Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
GOP proposes stiffer penalties for IRS leakers after Trump tax return leak
House Republicans announced legislation Thursday to double the maximum prison time to 10 years for anyone convicted of leaking secret taxpayer information, saying the current penalty wasn't strong enough to prevent the unprecedented leak of President Trump's taxes. Published May 9, 2024
House passes bill to add citizenship to census, block noncitizens from House apportionment
The House approved legislation Wednesday to add a question on citizenship into the decennial census and to change the way seats in the House are doled out, slicing noncitizens from of the count. Published May 8, 2024
Perjury questions dog Michael Cohen ahead of Trump trial testimony
Top House Republicans sent a criminal referral Wednesday prodding the Justice Department to investigate Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former lawyer, over allegations he lied to Congress in several pieces of testimony. Published May 8, 2024
Heroes and villains of illegal immigration on display at Senate ‘Dreamer’ hearing
On one end of the Senate dais Wednesday was Mitchell Soto-Rodriguez, an illegal immigrant "Dreamer" who came to the U.S. at age 9, put herself through college and earlier this year was sworn in as a police officer, despite not having legal status in the U.S. Published May 8, 2024
Ivy League schools took millions in gifts from ‘State of Palestine’ entities
Harvard University and Brown University collected more than $2 million combined from Palestinian entities in recent years, according to a report released Wednesday that questioned what the universities had to do in exchange for the funds. Published May 8, 2024
GOP demands Biden block student loan forgiveness for campus protesters
The chair of the House committee that oversees education policy told the Biden administration on Tuesday to block rioting college students from having their student loans forgiven by the government. Published May 7, 2024
TikTok sues U.S. to stop Congress’ ban
TikTok sued the U.S. government Tuesday, arguing that a looming ban on the social media company is unconstitutional. Published May 7, 2024
Protesters from abroad put student visas at risk; Biden urged to act against terrorist sympathizers
Some of those involved in the unruly campus protests against Israel are guests of the U.S. on foreign student visas, and pressure is mounting on President Biden to start revoking those visas to help schools regain control of their grounds. Published May 6, 2024
Noncitizens caught voting in U.S. elections — here’s how they did it
Federal prosecutors in North Carolina brought charges against 37 noncitizens who voted in the 2016 election, illustrating that it does happen and that partisan politics seemed to play a role in who got registered. Published May 3, 2024
Biden grants DACA migrants access to Obamacare money
President Biden finalized a new policy Friday giving illegal immigrant "Dreamers" here under the DACA program full access to Obamacare, including taxpayer subsidies to buy insurance on the Affordable Care Act's markets. Published May 3, 2024
IRS says it will need more money soon
IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel said Thursday that the agency has made huge strides in improving customer service, but will soon need more money if Congress wants continued progress for the rest of the decade. Published May 2, 2024
GOP lawmakers urge Biden to drop Gaza refugee plans
Senate Republicans are calling on President Biden to shut down the idea of bringing Palestinians from Gaza into the U.S. as refugees, saying it would be tantamount to importing terrorist supporters. Published May 2, 2024
Biden’s education secretary defends biological males in girls’ bathrooms
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona defended his new federal rules requiring schools to let students use the bathroom of their choice, saying he's defending the rights of transgender students who have been "under attack in our country." Published May 2, 2024
After 100 years, feds to finally shutter ‘temporary’ government building
To borrow from Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman, few things are as lasting as a temporary government building. Published May 1, 2024
Biden could welcome Palestinians with refugee program, inside track on U.S. citizenship
President Biden is pondering a move to allow Palestinians into the U.S. through the refugee program, according to a news report. Published May 1, 2024
Congress reveals Biden’s secret list of destination airports for illegal immigrants
The House Homeland Security Committee published the list of airports involved in President Biden's migrant airlift, which is helping hundreds of thousands of unauthorized migrants skip over the border and fly directly into American communities. Published May 1, 2024
House GOP probes U.S. taxpayer money for Russian medical researchers
The House Energy and Commerce Committee said Tuesday that it is probing the Biden administration's medical research spending to see if any of it is still going to Russia in defiance of a White House order. Published April 30, 2024
Senators blame ‘inexcusable failure of leadership’ for Biden’s college aid fiasco
Republican senators excoriated the Biden administration Tuesday for wasting time on legally dubious student-loan forgiveness schemes while ignoring the mismanaged college financial aid process, which has left hundreds of thousands of students in the lurch this year. Published April 30, 2024
Education Department probing Columbia University over protests, treatment of Jewish students
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on Tuesday said his department has opened an investigation into Columbia University for potential violations of civil rights laws amid pro-Palestinian protests and danger to Jewish students. Published April 30, 2024
Americans say Biden’s border chaos is an invasion; federal judges say it’s not
Republican attempts to label the migrant surge an "invasion" have fallen flat in the courts, where judges say the flow of people and drugs looks less like a Constitution-breaking military incursion and more like the kinds of border problems that have plagued the country for decades. Published April 29, 2024
