Stephen Dinan

Biden agency misled over the extent of ‘ecogrief’ training

New documents reveal the extent of the Biden administration's "eco grief" workshops, in which U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees were encouraged to channel feelings of ecological anxiety into "lifesaving changes" for the planet. Published February 5, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency adopts ‘Gulf of America’ label

The Environmental Protection Agency has leapt to comply with President Trump's renaming efforts, declaring Wednesday that its Gulf of Mexico program is now officially the Gulf of America division. Published February 5, 2025

‘No threat to public safety’: Federal agents being wasted on arresting illegal immigrants, Dems say

Congressional Democrats begged the Justice Department to stop lending law enforcement agents and officers to Homeland Security to help with President Trump's deportation push, saying it's taking them away from "true public safety threats." Published February 5, 2025

Venezuelan gang members become first migrants shipped to Guantanamo Bay

Homeland Security shipped its first planeload of illegal immigrants from the U.S. to Guantanamo Bay, with officials saying the plane carried members of Venezuela's vicious Tren de Aragua gang. Published February 4, 2025

Federal workers strategize how to get the most out of Trump’s buyout offer

President Trump's federal worker buyout may backfire in some cases, giving employees who were going to quit anyway months of extra pay. Published February 4, 2025

Homan threatens to prosecute N.J. governor over harboring migrant

White House border czar Tom Homan threatened federal smuggling charges against New Jersey's governor, who said he's harboring a migrant at his home. Published February 4, 2025

Illegal immigrant used stolen ID to vote, buy guns while hiding in Florida: Feds

An illegal immigrant from the Dominican Republic has been charged with voter fraud after authorities say he stole an American citizen's identity and voted in a federal election in Florida. Published February 4, 2025

Mexico’s president blames U.S. for arming cartels

President Trump's tariff threat has spurred a commitment from Mexico to stiffen its northern border but Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is also walking away with a major win for her country: a promise by the U.S. to stem the flow of guns heading south. Published February 3, 2025

Judge slams Trump over ‘nationwide panic,’ orders feds to restart spending

President Trump's frantic pace of executive action is beginning to create problems in federal courts, where judges say he's gone too fast and too furious. Published February 3, 2025

Crying and coping: Left struggles with Trump’s aggressiveness

Two weeks into President Trump's forceful return to office, progressives find themselves struggling to cope with his unprecedented shock-and-awe onslaught against the battlements they erected over the last four years. Published February 2, 2025

Trump rides high in polls as early actions prove popular with voters

Voters are giving President Trump strong marks for many of his early executive actions -- particularly those aimed at reversing his predecessor and gaining control of the border. Published January 31, 2025

Watchdog says DOJ broke law by removing database on Jan. 6 defendants

A watchdog has challenged the Trump Justice Department's decision to erase the government's main database of Jan. 6 defendants from the web, saying it amounted to an illegal destruction of an official record. Published January 30, 2025

Kash Patel says FBI needs to ditch politics, get back to fighting crime

Kash Patel, President Trump's pick to lead -- and upend -- the FBI, came to Capitol Hill on Thursday eager to talk about the future of the bureau as a lean, crime-fighting machine. Published January 30, 2025

N.Y. county ramps up sanctuary battle in defying criminal warrant for ‘violent illegal alien’

The Justice Department unloaded Thursday on a New York county after authorities say it released a "violent illegal alien" back into the community, defying a federal criminal arrest warrant signed by a magistrate judge. Published January 30, 2025

Kash Patel, Trump’s FBI nominee, described racist threats against him

As Democrats accused Kash Patel on Thursday of cavorting with racists, the nominee to lead the FBI responded by telling them of the vicious racism he has personally faced. Published January 30, 2025

Trump signs Laken Riley Act; law pushes DHS to detain criminal migrants

President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law on Wednesday, giving Homeland Security more legal tools to take even relatively low-level criminal illegal immigrants off the streets. Published January 29, 2025

Trump to send 30,000 illegal immigrants to Guantanamo Bay

President Trump said Wednesday he will sign an order directing the Defense Department to use up to 30,000 beds at the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to hold illegal immigrants. Published January 29, 2025

For the first time in office, Trump doesn’t face the threat of impeachment

President Trump's political opponents have called him cruel and authoritarian and dictatorial. They've accused him of rewriting the Constitution and trampling on basic rules of government. But one thing that's been missing in all the early vitriol over his first 10 days is the I-word. Published January 29, 2025

Comer launches bid to rightsize government, brings Iowa model to federal reform push

House Oversight Chairman James Comer will hold a hearing next week to explore how the federal government got so big, as he moves to add some legislative heft to President Trump's goal of slashing the bureaucracy down to size. Published January 29, 2025

Trump’s spending pause? Biden did it first

President Trump's decision to hit pause on billions of dollars in federal spending spawned an avalanche of complaints from his opponents on Tuesday. Published January 28, 2025