Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Illegal immigrant children, families surge in July
The number of illegal immigrant children and families crossing the border surged again in July, combining for the worst month so far in 2016, according to Border Patrol statistics released Friday. Published August 12, 2016
Democrats gear up to stop Obama on TPP trade deal
Liberal lawmakers and activists were enraged Friday by reports that President Obama signaled he'll try to pass his Pacific trade deal in the lame-duck session of Congress, just a day after the woman he hopes to succeed him, Hillary Clinton, said she'd kill it. Published August 12, 2016
Hillary Clinton releases tax returns; $10.7 million in income, $3.6 million in federal taxes
Hillary Clinton's income took a huge hit as she ran for president last year, dropping to less than half of what she made the year before, according to tax returns her presidential campaign released Friday. Published August 12, 2016
Hillary Clinton vows to kill Trans-Pacific Partnership she helped negotiate
Hillary Clinton vowed Thursday to kill the Pacific trade deal that she helped push just a few years ago as President Obama's top diplomat, hoping to win over wavering liberals and steal some of the anti-trade thunder from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Published August 11, 2016
Hillary Clinton says she’ll kill TPP
Hillary Clinton said Thursday she will kill the Trans Pacific Partnership, delivering a flat rejection of the deal she once praised, and helped President Obama negotiate. Published August 11, 2016
Democrats blame Iraq war for ISIS, making Hillary Clinton collateral damage
House Democrats flatly rejected Donald Trump's claim that President Obama is responsible for the Islamic State, but hit their own presidential candidate Hillary Clinton with collateral damage Thursday. Published August 11, 2016
Dems say Obama to take NIH money to fight Zika
President Obama will have to grab money out of research accounts at the National Institutes of Health and shift it to combat Zika, House Democrats said Thursday, blaming congressional Republicans for failing to pony up more cash. Published August 11, 2016
Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton sidetracked by new scandals as campaign veers off course
The presidential campaign veered far off course Wednesday as Donald Trump's political opponents called for him to be investigated over inciting violence against Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton -- and Mrs. Clinton faced her own questions about corruption during her time in the State Department. Published August 10, 2016
Voting-rights activists, anti-fraud crusaders clash over ID laws as election looms
Wisconsin's strict voter laws, including voter ID, can remain in effect this November, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, delivering a victory to anti-fraud activists who have watched as the courts have chipped away at measures designed to tighten the rules on who can vote and when. Published August 10, 2016
Trump Tower climber causing stir in New York City
As if the summer campaign season couldn't get any weirder, a man used suction cups Wednesday to climb up the side of Trump Tower, as cameras captured his efforts live. Published August 10, 2016
Bill Weld: Trump crossed a line with gun comments
Libertarian Party vice presidential nominee Bill Weld, a former federal prosecutor, said Donald Trump crossed a line Tuesday when he said gun-rights supporters could do something to stop Hillary Clinton from winning the White House. Published August 10, 2016
Hillary Clinton takes up Zika cause as mosquito-borne illness becomes political weapon
Zika is pushing all the buttons of American politics, with Hillary Clinton's call Tuesday to bring Congress back into session to spend more money -- and tack it on to the deficit -- just the latest sign. From abortion to spending to tricky calculations about birth defects and how much prevention is worth, Zika is forcing the political debate into new realms. Published August 9, 2016
Paul Ryan defeats Paul Nehlen in primary
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan romped to victory Tuesday in the Republican primary for his congressional seat, dealing another setback to insurgent tea party forces that hoped to make an example out of him. Published August 9, 2016
Obama’s forgiveness of gun crimes amid push for controls ‘most incredible hypocrisy’
Richard Reid was already a two-time felon when authorities searched his Delaware apartment and found marijuana, crack cocaine divided into sales-size plastic bags, powder cocaine, a scale -- and a loaded .32 caliber handgun, an unloaded .25 caliber pistol and ammunition for two other types of weapons. Published August 9, 2016
Donald Trump competitive in Florida, but collapsing in Pennsylvania: poll
Donald Trump remains competitive in Florida and trails narrowly in Ohio, but Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has surged to a massive 10-point lead in Pennsylvania, according to the latest Quinnipiac University Poll of the major swing states. Published August 9, 2016
Justice Department lawyers to take remedial ethics classes after misleading judge in amnesty case
The Justice Department will order all of its civil division lawyers to take an hourlong remedial ethics class, hoping to head off even worse punishment from a federal judge who is furious about the way Obama administration attorneys misled him in the case involving the president's deportation amnesty. Published August 8, 2016
Obama administration’s Syrian refugee surge could approach 30,000 in next year
After a massive surge of effort, the administration is on pace to blow past President Obama's goal of 10,000 Syrian refugees this fiscal year, and could end up taking in more than 12,000 if the pace continues -- locking the next president into an even bigger 2017. Published August 7, 2016
Court rules sex website must comply with congressional subpoena
Backpage.com, one of the country's chief outlets for prostitutes and other adult services, must turn over records to a congressional probe that's looking into whether the website does enough to try to screen for victims of human trafficking, a judge ruled Friday. Published August 5, 2016
CBO: Deficit larger than expected
The federal government has sunk deeper into the red than analysts projected just five months ago, and is now poised to post a $590 billion shortfall this fiscal year, the Congressional Budget Office said Friday. Published August 5, 2016
Obama administration to go beyond 10,000 Syrian refugees
Administration officials said Friday that the 10,000 Syrian refugees President Obama wants to welcome this fiscal year is a floor, not a ceiling, and they can go even higher than that total. Published August 5, 2016
