Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
House gives subpoena ultimatum to Mayorkas, demands data on terrorism suspects jumping the border
Three House committee chairmen delivered a final warning Friday to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, telling him to turn over details about terrorism suspects who've sneaked across the southern border or else they'll seek to issue a subpoena to force him to comply. Published September 29, 2023
House subpoenas bank records for Hunter Biden, James Biden
House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer announced subpoenas Thursday for the personal and business bank records of Hunter Biden and James Biden, taking the first concrete steps in public to advance the impeachment inquiry into President Biden. Published September 28, 2023
Experts tell Congress no evidence for Biden impeachment — yet
Top legal and tax experts told Congress on Thursday that it's premature to impeach President Biden, though most agreed there were enough questions to continue investigating Hunter Biden's activities to see where it leads. Published September 28, 2023
Republicans, in first impeachment hearing, say evidence points to Biden’s corruption, cover-up
House lawmakers launched their impeachment inquiry into President Biden Thursday with newly released documents they say strengthen their claims that he helped his son Hunter secure foreign business deals and that the Justice Department worked to cover up those actions. Published September 28, 2023
Civil liberties board backs U.S. snooping program, but demands big changes
The civil liberties board on Thursday urged Congress to renew the government's top snooping tool, which scoops up communications from thousands of targets, saying that even with all of its flaws, the program has sniffed out serious terrorist threats to the U.S. Published September 28, 2023
Candidates call for end to birthright citizenship at GOP debate
Republicans called for building more border wall, surging more security personnel to the border and stripping birthright citizenship from children of illegal immigrants as they found common ground in Wednesday night's presidential candidates' debate. Published September 27, 2023
GOP aims to shut down DHS intelligence board with embattled former Obama officials
House Republicans said Wednesday they will try to shut down a new Homeland Security intelligence panel, whose members include several Obama administration figures, that spread disinformation about Hunter Biden's laptop. Published September 27, 2023
New York to stick migrants on risky national park site with no police or jobs
The Biden administration is slashing through environmental protection rules and worries about policing and the health of illegal immigrants as it rushes to erect a migrant camp on a national park site in New York City, local lawmakers told Congress on Wednesday. Published September 27, 2023
Chinese nationals sent $260,000 to Hunter Biden in 2019 at father’s address
Chinese nationals sent $260,000 in bank wires to Hunter Biden in 2019 and listed President Biden's home as the address, House Republicans revealed Tuesday, calling it more refutation of the president's repeated claims of having nothing to do with his son's business dealings. Published September 26, 2023
ICE hits post-pandemic high for detaining illegal immigrants
The administration is now detaining 35,000 illegal immigrants, the most since President Biden took office, according to new data released Tuesday that shows Homeland Security increasingly turning to Trump-style get-tough measures to respond to the record border surge. Published September 26, 2023
Trump up big among Hispanics in GOP, but Biden dominates head-to-head matchup
Former President Donald Trump gets 50% of the support of Hispanic voters in a Republican primary but still trails President Biden by a wide margin in a general election matchup, according to a new poll released this week. Published September 26, 2023
Fraud, errors cost food stamp program nearly $1B a month
Officials in Maryland several years ago managed to disable one of the systems that was supposed to check whether food stamp applications had a low enough income to qualify for the benefit. Published September 26, 2023
Catch, release, murder: HHS withholds answers on suspected MS-13 migrant charged with slaying woman
Top Republicans said the Health and Human Services Department is withholding from Congress a report on its handling of a migrant juvenile who was caught illegally entering the country and released and now stands accused of murdering a 20-year-old woman in Maryland. Published September 25, 2023
FBI defied agents with aggressive approach to search of Trump’s home
The Justice Department pushed for an aggressive approach to search for classified documents at Donald Trump's home after overruling agents who wanted to try to gain the former president's cooperation, a senior FBI official said. Published September 24, 2023
DHS breaks record with more than 300,000 unauthorized entries in August
Homeland Security saw 304,162 unauthorized migrants enter the country in August alone, breaking the previous monthly record and heightening the challenges confronting the Biden administration. Published September 22, 2023
Supreme Court to take up guns — possibly abortion, diversity — in 2023 term
The conservative-leaning Supreme Court over the past two years has rewritten jurisprudence on guns, race and abortion. It's about to confront the results of those rulings in its term that begins next week. Published September 22, 2023
GOP demands transparency on Afghans airlifted to U.S. as Mayorkas renews amnesty
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee demanded answers Thursday from the State Department over who is helping Afghans settle into the U.S. Published September 21, 2023
Mayorkas’ latest border reset: More amnesty and more troops; Venezuelans get special status
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is attempting his third immigration policy reset in just nine months, announcing new troop deployments to the border and faster deportation of families, coupled with an expanded amnesty for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants and more generous work permits to other illegal immigrants already in the U.S. Published September 21, 2023
Telework’s empty buildings open the door for Legionnaires’ disease
The water supply in at least six federal government buildings is contaminated with the bacterium that causes Legionnaires' disease, and the problem may be even more widespread, according to the inspector general who oversees U.S. properties. Published September 21, 2023
DHS announces another immigration reset: More troops for border, more amnesty for those already here
With the southern border being pounded by a new wave of illegal immigrants, Homeland Security announced a new deployment of 800 active-duty troops to the border and said it will expand a speedy deportation program to try to deter the surge of families. Published September 20, 2023
