Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Federal official warns New York policies let dangerous criminals roam free
A top Homeland Security deportation official blasted New York for refusing to cooperate with a request to hold illegal immigrants for pickup, saying the city ended up releasing an accused sex trafficker back onto the streets. Published October 28, 2024
Oddsmakers betting big on Trump a week from election
While opinion polls in the 2024 election are just now starting to swing toward Donald Trump, the online political gambling markets have been betting big on the former president for weeks. Published October 28, 2024
Virginia asks Supreme Court for permission to remove suspected noncitizens from voter rolls
Virginia begged the Supreme Court on Monday to step in and allow the state to carry out its removal of 1,600 names of suspected noncitizens from its voting rolls. Published October 28, 2024
Judges shoot down Youngkin’s attempt to cleanse Virginia’s voter rolls
Federal judges have ordered Virginia to restore roughly 1,600 names to voting rolls, shooting down Gov. Glenn Youngkin's attempt to cleanse the lists of people the state believes to be ineligible noncitizens. Published October 27, 2024
Pennsylvania county flags 2,500 voter registrations as potentially fraudulent
Officials in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, identified thousands of potentially fraudulent voter registrations made just before the state's preelection deadline. Published October 25, 2024
Judge blocks Virginia’s noncitizen voter purge, orders 1,500 names restored to election rolls
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vowed an appeal Friday after a federal judge ordered the state to restore 1,500 names to its voting rolls, saying officials were too hasty in declaring them noncitizens. Published October 25, 2024
How the border surge upended a small Wisconsin town
To its residents, Whitewater, Wisconsin, was a sleepy college town of about 15,000 -- until a thousand migrants arrived in 2022 and 2023, straining the community's resources beyond the breaking point. Published October 24, 2024
Appeals court tosses sentence for anti-Trump lawyer Michael Avenatti
A federal appeals court on Wednesday tossed one of anti-Trump lawyer Michael Avenatti's prison sentences, saying a lower court was too harsh on him. Published October 23, 2024
‘Stunning security failure’: U.S. agents miss Venezuelan gang tattoos in scan for refugee approvals
Homeland Security greenlighted refugee applications for Venezuelan gang members after immigration officers failed to spot their gang tattoos, The Washington Times has learned. Published October 23, 2024
Migrants rushing north, hoping Harris wins election
Migrants planning their journey to the U.S. are cheering for Vice President Kamala Harris to win the presidential election, figuring they'll get a better shake from her, according to a border expert. Published October 23, 2024
Inside job: California official took bribes to steer pandemic relief money
A county supervisor in Orange County, California, has agreed to plead guilty to a federal felony bribery charge after collecting $550,000 to steer $9 million in pandemic relief funds to a charity that was supposed to provide meals to the elderly. Published October 22, 2024
Border improved as Biden adopts Trump-style policies
The Biden administration tallied more than 2.9 million illegal entries into the U.S. over the last year, marking a slight improvement on 2023's record, though things were trending better in recent months. Published October 22, 2024
IRS standard deduction, income tax levels rise in 2025
Inflation may be taking more out of workers' pay, but it also has a silver lining with the taxman, as the IRS announced Tuesday that it is hiking the standard deduction by $400 and raising the maximum payment for key tax credits next year. Published October 22, 2024
Social Security employee charged with trying to sexually exploit unemployed client
A Social Security employee in Massachusetts has been arrested on charges of using his job to try to recruit a woman for paid sex. Published October 22, 2024
Supreme Court rebuffs attempt to defend tougher Biden asylum rules
The Supreme Court on Monday shot down GOP-led states' attempt to defend President Biden's tougher rules governing asylum seekers, leaving the administration free to negotiate a weaker compromise with immigrant rights advocates. Published October 21, 2024
Harris vies with Trump on securing U.S. border; policies veer from longtime rhetoric
The biggest difference between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump lies in how they would approach the millions of illegal immigrants already here -- including an estimated 4 million that have arrived and settled on Ms. Harris's watch. Published October 21, 2024
Biden ends fiscal year with $1.8 trillion deficit; gross interest payments top $1 trillion
The federal government just notched its worst non-pandemic deficit in history, spilling more than $1.8 trillion worth of red ink across the budget and signaling even worse times to come. Published October 18, 2024
Jack Smith files huge docs in Trump election fraud challenge
A federal court on Friday unsealed documents detailing some of the evidence special counsel Jack Smith is relying on in his prosecution of former President Donald Trump over his handling of the 2020 election. Published October 18, 2024
New FBI data shows crime increased, even as Biden said it dropped
The FBI's latest data shows police reports of violent crime rose from 2021 to 2022, contradicting the bureau's previous assertions and undercutting the narrative President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have offered that public safety was improving. Published October 17, 2024
Afghan accused of Election Day plot wasn’t fully vetted
The Afghan man accused of plotting an Election Day massacre was not fully vetted before being allowed into the U.S., according to a media report Wednesday. Published October 16, 2024
