Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Justice Department expands firearms background checks to include gun dealer employees
Licensed gun dealers would be able to run their employees through the government's background check system under a new rule the Biden administration proposed Wednesday. Published December 4, 2024
GOP accuses Biden’s citizenship director of ‘dereliction of duty’
Congressional Republicans lashed out at a top Homeland Security official Wednesday for her inability to answer questions about what sort of illegal immigrants her agency has helped enter the country. Published December 4, 2024
Manchin delivers bipartisan warning to senators in farewell speech
Retiring Sen. Joe Manchin III on Tuesday recalled his arrival in Washington 14 years ago as a new senator from West Virginia, where he was greeted by Democratic leader Harry Reid with a request to start raising money for Democrats to campaign against his new Republican colleagues. Published December 3, 2024
Mitch McConnell calls on anti-Trump judges to recuse themselves from some cases
Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell blasted two federal judges who revoked their pending retirements after President-elect Donald Trump's victory, saying they have exposed their political bias and should recuse themselves from some cases. Published December 3, 2024
Hunter Biden’s sweeping pardon covers a decade of potential criminal charges
President Biden became the latest to expand the limits of presidential powers with his breathtakingly broad pardon of his son Hunter, covering all federal crimes he may have committed over a decade. Published December 2, 2024
Appeals court blasts sanctuary policy that blocked ICE from using airport
The administration has won a significant legal victory over a sanctuary jurisdiction after a federal appeals court ruled against a Seattle-area policy that barred Homeland Security from using local airports to detain and deport immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally. Published December 2, 2024
Congressional probe determines COVID-19 ‘most likely’ leaked from Chinese lab
The coronavirus that killed millions of people "most likely" leaked from a Chinese lab where researchers were intentionally manipulating the virus, a two-year congressional investigation concluded Monday. Published December 2, 2024
Musk, Ramaswamy’s DOGE could break stalemate in Beltway spending
President-elect Donald Trump and his Department of Government Efficiency have given new hope to spending cutters on Capitol Hill. Published December 1, 2024
DHS deportation officer arrested migrant as a favor to fraudster, say federal prosecutors
A Homeland Security deportation officer arrested a migrant to try to deport him to prevent exposure of a $10 million bank fraud scheme, federal prosecutors charged. Published November 28, 2024
Biden battles to build legacy as Democrats tear him down, hold him liable for Trump’s return
President Biden is on a two-month sprint to try to define his place in history, but he's suddenly facing a hurdle from members of his own party who say his biggest legacy is delivering President-elect Donald Trump back into the White House. Published November 28, 2024
Texas has right to build razor wire border wall, appeals court rules
A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the Biden administration overstepped when it tried to dismantle Texas' razor-wire border fence. Published November 27, 2024
Immigrants rush to burrow into the U.S. before Trump’s inauguration
Inauguration Day is shaping up to be an unofficial deadline for immigrants who are rushing to beat what they fear will be a draconian Trump crackdown. Published November 27, 2024
Incoming border czar Tom Homan to sanctuary cities: ‘Don’t test us’
Incoming border czar Tom Homan delivered a new stern warning to sanctuary cities Tuesday and proclaimed Texas a model for how the rest of the country should approach border enforcement. Published November 26, 2024
Vote count: Trump scored GOP’s biggest win in 36 years, Democrats bailed on Harris
Ballots are still being tallied in some slow-counting states three weeks after Election Day, but the size and scope of President-elect Donald Trump's victory are firming up in what analysts called a decisive, but not overwhelming, victory for the GOP. Published November 26, 2024
GOP ponders second Mayorkas impeachment to block him from future office
Republican staffers on Capitol Hill are discussing a second impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as a way of blocking him from holding office in the future, The Washington Times has learned. Published November 25, 2024
USAID paid for meals that went to Syrian terrorists
American taxpayers paid for hundreds of thousands of meals that went to al Qaeda-affiliated fighters in Syria, federal prosecutors revealed in announcing charges against the NGO employee they say was responsible for it. Published November 22, 2024
Americans warming to Trump; Pew survey says voters shifting to GOP, away from Democrats
Americans are warmer to President-elect Donald Trump now than they were in 2016 and 2020, according to a new poll that found they believe he'll steer the economy correctly as he takes office. Published November 22, 2024
Biden spent big to fight contrary narratives; ‘misinformation’ on virus, climate
The Biden administration has spent more than a quarter of a billion dollars to study and police "misinformation," according to a report released Friday. Published November 22, 2024
DEA suspends airport cash seizures after audit finds abuses
The Drug Enforcement Administration paused its practice of seizing cash from airline travelers after an inspector general delivered a scorching denunciation of the program. Published November 21, 2024
‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ returns to Congress as Democrats nearly sink anti-terror nonprofit bill
It didn't take long for Trump Derangement Syndrome to strike Congress again, according to House Republicans who had to battle Thursday to pass a bill to strip tax-exempt status from nonprofit groups that provide material support for terrorists. Published November 21, 2024
