even though he is not a citizen. Published July 12, 2018
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ new rules could stop asylum surge
The government's citizenship agency issued new guidelines this week that will make it much tougher for many of the Central Americans streaming into the U.S. to claim asylum. Published July 11, 2018
DNA tests, criminal charges complicate effort to reunite illegal immigrant families
The federal government has caught at least five adults whose claims to be parents of illegal immigrant children were disproven with DNA tests. Eight more had serious criminal records, including murder and kidnapping charges, that made them unfit to take back their own children, the government said Tuesday. Published July 10, 2018
Illegal immigrant girl, 3, abandoned in Rio Grande by smuggler, Border Patrol says
The Border Patrol has been getting blasted for separating children from their parents, but this week they made headlines by rescuing a 3-year-old girl who smugglers had abandoned. Published July 10, 2018
Feds slap sanctions on Burma, Laos for refusing deportations
The Trump administration said Tuesday it has stopped issuing visas to some government officials and their families from Myanmar and Laos, in a move designed to punish both countries for failing to cooperate in taking back their deportees. Published July 10, 2018
Schumer: Dems won’t boycott Kavanaugh hearings, votes
Top Democratic Sen. Charles E. Schumer shot down suggestions Tuesday that his party would boycott committee meetings or Senate floor action to try to derail President Trump's Supreme Court pick. Published July 10, 2018
Just 38 children guaranteed to be reunified by border separation deadline
The Trump administration told a federal judge that just 38 of the original 102 young children it was supposed to reunify will definitely be released to family members by the Tuesday deadline. Published July 10, 2018
Senator demands answers on Pentagon’s $10,000 toilet seat
Sen. Chuck Grassley wants to know how the Pentagon ended up paying $10,000 for an airplane toilet seat cover. Published July 10, 2018
First lawsuits filed to demand access to Kavanaugh records
The first lawsuits were filed Tuesday demanding access to Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh's records from his 2001-06 tenure in the Bush White House and his time on the special counsel's team in the 1990s. Published July 10, 2018
The abortion case that could decide the fate of Trump’s court pick
The case, which involved an illegal immigrant teen held in government custody who was seeking an abortion, is already a major dividing line for Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's pick to the Supreme Court. Published July 10, 2018
Susan Collins, Joe Manchin open to Donald Trump Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh
The senators who will most likely decide Judge Brett Kavanaugh's fate were studiously noncommittal Monday, promising a thorough and fair vetting before they say whether they'll support his nomination to the Supreme Court. Published July 9, 2018
