Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Top Biden aide faces Hatch Act complaint over illegal fundraising solicitations
Government investigators have concluded that Neera Tanden, the domestic policy adviser at the White House, broke the law when she repeatedly used social media to solicit campaign donations for Democrats. Published November 7, 2024
Call in the healers: Trump opponents struggle to cope with his second win
Some liberal activists seethed at President-elect Donald Trump's victory. Some pleaded for a white knight -- the news media or maybe judges -- to lead a new resistance over the next four years. Still others called in the healers. Published November 6, 2024
Trump made stunning gains among young voters
President-elect Donald Trump made significant gains among young voters in the election, walking away with 44% support of those under 30 years of age, according to exit polling. Published November 6, 2024
Americans search for options to flee U.S. after Trump win
Presumptive President-elect Donald Trump's historic election night has sparked a new interest in immigration -- but this time it's Americans looking to get out. Published November 6, 2024
Liz Cheney accepts election results, urges media, judges to become ‘guardrails of democracy’
Former Rep. Liz Cheney, the onetime GOP leader who bolted to become one of Democrats' biggest cheerleaders this year, said Wednesday she accepts the results of the election -- but urged ongoing resistance "over these coming four years." Published November 6, 2024
Trump sees ‘historic realignment’ as GOP points to record Latino vote; gains across map
Latino voters delivered big for the GOP this week, giving the party arguably its best-ever numbers at the presidential level and hinting at a lasting political realignment. Published November 6, 2024
Trump wins record Hispanic support
Former President Donald Trump saw a massive surge in support from Hispanic voters with the two major media exit polls showing him with at least 43% of their votes. Published November 6, 2024
Bomb threats, long lines at polls, but overall voting mostly proceeds smoothly across U.S.
Early Election Day hiccups added fuel to an inferno of distrust about the results and the possibility of a lengthy period of election legal challenges to follow. Published November 5, 2024
How Trump broke America’s most important political dynasties
A genial consensus dominated Washington for decades that America's century of greatness was built on largely unfettered free trade, generous immigration and an aggressive foreign policy that positioned the U.S. as the worldwide enforcer of those norms. Published November 5, 2024
Feds charge Michigan man with election-related threats after angry emails to pro-Harris PAC
The Justice Department on Tuesday announced it was bringing a criminal case against a Michigan man who sent angry emails complaining about the intensity of ads from a political action committee supporting Vice President Kamala Harris. Published November 5, 2024
Atlanta paper forced to recant after calling Dustin Inman Society ‘anti-immigration hate group’
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution issued a lengthy correction this month after it published a story wrongly labeling an immigration enforcement group as an "anti-immigrant hate group." Published November 5, 2024
Supreme Court to consider role of race in drawing Louisiana’s congressional districts
The Supreme Court said Monday it will take up cases challenging Louisiana's congressional districts, two of which were drawn to give Black voters primary political power in picking who wins those seats. Published November 4, 2024
Biden’s lenient ‘catch-and-release’ parole programs and vetting failures spurred migrant crime wave
That illegal immigrants are committing crimes is nothing new, but many experts say there's something different about the last 3 1/2 years, in both the number and intensity of the crimes the country is seeing. Published November 4, 2024
House GOP launches probe after FBI ‘quietly’ changed crime data
The House Oversight and Reform Committee on Thursday demanded the FBI explain why it released crime data last year that seemed to back up President Biden's claims that violent crime had dropped, only to "quietly" revise the numbers this year. Published October 31, 2024
Dead but not forgotten: States grapple with early voters who die before Election Day
More than 60 million voters have cast ballots in the election so far. And it's a grim reality that some of them have already died. Published October 31, 2024
Supreme Court allows Virginia to remove suspected noncitizens from voter rolls
The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Virginia to remove some 1,600 names of suspected noncitizens from its voter rolls ahead of next week's election. Published October 30, 2024
Biden administration says Virginia can remove noncitizens from voter rolls — after election
The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to uphold lower court rulings ordering Virginia to immediately restore 1,600 names to its voter rolls, but saying the state can remove them once the election is done. Published October 29, 2024
Noncitizens are on the voter rolls — nobody knows how many
Alabama made a big splash this summer when Secretary of State Wes Allen announced he'd found 3,251 names on his state's voter rolls that he suspected of being illegal immigrants and had them moved to the inactive voter list. But things quickly began to unravel. Published October 29, 2024
Eight states to vote on noncitizen voter bans
Election integrity groups have put citizen-only measures on the ballots in eight states this year. Published October 29, 2024
Arson attack destroys hundreds of ballots at early-voting drop box in Washington, Oregon
Drop-off ballot boxes in Oregon and Washington were set afire early Monday, burning up already-cast ballots and sparking new worries over election integrity. Published October 28, 2024
