Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Politics, pets and cat memes: Trump won’t bury rumors on Haitian immigrants
Sen. J.D. Vance acknowledged that reports of Haitian migrants in Ohio eating dogs and cats may not be accurate, but former President Donald Trump injected the issue straight back into the political bloodstream hours later in Tuesday's debate. Published September 11, 2024
Ohio attorney general backs claims about Haitians eating geese
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost weighed in Wednesday in defense of former President Donald Trump's claims of Haitian migrants eating pets by saying there is a credible claim that they are capturing geese for food. Published September 11, 2024
Trump talks migrants eating pets, Harris ducks immigration question
Former President Donald Trump elevated claims of migrants in an Ohio town eating dogs and cats to the national stage Tuesday, saying it was more evidence of the chaos from President Biden's border management. Published September 10, 2024
Trump says he’ll send Harris a MAGA hat
Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Vice President Kamala Harris has tacked so far toward his own positions on immigration and other policies that he is "going to send her a MAGA hat." Published September 10, 2024
Assassins keep cartels in control of migrants; U.S. operations ‘already rooted’
Congress heard horrifying testimony Tuesday about a network of assassins associated with Mexican cartels and operating in the U.S. Published September 10, 2024
Biden abandoned 90% of Afghan allies in Kabul evacuation, House report finds
As the Taliban fighters were closing in on the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, American diplomats stared at a pile of passports they had collected from Afghan allies who had assisted the war effort and were seeking a special visa to get them out of harm's way. Published September 9, 2024
DOJ issues warning as GOP states try to clean noncitizens from voter rolls
The Justice Department issued a warning to states Monday to tread lightly in trying to clean up their election systems of bogus names and ineligible voters, firing a shot across the bow of GOP-led states that have been trying to erase noncitizens from their rolls. Published September 9, 2024
U.S. authorities charge ‘Terrorgram’ leaders with fomenting global White supremacist attacks
Federal prosecutors announced charges Monday against two people associated with "Terrorgram," an online network of White supremacists that encouraged attacks on Black, gay and immigrant targets, as well as assassinations of high-ranking American officials. Published September 9, 2024
Fraud plagues Biden ‘parole’ program: Michelle Obama’s passport used; dead people named sponsors
Gang members and scammers using dead people's names were applying to be sponsors for President Biden's fraud-riddled immigration "parole" program that has welcomed hundreds of thousands of migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, The Washington Times has learned. Published September 9, 2024
IRS recovers $1.3 billion from rich people who ducked taxes
The IRS has now clawed back $1.3 billion from the country's wealthiest taxpayers using initiatives launched after President Biden won historic funding increases for the tax agency. Published September 6, 2024
Appeals courts increasingly skeptical of gun controls in wake of Supreme Court rulings
It's been a busy summer for federal judges as they've wrestled with the Second Amendment and the U.S. Supreme Court's significant but confusing string of gun rulings over the last few years. Published September 5, 2024
Taxpayer-funded Biden road signs don’t violate Hatch Act
President Biden's self-promoting road signs bragging that he secured taxpayer money for infrastructure projects don't cross the line into illegal campaign activity, the government's chief Hatch Act watchdog has concluded. Published September 5, 2024
Navy secretary slapped with Hatch Act violation for urging Biden’s reelection
Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro got too political earlier this year when he used a trip to Britain to urge the reelection of President Biden and to denigrate former President Donald Trump -- and ended up violating the Hatch Act, the government's Office of Special Counsel has concluded. Published September 5, 2024
Russians accused of interfering in politics; disinformation sows U.S. discord
The Biden administration accused Russia on Wednesday of a wide-ranging and sophisticated effort to disrupt U.S. politics with misinformation crafted in Moscow and injected into the American discourse through unwitting American social media "influencers." Published September 4, 2024
Texas attorney general sues to stop mass voter registration mailings
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Bexar County on Wednesday to stop officials' plans to mass-mail voter registration forms to residents, saying they could end up in the hands of illegal immigrants and others ineligible to vote. Published September 4, 2024
Biden’s tax threshold adds marriage penalty; couples at higher risk for federal audits
President Biden introduced a "potential marriage penalty" into the tax system when he ordered the IRS to conduct more audits of higher-income Americans, the agency's inspector general said. Published September 3, 2024
Taxpayers foot bill for Mayorkas’ generosity; employees given $2.6 billion in extra vacation time
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has given so much extra time off to department employees that one of his agencies has had to create an internal system to help employees keep track of it. Published September 2, 2024
Feds violate OSHA standards at thousands of government properties
The Environmental Protection Agency, which polices chemical contaminants, has been subjecting employees at its Chicago offices to water contaminated with metal and Legionella, the bacteria that causes the deadly Legionnaires' disease. Published August 29, 2024
FBI continues to mishandle child sex-crime allegations, inspector general finds
Years after its damning failure to investigate former U.S. Olympic doctor and serial sex predator Larry Nassar, the FBI still isn't handling child sex crime reports properly, an inspector general said Thursday. Published August 29, 2024
Feds charge two foreign men for swatting Marjorie Taylor Greene, scores of other officials
Federal authorities unveiled charges Wednesday against two foreigners they say were responsible for a flood of dangerous "swatting" incidents against senior administration officials and members of Congress, including one that matches the Christmas Day attack on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Published August 28, 2024
