Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Biden migrant surge pushed illegal immigrant population to nearly 19 million, study finds
Some 18.6 million illegal immigrants now call the U.S. their home, according to a new study by an immigration control group that says the numbers soared under former President Joseph R. Biden. Published March 10, 2025
Justice Department compares Elon Musk to Hillary Clinton and Karl Rove
The Department of Justice says Elon Musk exercises the same sort of power in the Trump administration that first lady Hillary Clinton did for her husband or political strategist Karl Rove did for President George W. Bush. Published March 10, 2025
Kristi Noem names new leaders at ICE in bid to boost deportation numbers
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem named two new leaders at the government's deportation agency on Sunday. Published March 9, 2025
Federal appeals court tosses conviction of woman who has spent 27 years on death row
A federal appeals court has erased the capital murder conviction of a Texas woman who has spent the past 27 years on death row, saying her trial was tainted because of information prosecutors hid. Published March 7, 2025
AOC’s immigrant ‘education’ puts sexual predators on the street, says White House border czar
White House border czar Tom Homan upped his feud with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, saying her know-your-rights seminar for illegal immigrants will end up shielding serious criminals. Published March 7, 2025
Feds cancel $400 million in funding for Columbia University over antisemitism concerns
The Trump administration said it has canceled $400 million worth of taxpayer grants and contracts for Columbia University, saying the Ivy League school hasn't done enough to protect its Jewish students. Published March 7, 2025
FEMA fires 3 workers tied to anti-Trump discrimination
FEMA has fired three more employees it says were implicated in last year's "reprehensible" situation where emergency workers refused to visit Florida homes that displayed Trump campaign signs. Published March 7, 2025
Union busting: DHS cancels TSA agents’ collective bargaining
Homeland Security canceled the Transportation Security Administration agents' collective bargaining agreement, saying the labor union has become too big of a problem. Published March 7, 2025
NIH ‘transgender’ animal testing experiments more extensive than Trump said
New numbers from the White Coat Waste Project, shared with The Washington Times, show that the National Institutes of Health is currently funding at least 26 projects, totaling $64 million, to manipulate animals' sex organs and sex preferences -- all with the hope of benefiting the transgender community. Published March 7, 2025
‘Power grab’: Judge lectures Trump over firing of labor board member
A federal judge unloaded on President Trump in a ruling Thursday calling his firing of a member of the National Labor Relations Board a "power grab," "flat wrong" and "a blatant violation of the law." Published March 6, 2025
Trump seeks to make his challengers pay to stop him in court
President Trump moved Thursday to cut down on the tsunami of legal challenges filed against him so far by ordering his government to demand challengers put up collateral if they want to sue. Published March 6, 2025
Special counsel resigns, removing roadblock to Trump firings
Special counsel Hampton Dellinger resigned his post on Thursday, removing himself as a hurdle to President Trump's plans to fire thousands of federal employees. Published March 6, 2025
Activists fume after GOP calls Democratic lawmaker an ‘illegal immigrant’
Democrats demanded apologies from top Republicans this week after the House GOP's campaign arm labeled a member of Congress an "illegal immigrant." Published March 6, 2025
Nobody’s buying Hunter Biden’s art anymore, and he even lost his home
Hunter Biden has fallen on tough financial times amid his legal woes and his father's departure from the White House. Published March 6, 2025
Judge rules Trump’s broad spending pause violates Constitution
A federal judge declared Thursday that President Trump's attempt to pause potentially trillions of dollars in government grants and contracts violates the Constitution and cannot proceed. Published March 6, 2025
Appeals court allows Trump to fire watchdog who delayed other terminations
A federal appeals court gave President Trump at least a short-term victory Wednesday in allowing him to oust a government watchdog who has emerged as a chief hurdle to his plans to remake the federal bureaucracy. Published March 5, 2025
Trump’s speech used as evidence against him in court
President Trump's effusive praise of Elon Musk during his speech to Congress this week is already coming back to bite him, with one of his legal challengers saying he contradicted his own Justice Department's assurances to a judge. Published March 5, 2025
Vance says deportations aren’t higher because Biden ‘gutted’ DHS system
Vice President J.D. Vance defended the Trump administration's pace of immigration arrests and deportations Wednesday, saying they are trying to rebuild a Homeland Security operation that was "gutted" by President Biden. Published March 5, 2025
Sanctuary mayors blame Trump for scaring immigrants
Facing increasing pressure from Washington, sanctuary city mayors came to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to defend themselves, insisting their refusal to fully cooperate with federal immigration agents and officers makes their communities better. Published March 5, 2025
Social Security downplays Trump’s numbers on dead people still on the books
The Social Security Administration said Wednesday that it does have people with impossible ages still on its books, as President Trump said earlier this week, but that doesn't mean they are getting benefits. Published March 5, 2025
