Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
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
Eric Conn email says he fleed to give Brad Adkins a fair trial reportedly
The fugitive lawyer who orchestrated the biggest Social Security fraud in history said he went on the run to try to give one of the other people in the scam a chance at a fair trial, according to an email message sent Monday to The Washington Times. Published June 12, 2017
Court orders DHS to reinstate amnesty for Georgia Dreamer
A federal judge ordered Homeland Security Monday to reinstate an amnesty for a Dreamer and blasted the government for "running roughshod" over a young woman in a ruling that breaks new ground in legal rights for illegal immigrants. Published June 12, 2017
Appeals court upholds halt of Trump travel ban, but allows DHS to improve vetting
A federal appeals court launched another assault on President Trump's extreme vetting travel ban Monday, ruling that the White House never proved a connection between terrorism and the six majority-Muslim countries targeted by Mr. Trump. Published June 12, 2017
Donald Trump moves to accept hundreds of refugees from Iran under Obama deal
President Trump is preparing to accept hundreds of refugees from Iran and other terrorist-connected countries, taking them from camps being maintained by Australia under a deal his predecessor struck, without putting them through the long vetting that usually takes place, according to a report being released Monday. Published June 12, 2017
John Kelly, DHS secretary, suggests Dreamer amnesty
The Trump administration last week floated an amnesty idea for potentially 1 million illegal immigrants, looking to find permanent solutions for some of the most sympathetic cases in the long-running immigration debate. Published June 11, 2017
Illegal immigration across southwest border increased during May, says Homeland Security
Illegal immigration across the southwest border appears to have jumped 27 percent in May, according to numbers released this week by Homeland Security, breaking a three-month streak of declines under President Trump and suggesting that the slump in migrants has bottomed out. Published June 11, 2017
FBI offers $20,000 reward for capture of Social Security fraudster
The fraudster who tried to bilk the federal government out of more than $500 million worth of bogus Social Security disability applications is still believed to be in the U.S., the FBI said Friday, issuing a wanted poster with new details about the case. Published June 9, 2017
Illegal immigration up 27 percent last month
Illegal immigration across the southwest border appears to have jumped 27 percent in May, according to numbers released this week by Homeland Security, breaking a three-month streak of declines under President Trump and suggesting the slump in migrants has bottomed out. Published June 9, 2017
Dan Scavino Jr., White House social media director, warned over playing politics on official time
The Trump White House's social media director broke the Hatch Act earlier this year when, while on government time, he called for Trump supporters to defeat Republican Rep. Justin Amash, the government's ethics watchdog concluded this week. Published June 9, 2017
GOP plots changes to avoid government shutdown showdown
An influential group of House conservatives admitted Friday that they've been outmaneuvered in recent government shutdown showdowns, and called for Congress to ditch the current spending process in hopes of avoiding more losses in the future. Published June 9, 2017
Dianne Feinstein calls for changes before Congress renews foreign intel snooping law
A previous chairman of the Senate intelligence committee said Friday that the government's key foreign source snooping law needs some changes before Congress renews it this year -- and insisted the law be kept temporary, rather than be made permanent. Published June 9, 2017
James Comey admits Trump not explicit on ending Flynn inquiry
It's not clear that a sitting president could ever be convicted of obstruction of justice, legal experts said, laying out the giant task that would face anyone trying to prosecute a case against President Trump and his interactions with fired FBI Director James B. Comey. Published June 8, 2017
Donald Trump’s Dreamer approvals rile conservative base
The Trump administration has approved tens of thousands of temporary amnesties for illegal immigrant Dreamers, according to numbers released Thursday that underscore a major reversal for President Trump. Published June 8, 2017
