Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
AOC lashes out at White House border czar Homan
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused White House border czar Tom Homan of trampling on her constitutional rights by saying she might be prosecuted for coaching unauthorized immigrants on how to deal with deportation officers. Published February 28, 2025
Rep. Pressley leads House Dems backing special counsel’s fight with Trump
Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley is leading House Democrats in a letter supporting the U.S. special counsel engaged in a battle with President Trump over his firings. Published February 28, 2025
U.S. extradites 29 cartel leaders from Mexico
President Trump took a victory lap after the Justice Department secured the extradition of 29 major crime figures from Mexico, including the man accused of killing a DEA agent. Published February 28, 2025
Trump’s dog-eating migrant comments bite him in court
President Trump's far-out campaign claim that Haitian migrants in Ohio were dining on dogs is now a key piece of evidence as his opponents move to stymy his immigration agenda in the courts. Published February 27, 2025
Federal judge clears way for Trump to fire DEI employees in intel community
A federal judge on Thursday lifted his block on the Trump administration, letting it fire intelligence community employees whose jobs were focused on diversity, equity and inclusion. Published February 27, 2025
Tearful workers clear desks as Trump cleans house at USAID
Employees at the U.S. Agency for International Development were clearing out desks at the agency's headquarters on Thursday, as President Trump's efforts to curtail foreign assistance spending took hold. Published February 27, 2025
Trump DOJ tells Supreme Court that fired special counsel is delaying other firings
The Trump administration complained to the Supreme Court that one of the people it's trying to fire, special counsel Hampton Dellinger, is positioning himself to block firings of other employees. Published February 27, 2025
Social Security employee given two-year sentence for using fake kids, dead person to get benefits
A Social Security employee has been slapped with a two-year prison sentence after he admitted to stealing government benefits by creating profiles for fake children and a dead person. Published February 27, 2025
Supreme Court backs Trump in dispute over USAID funding
The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked a lower court order telling the Trump administration to pay nearly $2 billion by midnight in a fight over its hold on U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) money. Published February 26, 2025
ICE tallies 20,000 arrests in one month
The government's deportation force made more than 20,000 arrests in a single month, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Wednesday. Published February 26, 2025
‘Dumbest statement of the year’: White House mocks Michael Moore over defense of illegal immigrants
The White House mocked filmmaker Michael Moore on Wednesday for his suggestion that the U.S. might be missing out on a future cure for cancer because it's deporting illegal immigrants. Published February 26, 2025
GOP turns up heat on USAID, highlights foreign aid for fashion shows and meals for terrorists
Republicans piled on new evidence Wednesday in their battle to reel in USAID, pointing to millions of dollars the foreign aid agency shipped to Ukraine to pay to promote a dog collar manufacturer and send fashionistas to a fashion show in London. Published February 26, 2025
House GOP to hold hearing pushing use of tech to speed deportations
The Biden administration used technology to help hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants enter the U.S., and now Republicans want to harness technology to get them out. Published February 26, 2025
Trump’s firing powers on the line in special counsel court battle
A federal judge grappled Wednesday with the extent of President Trump's power to fire people in his administration, in a case that will shape the White House's ability to carry out its remake of the federal bureaucracy. Published February 26, 2025
Lawyer booted from case after submitting AI-generated bogus brief
A judge has kicked a lawyer off a case after he submitted a brief that contained false case citations fabricated by artificial intelligence. Published February 26, 2025
USAID wasted millions on Ukrainian pet products and fashion junkets, Sen. Ernst says
At first blush, it might be difficult to connect dog collars with Ukraine's war against Russia. But according to data compiled by Sen. Joni Ernst, the U.S. Agency for International Development spent $300,000 of American taxpayers' money in 2022 to boost the Ukrainian pet alliance, which markets the country's products in the West. Published February 26, 2025
Judge blocks Trump’s pause on refugee admissions
A federal judge issued an injunction Tuesday halting President Trump's attempt to pause refugee admissions. Published February 25, 2025
‘Self-deport’: Noem vows to flex immigration laws on the books but never enforced
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday that her department will begin to enforce laws that allow consequences to be delivered to illegal immigrants who have resisted leaving the country or who otherwise defied U.S. laws. Published February 25, 2025
Democratic congressman punished for calling Trump ‘grifter in chief’
A Republican House committee chair threatened to call the sergeant-at-arms Tuesday to silence a Democratic congressman who repeatedly called Elon Musk the president and referred to President Trump as the "grifter in chief." Published February 25, 2025
Judge stiffens hold on Trump’s funding pause, warning of ‘potentially catastrophic harm’
A federal judge stiffened her order blocking President Trump from carrying out his general government funding pause by issuing a preliminary injunction Tuesday. Published February 25, 2025
