Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Hispanic leaders scold Biden, Trump for skirting Latino summit
Neither President Biden nor former President Donald Trump decided to speak at this year's convention of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials. Published June 20, 2024
Sign of the times: Biden slaps his name on taxpayer-funded projects
The federal government is on a spending spree and you're paying for it, but President Biden is taking credit. Published June 20, 2024
Supreme Court grants leeway to prosecutors to use expert testimony at trial
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that prosecutors can get expert witnesses to testify about the general state of mind of someone in a similar situation to a defendant, effectively giving prosecutors more leeway in pursuing criminal cases. Published June 20, 2024
GOP sues to stop noncitizen voting in Vermont’s largest city
The Republican National Committee filed a lawsuit Thursday in Vermont challenging Burlington's policy of allowing noncitizens to vote in local elections dealing with education. Published June 20, 2024
Biden promises leniency for 500,000 illegal immigrants married to U.S. citizens
President Biden announced a new immigration program Tuesday designed to ease the path to citizenship for half a million illegal immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens by letting them skip the line and adjust their status here without going home. Published June 18, 2024
Biden hails new citizenship by marriage deal as a way to keep families together
President Biden on Tuesday unveiled a large-scale immigration program that will offer legal status and a simplified path to citizenship for roughly 500,000 illegal immigrants married to U.S. citizens. Published June 18, 2024
Feds to run $2 trillion deficit this year; Biden’s student loan reprieve partly to blame
The federal budget deficit will reach $2 trillion this year, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, laying at least part of the blame on President Biden's generous student loan forgiveness plans. Published June 18, 2024
Gun rights groups sue to overturn ban on firearms at post offices
Second Amendment advocates went to federal court Tuesday to challenge the federal government's ban on carrying firearms in post offices, saying it's an unconstitutional limit on the right to bear arms. Published June 18, 2024
Biden to grant ‘parole’ to 500,000 illegal immigrant spouses, easing path to legal status
President Biden will announce a new leniency for illegal immigrants Tuesday, giving them a chance to adjust to legal status here in the U.S. without having to return to their home country. Published June 18, 2024
Battling broken border can’t fix damage or Biden’s political peril
The arrest of an illegal immigrant accused of killing a Maryland mother has driven home a tough political reality for President Biden: Even if his new policy changes seal off the border, much of the damage has already been done. Published June 17, 2024
DHS blames budget after releasing hundreds of unauthorized travelers from U.S. airport
Homeland Security let dozens of illegal immigrants walk free from an airport because it didn't have the space to hold them until their departing flights, and nearly half of them disappeared, never returning for their scheduled departures, an inspector general said Monday. Published June 17, 2024
‘Parole’ test case results show Biden enforcement problems; migrants duck deportation
More than 99% of illegal immigrants caught and released a year ago as part of a special border "parole" program are still at large, according to government data that signals how difficult it will be to unwind the millions of migrants who have gained a foothold under President Biden. Published June 16, 2024
Pressure builds on Congress after Supreme Court’s ruling on bump stocks
The fate of a ban on bump stocks is now in the hands of Congress after the Supreme Court ruled Friday that current law doesn't allow the government to outlaw them as equivalent to machine guns. Published June 16, 2024
Comer probes collusion between Biden officials, anti-gun lawsuit
House Republicans' top investigator on Friday said he fears the Biden administration is colluding with gun control advocates in a lawsuit that seeks to hold Glock Inc. responsible for how criminals are altering its pistols. Published June 14, 2024
Supreme Court gives leeway to government over deportation summonses
The Supreme Court shot down a challenge Friday by illegal immigrants who said they weren't properly served their court summonses in a ruling that heads off chaos in the deportation system. Published June 14, 2024
Supreme Court says bump stocks are not machine guns, can’t be banned
The Supreme Court has ruled that bump stocks don't qualify as machine guns under federal gun controls, shooting down the Justice Department's attempt to ban the devices. Published June 14, 2024
House GOP opens investigation into bias at media watchdog NewsGuard
House Oversight Chair James Comer announced an investigation Thursday into NewsGuard, an outfit that rates news agencies' reliability but which has been beset with allegations of left-wing bias. Published June 13, 2024
Supreme Court dismisses challenge to abortion pill, says pro-life doctors lack standing
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed an attempt by pro-life doctors to scuttle the abortion pill, saying they lacked standing to challenge the government's approval of the drug. Published June 13, 2024
‘Taxpayer theft’: Federal agencies overpay teleworkers who moved out of Washington
Federal employees approved for telework have been bilking the government by collecting Washington-area pay rates while living in much lower-cost regions. Published June 13, 2024
ACLU, immigrant rights groups sue to stop Biden border policy
Immigrant rights groups sued Wednesday in an attempt to derail President Biden's new border policy that limits migrants' ability to lodge asylum claims. Published June 12, 2024
