Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
J.D. Vance’s abortion record faces scrutiny after VP nomination
Major national pro-life organizations hailed Sen. J.D. Vance's record on abortion Monday but some dissonant voices argue he is not fully committed to the pro-life cause because of recent comments on mifepristone, the abortion pill. Published July 15, 2024
Biden struggles to explain Trump ‘bull’s-eye’ remark: ‘I didn’t say crosshairs’
President Biden struggled Monday to explain his recent demand that Democrats put former President Donald Trump in the "bull's-eye," saying it was a mistake but also saying he could have said worse. Published July 15, 2024
Biden sees best monthly border numbers in three years
The border chaos cooled off in June as illegal crossings at the southern border dropped, marking the best month since just after President Biden took office. Published July 15, 2024
Senate announces bipartisan investigation into ‘failures’ that led to Trump attack
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee announced a bipartisan investigation Monday aimed at getting to the bottom of the "security failures" that led to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Published July 15, 2024
Liberals cool to Biden’s call to tone down anti-Trump vitriol
As news of the attempted assassination of former President Trump spread over the weekend, there was little grace to be found in the liberal corners of the internet. Published July 15, 2024
Judge dismisses classified documents indictment against Trump
A federal judge dismissed the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump on Monday, saying the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith was unconstitutional. Published July 15, 2024
Biden calls to ‘cool it down’ after Trump rally shooting
President Biden addressed the country Sunday night with a plea to "cool it down," a day after a gunman fired on former President Donald Trump at a political rally. Published July 14, 2024
Secret Service at center of ‘failure’ to prevent assassination attempt
The Secret Service is facing intense scrutiny after a would-be assassin managed to graze former President Donald Trump with a bullet this weekend Published July 14, 2024
U.S. Attorney General Garland calls Trump assassination attempt an ‘attack on our democracy’
Attorney General Merrick Garland labeled Saturday's assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump an "attack on our democracy." Published July 13, 2024
Secret Service faces questions after Trump assassination attempt
The House's top investigator said he will demand answers from the Secret Service after former President Donald Trump was shot during a campaign rally Saturday. Published July 13, 2024
Trump joins Roosevelt, Bush as former presidents who faced assassination attempts
American presidential politics has been punctuated by violence from its early days, from the infamous duel between then-Vice President Aaron Burr and former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton to the assassinations of Presidents Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy, and attempts on a number of other presidents. Published July 13, 2024
Thief of Trump tax returns reveals easy IRS breach, suggests security measures
Charles Littlejohn, the former IRS contractor who stole the tax returns of then-President Donald Trump and 7,500 of the country's other richest taxpayers, said the agency's systems were so easy to penetrate that he could have stolen any return he wanted. Published July 12, 2024
Cartels prey on youngest migrants to profit from grim trafficking schemes
You've heard the horror stories of illegal immigrant children forced into sex trafficking or labor trafficking. Jarrod Sadulski, an expert on smuggling, can tell you how those children end up in the hands of the cartels in the first place. Published July 8, 2024
Foreign teenager fooled ICE, State Department, U.S. college to get a student visa
A foreign student from India is being kicked out of the country after admitting he managed to scam the State Department, Homeland Security and a major U.S. university into helping him get a student visa and a full ride to college. Published July 5, 2024
Illegal immigrant uses stolen identity to get kidney transplant — on taxpayers’ dime
An illegal immigrant used the stolen identity of an American to sign up for Medicare and collect some $400,000 in taxpayer-funded care -- including getting a kidney transplant that would have gone to a U.S. citizen. Published July 5, 2024
Despite Supreme Court setback, DOJ pushing ahead on Jan. 6 cases
The Justice Department is not letting a Supreme Court spanking derail its pursuit of those who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Published July 4, 2024
NSA contractor bilked government for hundreds of hours she never worked
A National Security Agency contractor has been slapped with a 13-month sentence in federal prison after she was found guilty of bilking the government for hundreds of hours of in-person work she never performed. Published July 4, 2024
Pentagon can’t account for funding of risky virus research in China
The Defense Department can't account for all of its money that may have been sent to China to conduct risky research enhancing viruses, according to an inspector general's report that blamed bad data collection at the department for gaps in understanding what it was paying for. Published July 3, 2024
Supreme Court ducks ruling on whether AR-15s are protected by Second Amendment
The Supreme Court said Tuesday it was declining, for now, to hear challenges against an Illinois ban on assault weapons -- cases that have quickly turned into a major test of the legality of the popular AR-15 rifle. Published July 2, 2024
Homeland Security sends flight full of deportees to China; ‘smuggling’ operators returned
Homeland Security announced Tuesday that it sent a charter flight of deportees back to China for the first time in six years. Published July 2, 2024
