Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Judge dismisses classified documents indictment against Trump
A federal judge dismissed the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump on Monday, saying the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith was unconstitutional. Published July 15, 2024
Biden calls to ‘cool it down’ after Trump rally shooting
President Biden addressed the country Sunday night with a plea to "cool it down," a day after a gunman fired on former President Donald Trump at a political rally. Published July 14, 2024
Secret Service at center of ‘failure’ to prevent assassination attempt
The Secret Service is facing intense scrutiny after a would-be assassin managed to graze former President Donald Trump with a bullet this weekend Published July 14, 2024
U.S. Attorney General Garland calls Trump assassination attempt an ‘attack on our democracy’
Attorney General Merrick Garland labeled Saturday's assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump an "attack on our democracy." Published July 13, 2024
Secret Service faces questions after Trump assassination attempt
The House's top investigator said he will demand answers from the Secret Service after former President Donald Trump was shot during a campaign rally Saturday. Published July 13, 2024
Trump joins Roosevelt, Bush as former presidents who faced assassination attempts
American presidential politics has been punctuated by violence from its early days, from the infamous duel between then-Vice President Aaron Burr and former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton to the assassinations of Presidents Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy, and attempts on a number of other presidents. Published July 13, 2024
Thief of Trump tax returns reveals easy IRS breach, suggests security measures
Charles Littlejohn, the former IRS contractor who stole the tax returns of then-President Donald Trump and 7,500 of the country's other richest taxpayers, said the agency's systems were so easy to penetrate that he could have stolen any return he wanted. Published July 12, 2024
Cartels prey on youngest migrants to profit from grim trafficking schemes
You've heard the horror stories of illegal immigrant children forced into sex trafficking or labor trafficking. Jarrod Sadulski, an expert on smuggling, can tell you how those children end up in the hands of the cartels in the first place. Published July 8, 2024
Foreign teenager fooled ICE, State Department, U.S. college to get a student visa
A foreign student from India is being kicked out of the country after admitting he managed to scam the State Department, Homeland Security and a major U.S. university into helping him get a student visa and a full ride to college. Published July 5, 2024
Illegal immigrant uses stolen identity to get kidney transplant — on taxpayers’ dime
An illegal immigrant used the stolen identity of an American to sign up for Medicare and collect some $400,000 in taxpayer-funded care -- including getting a kidney transplant that would have gone to a U.S. citizen. Published July 5, 2024
Despite Supreme Court setback, DOJ pushing ahead on Jan. 6 cases
The Justice Department is not letting a Supreme Court spanking derail its pursuit of those who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Published July 4, 2024
NSA contractor bilked government for hundreds of hours she never worked
A National Security Agency contractor has been slapped with a 13-month sentence in federal prison after she was found guilty of bilking the government for hundreds of hours of in-person work she never performed. Published July 4, 2024
Pentagon can’t account for funding of risky virus research in China
The Defense Department can't account for all of its money that may have been sent to China to conduct risky research enhancing viruses, according to an inspector general's report that blamed bad data collection at the department for gaps in understanding what it was paying for. Published July 3, 2024
Supreme Court ducks ruling on whether AR-15s are protected by Second Amendment
The Supreme Court said Tuesday it was declining, for now, to hear challenges against an Illinois ban on assault weapons -- cases that have quickly turned into a major test of the legality of the popular AR-15 rifle. Published July 2, 2024
Homeland Security sends flight full of deportees to China; ‘smuggling’ operators returned
Homeland Security announced Tuesday that it sent a charter flight of deportees back to China for the first time in six years. Published July 2, 2024
Did the Supreme Court OK a presidential assassination order? Justices break new legal ground
It has been a burning question among legal scholars ever since former President Donald Trump asserted absolute immunity for his acts while in office: Could a president assassinate a political rival with legal impunity? Published July 1, 2024
‘Big win’: Trump claims victory in Supreme Court’s immunity ruling
Former President Donald Trump saw Monday's Supreme Court ruling granting him at least partial immunity from prosecution as a victory. Published July 1, 2024
Supreme Court ducks ruling on red states’ social media censorship laws
The Supreme Court on Monday remanded back to lower courts challenges to red states' social media laws aimed at curtailing censorship. Published July 1, 2024
Supreme Court rules presidents have absolute immunity for official acts, but not unofficial acts
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that presidents enjoy "absolute immunity" for official acts taken under their core responsibilities and may have some immunity from criminal prosecution for other official behavior, but they do not enjoy immunity for unofficial acts. Published July 1, 2024
Supreme Court decision tames administrative state, pressures Congress to be more clear with laws
The Supreme Court has now put Congress on notice that it needs to do a better job of writing laws and can no longer expect federal agencies to clean up their poorly written messes. Published June 30, 2024
