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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan can be reached at sdinan@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Stephen Dinan

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum attends her morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Trump upends flow of money migrants send home

Mexicans living in the U.S. are suddenly sending less money back home and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is blaming America's crackdown on illegal immigrants, saying President Trump is hurting her nation's bottom line. Published September 2, 2025

President Donald Trump tours a section of the border wall in San Luis, Ariz., June 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump seizes victory in border wall fight with new funding

President Trump appears to have finally triumphed in the border wall battle, taking an issue that had been a major political battleground and turning it into a no-brainer winner for a majority of voters -- and Congress. Published August 31, 2025

President Donald Trump speaks as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Public strongly backs Trump’s idea to have Uncle Sam hold a stake in U.S. companies

Most Americans back President Trump's idea of having the federal government take a stake in U.S. companies that get taxpayer money. A new survey shared first with The Washington Times found 62% in favor of the notion that the government "should have a stake" in firms that are part of national security and receive taxpayer support. Published August 28, 2025

Kilmar Abrego Garcia attends a protest rally at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, to support Abrego Garcia. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Judge extends ban on deporting Abrego Garcia

Kilmar Abrego Garcia won another reprieve from deportation Wednesday after a federal judge ruled that he can't be booted from the country for at least another five weeks. Published August 27, 2025

Migrants sit in a queue outside The Roosevelt Hotel that is being used by the city as temporary housing, July 31, 2023, in New York. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott arrived in New York City to chat, Wednesday, Sept. 27, about the border crisis and the influx of migrants that has brought chaos to the city. He says he began busing migrants to New York and other cities to alleviate the pressure on border towns in his state. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) **FILE**

Biden migrants linked to New York crime surge, study shows

The illegal immigrants who streamed into New York City over the past four years led to an increase in crime near the hotels where they were housed, according to a new academic study that lends some credence to President Trump's claims of a Biden migrant crime surge. Published August 26, 2025

President Donald Trump speaks during an event signing a proclamation honoring the fourth anniversary of the attack at Abbey Gate in Afghanistan, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Judges defeat Trump in test over deportation powers

The Trump administration lost its attempt to overturn a federal court's deportation amnesty policy Tuesday, after another federal judge dismissed the Justice Department's lawsuit, calling it a "potentially calamitous" clash between the Executive Branch and the judiciary. Published August 26, 2025

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, center, leaves the Putnam County Jail, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Cookeville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brett Carlsen)

Abrego Garcia, free again, faces new Monday arrest deadline

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, released from jail Friday, now faces a new Monday deadline to check in with ICE, where the government has told him he could face a quick deportation to Uganda -- a country to which his lawyers say he has no ties. Published August 24, 2025