Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Donald Trump’s immigration policies keep advocates on their toes
President Trump has confounded immigrant-rights advocates, who weren't quite sure how to react last week after his Homeland Security secretary nixed a potential deportation amnesty for 4 million people, but left in place the 2012 amnesty that has allowed nearly 800,000 Dreamers to live and work in the country free of fear of deportation. Published June 18, 2017
Steve Scalise upgraded to ‘serious’ condition, able to speak to family: Hospital
Rep. Steve Scalise, the congressman wounded this week by a left-wing zealot gunman, is now in serious condition and is showing signs of improvement, doctors said in an update Saturday afternoon released by the congressman's office. Published June 17, 2017
FBI poised to charge accomplices who helped Social Security scam artist flee
The fugitive lawyer who led the largest Social Security fraud ring in history is still in the country and is likely being aided by family and friends who are helping him lay low, the FBI said Friday, updating the bizarre case. Published June 16, 2017
John Kelly cancels Obama’s 2014 amnesty that courts blocked
Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly officially revoked President Obama's 2014 attempt to broaden his previous deportation amnesty for Dreamers, which had been held up by federal courts for more than two years. Published June 15, 2017
Iran sanctions backed in bipartisan Senate vote
Moving to reassert congressional power over U.S.-Iran relations, the Senate voted Thursday to impose new sanctions on the Tehran regime, expanding penalties for terrorism and piling on more punishment for the government's apparent ongoing push for ballistic missiles. Published June 15, 2017
Congressional staffers boo Trump at unity baseball game
Dozens of congressional staffers erupted into boos, jeers and even vulgar gesticulations Thursday when President Trump appeared in a video at the Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park. Published June 15, 2017
Corey Stewart surprises pollsters who miss Trump voters
Pollsters had major trouble spotting the surge of support for Corey Stewart in Virginia's Republican governor's primary this week, suggesting they still can't figure out how to successfully survey Trump supporters. Published June 15, 2017
Panel backs Trump’s pick to lead immigration agency; Cissna marks change from Obama priorities
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to approve President Trump's pick to lead the immigration benefits agency, rejecting complaints from advocacy groups who had complained he was too conservative and too inexperienced to take the important bureaucratic post. Published June 15, 2017
Senate sanctions bill targets Russia, presidential powers
Senators voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to write stiff sanctions against Russia into law and to give Congress a say should President Trump try to lift them, making a bipartisan strike against the government of President Vladimir Putin. Published June 14, 2017
Capitol Police guns saved lives at ballpark
The rifle shots came from the fence over the third base line, shattering the June morning, wounding one congressman and several staffers, and terrifying the two dozen lawmakers and staffers who were also on the field. Published June 14, 2017
Senate votes to impose sanctions against Russia for election meddling
Senators voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to write stiff sanctions against Russia into law and to give Congress a say should President Trump try to lift them, in a bipartisan strike against the government of President Vladimir Putin. Published June 14, 2017
Donald Trump resets clock on extreme vetting travel ban procedures
President Trump reset the clock on his extreme vetting policies Wednesday, saying that he'll follow through on his full 90-day halt to admissions from six majority-Muslim countries and a 120-day pause in refugee admissions once courts lift their blockades. Published June 14, 2017
Paul Ryan: ‘We are united’
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan declared Congress 'united' Wednesday in the wake of the vicious morning attack on Republicans practicing baseball, saying lawmakers. Published June 14, 2017
Bernie Sanders ‘sickened’ after learning campaign volunteer was shooter James Hodgkinson
Sen. Bernard Sanders took to the Senate floor Wednesday to condemn the morning attack on Republican members of Congress, saying he was horrified to learn that the suspect had been a campaign volunteer for his presidential bid last year. Published June 14, 2017
Congress somber after Scalise shooting
Much of Congress's business shut down Wednesday morning after a senior House lawmaker, an aide and two U.S. Capitol Police officers were shot at a baseball practice earlier in the day in Alexandria. Published June 14, 2017
Steve Scalise, aides shot at baseball practice in Virginia
A gunman died of his injuries hours after opening fire on a group of congressional Republicans practicing baseball in Alexandria Wednesday morning, wounding a senior GOP lawmaker, an aide and two police officers. Published June 14, 2017
Congressional Democrats sue Donald Trump to force emoluments disclosure
Nearly 200 congressional Democrats filed a lawsuit Wednesday morning against President Trump saying his business interests are likely violating the Constitution's emoluments clause by collecting money from foreign governments without permission from Capitol Hill. Published June 14, 2017
Thomas Homan, ICE chief, says illegal immigrants should live in fear
Illegal immigrants should be living in fear of being deported, the chief of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Tuesday, pushing back against a growing sentiment among Democrats on Capitol Hill and activists across the country who have complained about agents enforcing the laws on the books. Published June 13, 2017
Senate preserves Trump arms deal with Saudi Arabia
Senators narrowly avoided a serious foreign policy rebuke to President Trump on Tuesday, rejecting an effort to cancel his sale of precision-guidance systems to Saudi Arabia to make that Middle East nation's missiles more accurate. Published June 13, 2017
New Russia sanctions deal get support of Senate Republicans, Democrats
Senators struck a deal Monday night on a new round of Russian sanctions, moving to punish the resurgent Cold War enemy for fostering unrest in European neighbors and meddling in the U.S. election last year. Published June 12, 2017
