Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
ACLU sues to stop DHS’s cellphone searches at the border
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday challenging the government's policy permitting searching cellphones of travelers entering the U.S., calling it a violation of privacy rights. Published September 13, 2017
Voting machines can be hacked without evidence, commission is told
The country's voting machines are susceptible to hacking, which could be done in a way so that it leaves no fingerprints, making it impossible to know whether the outcome was changed, computer experts told President Trump's voter integrity commission Tuesday. Published September 12, 2017
Donald Trump punishes sanctuary countries; halts visas from those refusing to take deportations
The administration imposed visa sanctions Tuesday on four countries that have refused to cooperate in taking back their immigrants whom the U.S. wants to deport, making good on one of President Trump's campaign promises. Published September 12, 2017
DHS issues new waiver to speed construction of border wall in California
The Trump administration issued a new waiver Tuesday allowing it to breach environmental laws to replace border fencing in southern California -- though officials said they still intend to try to comply with as much of the law as possible. Published September 12, 2017
Joni Ernst, GOP senator, demands cap on ex-presidents’ payments
A Republican senator introduced legislation Tuesday to cut down on the amount of money ex-presidents siphon from taxpayers, looking to limit their pensions and office expenses. Published September 12, 2017
Donald Trump wants border wall, but won’t insist it’s part of ‘Dreamer’ bill
President Trump still wants to see a border wall get done, but it does not necessarily need to be part of the legislative fix Congress is working on for illegal immigrant "Dreamers," his top liaison to Capitol Hill said Tuesday. Published September 12, 2017
Voter fraud stories flood integrity commission
One man's mother, who was in a "memory care" ward of a nursing home and deemed too incapacitated to vote, somehow still managed to have a ballot cast in her name in Florida. Published September 11, 2017
National debt tops $20 trillion for first time
The federal government racked up $318 billion in new debt Friday, putting it over the $20 trillion mark for the first time in U.S. history, according to new Treasury Department numbers. Published September 11, 2017
Senators demand Congress stop IRS from hiring tax cheats
Two top senators say the IRS may have been breaking federal law when it rehired tax cheats and other former workers who were let go under a cloud of suspicion. Published September 11, 2017
Illegal immigration in Southwest doubled over past four months
Illegal immigration across the southwest border has doubled in the last four months, according to new government data that suggests the early gains of President Trump's tenure are wearing off. Published September 11, 2017
Judge orders Hillary Clinton lawyers to face bar investigation in Maryland
A Maryland judge ordered the state bar to open an investigation Monday into the three lawyers who helped former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delete her private emails. Published September 11, 2017
Donald Trump’s deal with Democrats upsets Republicans
President Trump's breathtaking deal struck with Democratic leaders to fund the government through early December, increase government borrowing and speed relief money to the victims of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma has upended the narrative in Washington. Published September 10, 2017
Janet Napolitano sues Trump administration over DACA decision
The woman who created the 2012 deportation amnesty for Dreamers filed a lawsuit Friday protesting the Trump administration's move to phase out the program, saying the decision was done on President Trump's executive "whim." Published September 10, 2017
Janet Napolitano sues DHS to preserve her DACA amnesty
The woman who created the 2012 deportation amnesty for Dreamers filed a lawsuit Friday protesting the Trump administration's move to phase out the program, saying the decision was done on President Trump's executive "whim." Published September 8, 2017
Donald Trump’s DOJ won’t pursue charges against Lois Lerner, former IRS senior executive
The Trump Justice Department has once again cleared former IRS senior executive Lois G. Lerner of criminal liability stemming from the tea party targeting. Published September 8, 2017
Trump travel ban: Appeals court reject limited view of who is allowed
A federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration's limited view of who is allowed into the U.S. under the president's travel ban. Published September 7, 2017
DHS picks four more border wall designs
Homeland Security awarded four contracts Thursday to build prototypes of a non-concrete border wall on the U.S.-Mexico boundary, rounding out the finalists for President Trump's signature campaign promise. Published September 7, 2017
Senate clears bill to hike debt, replenish disaster spending accounts
President Trump won his first major bipartisan legislative victory Thursday as senators approved the debt and spending deal he struck with Democratic leaders, in what Mr. Trump promised was a new era of bipartisanship in Washington. Published September 7, 2017
Donald Trump willing to work with Chuck Schumer to nix debt ceiling
President Trump confirmed Thursday that he's considering working with Democrats on a plan that would eliminate the government's debt ceiling, marking his latest veer away from standard GOP positions. Published September 7, 2017
Nancy Pelosi sees racist motives behind DACA phaseout
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Thursday Attorney General Jeff Sessions' statement announcing the phaseout of DACA was part of a racist alt-right push for "purification of America." Published September 7, 2017
