Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
GOP’s debt deal, migrant labor boom tamed government spending — for now
Uncle Sam's budget looks a bit better this year after Congress ordered spending to be constrained and the economy hummed along, powered in large part by the massive surge of migrants, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday. Published February 7, 2024
Mayorkas avoids impeachment as House Republicans fail to muster votes
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro escaped history on Tuesday after House Republicans fell short on their attempt to impeach him, failing to muster enough support within their own ranks. Published February 6, 2024
Trump case offers study of the 14th Amendment; compares Jan. 6 riot with Civil War
America is about to get an intense history lesson, courtesy of former President Donald Trump and those trying to keep him off the ballot this year under the Constitution's 14th Amendment. Published February 6, 2024
GOP chairman calls Mayorkas a ‘reptile,’ White House sees antisemitism
The White House on Tuesday accused Republican Rep. Mark Green of antisemitism after he reportedly called Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas a "reptile" in urging colleagues to impeach the secretary. Published February 6, 2024
Schumer dares GOP to vote against border bill: ‘No time for grandstanding’
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer vowed Tuesday to push ahead with a vote on the bipartisan border security deal and national security spending bill and lashed out at Republicans who are poised to tank the bill. Published February 6, 2024
Senate border bill hits wall of bipartisan blowback
The walls are closing in from both sides of the aisle on the Senate border security bill, as liberals and conservatives say they can't stomach the policy changes. Published February 5, 2024
Border experts divided on whether Senate deal will end the crisis
Mark Morgan, who ran Customs and Border Protection under President Trump, said there are so many loopholes in the Senate's new immigration deal that it is unlikely to solve the chaos at the southern border. Published February 5, 2024
Border deal angers liberals too
It's not just conservatives who are balking at the new Senate border deal, with key Democrats and liberal pressure groups furious over what they see as President Biden's surrender on immigration. Published February 5, 2024
Steve Daines, chair of Senate GOP’s campaign arm, blasts border security deal
Sen. Steve Daines, the Montana Republican whose job is to get Senate GOP candidates elected, came out in opposition Monday to a southern border security deal with Democrats tied to a $118 billion aid package with money for Ukraine and Israel. Published February 5, 2024
Senate immigration deal backtracks on border wall deadlines
Tucked inside the new Senate border deal is language that would allow President Biden to postpone wall-building, giving him a chance to avoid erecting any more barriers during this current term. Published February 5, 2024
Immigration deal gets tepid thumbs-up from Border Czar Kamala Harris
Vice President Kamala Harris weighed in with her lukewarm backing Sunday for the new bipartisan border deal, saying she thinks it will give the administration "additional solutions." Published February 5, 2024
Congress assails EPA over ‘disgusting’ decision to revive chemical animal testing
Members of Congress are pressing the Environmental Protection Agency over its renewed support for animal testing and its backsliding on rabbits that were supposed to be retired, saying the government must seek out more humane ways to do science. Published February 5, 2024
Border deal expands legal immigration, new powers to expel illegal immigrants
Senators revealed a new border security deal Sunday that would give President Biden new powers to block illegal immigrants at the border, though only after the flow averages more than 4,000 migrants a day. Published February 4, 2024
Senators reach for border deal, House prepares impeachment in momentous week for immigration
Senators were rushing to finalize a deal to stiffen border security Sunday evening ahead of what is shaping up as the most momentous week in immigration policy in Washington in nearly four decades. Published February 4, 2024
Study tempers media, political hype of mass shootings; most in U.S. don’t involve ‘assault rifles’
The national gun control debate focuses heavily on AR-15-style rifles but most mass public shootings over the last 25 years have actually used handguns, according to new myth-busting data from the Crime Prevention Research Center. Published February 4, 2024
Secretaries of state warn of chaos if justices allow state officials to deny Trump ballot access
State election officials are begging the Supreme Court to be wary of allowing states to kick former President Donald Trump off the ballot this year, saying that granting them that power threatens to create an electoral arms race of retaliation. Published February 3, 2024
Justices settle who will argue Trump ballot case: Colorado secretary of state, voters both get time
The Supreme Court has settled a dispute between lawyers over who will argue in favor of disqualifying former President Trump from the ballot because of the Constitution's insurrection clause. Published February 2, 2024
Feds charge New Jersey political operative with mail-in ballot fraud
Federal prosecutors announced charges Thursday against a New Jersey political operative they say orchestrated a mail-in ballot fraud scheme in the 2022 election, casting ballots in the name of people who never actually voted. Published February 1, 2024
Sanctuary switch-up: New York governor now backs deportations for migrants who assaulted police
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul this week embraced deportation for the migrants who assaulted two New York City Police officers, challenging the logic of the city's sanctuary policy and drawing a rebuke from a former ICE director. Published February 1, 2024
He’s mine: Lawyers looking to keep Trump off ballot arguing over who takes case to Supreme Court
Lawyers have been arguing over whether Donald Trump should be on the ballot this year -- and now they're arguing over who should get to argue about it before the Supreme Court. Published February 1, 2024
