Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Sheriff Joe Arpaio headed for big loss in Arizona, poll shows
Sheriff Joe Arpaio is headed for a staggering defeat in his bid for a seventh term at top law enforcement officer in Maricopa County, Arizona, according to a new poll Thursday that shows him trailing his Democratic challenger by 15 percentage points. Published October 20, 2016
Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton clash on policy, personality in final debate
Hillary Clinton accused Donald Trump of being "a puppet" for Russian President Vladimir Putin and urged voters to send a signal in this presidential election by rejecting the kind of candidate who has been accused of demeaning and assaulting women, mocking the disabled and inciting violence, as the two candidates faced off in their final debate. Published October 19, 2016
Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton duck hard bargain to save Social Security
Pundits may debate the winner of Wednesday's debate but the loser would appear to be the government's fiscal future, with neither Donald Trump nor Hillary Clinton willing to budge from the plans analysts have said would leave the country's finances headed for a cliff. Published October 19, 2016
Donald Trump refuses to agree to accept results of election
Donald Trump refused Wednesday to commit to accepting the results of the November election, saying there's too much evidence of fraud for him to be sanguine. Published October 19, 2016
Hillary Clinton says Trump ‘choked’ on his border wall
Hillary Clinton accused Donald Trump of hiring illegal immigrants for his own businesses, and said he "choked" in his meeting with the Mexican president over building a border wall, as the two presidential candidates faced off in their third debate Wednesday. Published October 19, 2016
Donald Trump says his justices will overturn Roe v. Wade abortion decision
Donald Trump told voters the Supreme Court is "what it's all about" in this election as he and Hillary Clinton squared off for their final debate ahead of the election, vowing to appoint justices who would be conservative and would overturn the Roe v. Wade abortion decision. Published October 19, 2016
Demand Progress posts Congressional Research Service reports
A guerrilla group of open-records activists struck a major blow for sunshine in government Wednesday when it posted more than 8,200 reports from the Congressional Research Service, Capitol Hill's nonpartisan think tank whose research is usually closely guarded. Published October 19, 2016
Iraqi refugee admits terrorist intentions in black eye for Obama’s resettlement program
A man who came to the U.S. as a refugee from Iraq admitted in court papers Monday that he taught himself to build detonators for improvised explosive devices, trained to use automatic rifles and plotted to sign up as a martyr for the Islamic State group. Published October 18, 2016
‘Dreamers’ under Obama immigration amnesty find better jobs, business opportunities: Report
Illegal immigrant Dreamers -- those who signed up for President Obama's 2012 deportation amnesty -- have experienced dramatically improved lives, with most telling researchers in a report released Tuesday that they have found better jobs and a striking number saying they have started their own businesses. Published October 18, 2016
Social Security benefits to rise 0.3 percent in 2017
Social Security beneficiaries will see only a small automatic cost-of-living increase of three-tenths of a percent next year, the agency announced Tuesday, as a still-struggling economy held down inflation. Published October 18, 2016
WikiLeaks breach shows John Podesta’s veep list for Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton's campaign team considered naming Bill Gates or Melinda Gates as her nominee for vice president -- two of nearly 40 names on the initial long-list submitted by campaign chief John Podesta, according to hacked emails released by WikiLeaks on Tuesday. Published October 18, 2016
State Dept. involved in cover-up to help Hillary Clinton, Speaker Ryan charges
One of Hillary Clinton's top deputies at the State Department tried to "pressure the FBI" to hush up some of former Secretary Hillary Clinton's classified emails, two FBI employees told investigators in files released Monday. Published October 17, 2016
Illegal immigration surged 23 percent over last year
Nearly 409,000 illegal immigrants were nabbed at the border in fiscal year 2016 -- up from about 331,000 a year earlier -- and Homeland Security officials say the increased arrests also mean an increase in the number that are sneaking by them. Published October 17, 2016
IRS ordered to clear tea party backlog within month, years after targeting revealed
A federal judge has ordered the IRS to finally clean up the tea party targeting mess, giving the tax agency less than a month to decide on a handful of applications that are still pending more than three years after officials first admitted they were targeting the conservative groups and subjecting them to intrusive scrutiny. Published October 16, 2016
Federal deficit surged 34 percent in 2016, nears $600 billion
President Obama and Congress suffered a massive budget relapse over the last year, sending the deficit soaring by a staggering 34 percent in fiscal 2016, according to the final numbers released Friday. Published October 14, 2016
John Podesta lashed out at mega-donor Tom Steyer in emails over global warming targets
John Podesta lashed out at Democratic mega-donor Tom Steyer in a series of emails last year after Mr. Steyer told The New York Times that his financial backing would only go to candidates who agreed to fight for zero-carbon energy by 2050. Published October 14, 2016
Israel an ‘occupying power’ in Jerusalem, UNESCO declares
UNESCO, the U.N. body charged with protecting humanity's cultural treasures, approved a draft resolution Thursday calling Israel an "occupying power" in its own capital of Jerusalem, ignoring deep Jewish ties to the Temple Mount and instead accusing Israeli settlers of provoking Muslims through "aggressions." Published October 13, 2016
Hillary Clinton admits she didn’t have permission to set up secret email
Hillary Clinton admitted under oath this week that she doesn't recall asking anyone for permission to use a secret server and email account during her time in the State Department, contradicting previous public pronouncements that she had received approval. Published October 13, 2016
Immigration lobby sues to resume Obama’s amnesty in challenge to Andrew Hanen’s authority
High-powered immigrant advocacy organizations filed a lawsuit Wednesday to try to kick-start President Obama's deportation amnesty, arguing that the Texas judge who halted the program two years ago can't bind the rest of the country to his decision. Published October 12, 2016
Leaked emails show Hillary Clinton was defending TPP as late as June 2015
As late as June 2015 Hillary Clinton and her campaign were still plotting how to defend her work on the Trans Pacific Partnership and free trade in general, according to newly leaked emails. Published October 12, 2016
