Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
DHS says nurse refused family’s requests for medical treatment; 8-year-old migrant died
Homeland Security is blaming contract medical personnel for bungling the handling of an 8-year-old migrant girl who died in Border Patrol custody last month. Published June 1, 2023
McCarthy credited for debt-ceiling win after leading House members through difficult bipartisan vote
In the face of their parties' loud opposition to the debt ceiling bill, House Republicans and Democrats cast their votes to pull the legislation across the finish line. Published June 1, 2023
Wuhan virus lab got more U.S. money than previously reported
The Wuhan lab at the center of speculation about the origins of the coronavirus received four different grants of money from the U.S. government over the past decade, according to new research released Wednesday. Published May 31, 2023
Border Patrol chief to retire amid border chaos
Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz will retire at the end of next month, leaving the agency after overseeing the most chaotic border in modern American history. Published May 30, 2023
Inspector general asks for more time, money to probe pandemic unemployment fraud
The Labor Department's inspector general said Tuesday it will soon run out of its infusion of pandemic cash and will have to trim its investigation into the fraudsters who stole tens of billions of dollars from the unemployment benefit system. Published May 30, 2023
Trump vows to end birthright citizenship through executive order
Former President Donald Trump vowed Tuesday to sign an executive order ending birthright citizenship if he makes it back to the White House. Published May 30, 2023
Confidently incorrect: For ChatGPT, the truth isn’t always out there
ChatGPT may be a modern marvel of computer engineering and a shockingly good practitioner of the English language -- but don't expect it to actually be correct. Published May 29, 2023
How did hundreds of noncitizens end up on Chicago’s voter rolls?
Hundreds of noncitizens have been kicked off Chicago's voter rolls after admitting they were never supposed to have been registered in the first place, according to a new study that blames the Motor Voter Act for how the names got added in the first place. Published May 29, 2023
Potty politics: Federal wildlife refuges ordered to build ‘all-gender’ bathrooms
The nation's wildlife refuges, already straining under a billion-dollar maintenance backlog, have just been ordered to build "all-gender" bathrooms for employees at every facility that doesn't already have single stalls. Published May 29, 2023
IRS worked overtime to probe Twitter Files journalist Matt Taibbi
The IRS really must have wanted to investigate Matt Taibbi, the Twitter Files journalist. Published May 24, 2023
Appeals court upholds school’s diversity policy that curtailed Asian American student admissions
A federal appeals court upheld the diversity policy at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology, ruling Tuesday that the plan survives constitutional scrutiny despite cutting Asian American admissions by 26%. Published May 23, 2023
DHS missed MS-13 warnings to admit man accused of murdering Kayla Hamilton
The Department of Homeland Security missed signs that an illegal immigrant juvenile had ties to MS-13 when admitting him to the U.S., where he now stands accused of murdering a 20-year-old woman in Maryland. Published May 23, 2023
9th Circuit Court shoots down ‘anti-racist’ push to nix immigration law
A federal appeals court overturned a lower court ruling that had found a key section of immigration law to be tainted by racism, dealing a blow to "anti-racist" activists who see the case as a major test for cleansing the federal code of bigoted statutes. Published May 22, 2023
Border arrests drop below 3,000 a day; rate rises for migrants evading capture
The Border Patrol apprehended fewer than 3,000 migrants a day from Friday through Sunday, marking a dramatic lessening of chaos at the southwestern border. Published May 22, 2023
Migrant deaths spur soul-searching at DHS
Homeland Security rushed to beef up its medical screening of illegal immigrants at the border after the death last week of an 8-year-old girl who'd repeatedly complained about health issues while in Border Patrol custody, then succumbed after suffering a seizure. Published May 22, 2023
DHS says it complied with judge’s ‘parole’ order but discovered several thousand new cases
Homeland Security officials say they have identified several thousand more migrants they paroled into the country last week ahead of a judge's restraining order, but said all of the releases complied with their understanding of the terms of the order. Published May 20, 2023
House probes Wildlife Service’s social justice agenda; Nature put downriver of agency’s priorities
The House Natural Resources Committee, which has launched an investigation into the Fish and Wildlife Service's spending on its social justice agenda, said the agency charged with rescuing endangered species is focusing much of its time and money working instead on "social change." Published May 19, 2023
Border Patrol agents shot at from Mexico while rescuing 4-year-old migrant
Border Patrol agents say they came under gunfire from Mexico on Monday while they were working to rescue a 4-year-old boy whom smugglers had dropped into the U.S. from the border wall. Published May 19, 2023
Comer says the rising number of terrorism suspects at the border is a ‘clear national security risk’
House Republicans have launched a probe into the soaring number of terrorism suspects who've been detected trying to sneak into the U.S. under President Biden, calling it a "clear national security risk" and demanding Homeland Security cough up its plan for stopping the surge. Published May 19, 2023
Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch scolds Americans over handling of pandemic emergencies
Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch issued a searing denunciation of the way the country handled the coronavirus pandemic in a statement Thursday warning that Americans were all too eager to give up their freedoms on the say-so of a few chief executives. Published May 18, 2023
