Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Mayorkas defends female Secret Service agents after Trump shooting
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Saturday said it was "insulting" to question female Secret Service agents' performance during the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Published July 20, 2024
House subpoenas Mayorkas for Secret Service documents on Trump rally
The House Homeland Security Committee issued a subpoena Friday to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas demanding details on the Secret Service's preparations for the rally that nearly took the life of former President Donald Trump. Published July 19, 2024
Feds disrupt smuggling network that specialized in migrants from terrorist hotspots
A man responsible for helping thousands of illegal immigrants reach the U.S. -- including from some of the world's most notorious terrorism hotspots -- has been arrested, the Justice Department announced. Published July 19, 2024
GOP gaining ground in voter registration battle
Democrats still have an overall advantage over the GOP in terms of registered voters, but Republicans have narrowed the gap significantly since 2020, according to a new study. Published July 19, 2024
Whistleblower office encourages tips on Trump assassination attempt
The federal government's chief whistleblower protection official on Friday encouraged federal employees to provide tips on failures that led to a gunman nearly killing former President Donald Trump. Published July 19, 2024
Illegal immigrant smuggler claims she stopped near border to ‘fool around’
Jackie Nichole Hall said she just wanted to "fool around" with her boyfriend near the border. Published July 19, 2024
‘Wow, what was that — it can only be a bullet’: Trump talks for first time of assassination attempt
Former President Donald Trump revealed Thursday that the thing that saved his life last weekend was that he was turning his head to look at one of his immigration charts. Published July 18, 2024
‘God spared’ Trump’s life, Franklin Graham says
Evangelist Franklin Graham told Republican delegates Thursday that it was God who spared former President Donald Trump's life from an assassin's bullet last weekend. Published July 18, 2024
Feds accuse migrant shelter of pervasive child sex abuse
The Justice Department announced a lawsuit Thursday against Southwest Key, one of the government's major providers of care for illegal-immigrant children, of allowing vile and rampant sexual abuse of those children. Published July 18, 2024
Trump’s RNC spreads emotional, big-tent MAGA message — a show lauded even by Democrats
From the stage to the floor to the made-for-television production, former President Donald Trump has owned the moment at the Republican National Convention, presided over much of it personally and focused nearly all of the time on his push to sell MAGA to a broader audience. Published July 18, 2024
Kamala Harris now more likely to win White House than Biden, oddsmakers say
Oddsmakers now give Vice President Kamala Harris a better chance of winning the White House than President Biden. Published July 17, 2024
‘You’d better start packing now’: GOP convention vows deportations
The man who ran the government's deportation force under President Trump vowed Wednesday to restore order to the border and to begin ousting some of the millions of new illegal immigrants who arrived under President Biden. Published July 17, 2024
Feds charge mental patient with threats to Biden
The Justice Department announced charges Wednesday against a man at a mental health facility in Florida who prosecutors say made illegal threats against President Biden. Published July 17, 2024
Biden to start illegal immigrant spouses amnesty Aug. 19
Immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally may qualify for President Biden's new deportation amnesty by dint of their marriage to U.S. citizens will be able to apply for the program on Aug. 19, the government said Wednesday. Published July 17, 2024
Kamala Harris becomes high-profile target with Biden campaign in question
Anne Funder, whose son died from fentanyl, is angry at top Democrats, including President Biden and California Gov. Gavin Newsom. But she expressed a particular disdain for Vice President Kamala Harris. She wasn't the only one. Published July 17, 2024
WATCH: Families at GOP convention blame Biden’s border for relatives’ deaths
Anne Funder struggled through tears at the Republican National Convention as she delivered one of the toughest lines of the night Tuesday, saying she blamed President Biden for her son's fentanyl overdose. Published July 16, 2024
Vance embraced real Trump after breaking through ‘media’s lies’; gives voice to a new GOP generation
Sen. J.D. Vance's political transformation reflects the shift in the broader Republican Party. Published July 16, 2024
Neo-Nazi ‘Santa’ plot aimed to kill children; poisoned-candy suspect arrested
Federal authorities said Tuesday that they disrupted a plot last year to have a person dressed as Santa Claus give out poisoned candy to racial minorities in New York City. Published July 16, 2024
Federal appeals court rules gun ban on 18- to 20-year-olds is unconstitutional
A law barring young adults from being able to get concealed-carry weapons permits is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. Published July 16, 2024
Biden rejects responsibility for overheated rhetoric: ‘I’m not engaged in that’
President Biden laid blame for the country's overheated rhetoric at the feet of former President Donald Trump in an interview Monday and saying he sees no need to change his own behavior. Published July 15, 2024