Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Education Department cuts nearly 50% of workforce
The Education Department said Tuesday it will slim down to fewer than 2,200 employees, a nearly 50% reduction from what it looked like when President Trump took office. Published March 11, 2025
House passes bill to punish pandemic fraudsters; Dems balk, blame Elon Musk
The House on Tuesday approved legislation to double the statute of limitations for pandemic unemployment fraud to 10 years, brushing aside Democrats' attempt to turn the bill into a referendum on Elon Musk and President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency. Published March 11, 2025
Trump prevails over Catholic bishops in court battle over refugee money
A federal judge refused Tuesday to order the Trump administration to restart money flowing to Catholic organizations that help settle refugees in the U.S. Published March 11, 2025
GOP bans distribution of Chinese newspaper to House offices
Republicans announced Tuesday they have barred the news agent for Capitol Hill from distributing China Daily, a newspaper owned by the Chinese Communist Party, to offices in the House of Representatives. Published March 11, 2025
Judge issues restraining order against Education Department over Trump spending pause
A federal judge on Monday ordered the Education Department to restart spending programs in eight Democrat-led states that had sued over President Trump's spending pause. Published March 10, 2025
‘Unusual secrecy’: Judge orders DOGE to comply with open-record laws
President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency is bound by federal open-records laws, a federal judge decided Monday. Published March 10, 2025
Fraudster gets 17 years after bribing doctors in federal workers’ comp prescription drug scheme
A federal workers' compensation program paid $16,000 for a prescription drug that cost about $15 to the pharmacy, prosecutors said Monday. Published March 10, 2025
Longtime illegal immigrant accused of voting under stolen identity in Maryland
An illegal immigrant who lived in the U.S. under a fraudulent identity for nearly four decades managed to vote in two presidential elections as well as collect Social Security benefits, federal prosecutors said. Published March 10, 2025
Homeland Security reveals self-deportation app
The Department of Homeland Security announced Monday a new mobile phone app designed to help illegal immigrants self-deport. Published March 10, 2025
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
