Stephen Dinan

‘Parole’ test case results show Biden enforcement problems; migrants duck deportation

More than 99% of illegal immigrants caught and released a year ago as part of a special border "parole" program are still at large, according to government data that signals how difficult it will be to unwind the millions of migrants who have gained a foothold under President Biden.

June 16, 2024

Pressure builds on Congress after Supreme Court’s ruling on bump stocks

The fate of a ban on bump stocks is now in the hands of Congress after the Supreme Court ruled Friday that current law doesn't allow the government to outlaw them as equivalent to machine guns.

June 16, 2024

Comer probes collusion between Biden officials, anti-gun lawsuit

House Republicans' top investigator on Friday said he fears the Biden administration is colluding with gun control advocates in a lawsuit that seeks to hold Glock Inc. responsible for how criminals are altering its pistols.

June 14, 2024

Supreme Court gives leeway to government over deportation summonses

The Supreme Court shot down a challenge Friday by illegal immigrants who said they weren't properly served their court summonses in a ruling that heads off chaos in the deportation system.

June 14, 2024

Supreme Court says bump stocks are not machine guns, can’t be banned

The Supreme Court has ruled that bump stocks don't qualify as machine guns under federal gun controls, shooting down the Justice Department's attempt to ban the devices.

June 14, 2024

House GOP opens investigation into bias at media watchdog NewsGuard

House Oversight Chair James Comer announced an investigation Thursday into NewsGuard, an outfit that rates news agencies' reliability but which has been beset with allegations of left-wing bias.

June 13, 2024

Supreme Court dismisses challenge to abortion pill, says pro-life doctors lack standing

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed an attempt by pro-life doctors to scuttle the abortion pill, saying they lacked standing to challenge the government's approval of the drug.

June 13, 2024

‘Taxpayer theft’: Federal agencies overpay teleworkers who moved out of Washington

Federal employees approved for telework have been bilking the government by collecting Washington-area pay rates while living in much lower-cost regions.

June 13, 2024

ACLU, immigrant rights groups sue to stop Biden border policy

Immigrant rights groups sued Wednesday in an attempt to derail President Biden's new border policy that limits migrants' ability to lodge asylum claims.

June 12, 2024

Hunter Biden’s law license in peril after felony conviction

Hunter Biden's license to practice law in the District of Columbia is being challenged after his conviction on felony charges relating to his purchase of a gun while using drugs.

June 12, 2024

ISIS-linked migrants were caught and released at U.S. southern border

Members of Congress demanded answers Wednesday after reports that eight people associated with ISIS had to be recaptured after first being caught and released at the border.

June 12, 2024

Trump asks judge to dismiss classified docs case, says Jack Smith ruined evidence

Former President Donald Trump asked a federal judge to dismiss the felony indictment accusing him of mishandling classified documents, saying the special counsel "destroyed" critical evidence in the case by shuffling the order of papers collected from Mr. Trump's home.

June 11, 2024

Hunter Biden’s case for appeal: Gun law is unconstitutional

Hunter Biden's conviction on federal gun charges Tuesday ignited a feverish debate, including among conservatives, over whether the law he was found guilty of violating is unconstitutional.

June 11, 2024

As ‘swatting’ attacks rise, feds win rare prison sentence

Federal prosecutors have won a three-year prison sentence against a social media "swatter" who gained internet fame by broadcasting himself as he made bogus police reports, tricking departments into sending SWAT teams to terrorize innocent people.

June 10, 2024

Most IRS buildings operating at less than 50% occupancy

A majority of the IRS's office buildings are running at less than 50% capacity, the tax agency's inspector general said Monday in an audit prodding officials to speed up their consolidation plans.

June 10, 2024

Supreme Court seeks Biden administration’s opinion on climate, voting rights cases

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Justice Department to weigh in on state laws that allow energy companies to be sued over their contributions to climate change.

June 10, 2024

ICE chief seeks 50,000 deportation beds as sanctuary cities ignore criminal investigations

The federal government's relationship with sanctuary cities has become so strained that some jurisdictions automatically reject emails from ICE.gov addresses, the agency's acting director told The Washington Times.

June 10, 2024

Half of all new jobs going to immigrants, analysis finds

Roughly half of the new jobs created in the U.S. economy since October have gone to immigrants, many of them in the country illegally, according to a new analysis by the House Budget Committee.

June 7, 2024

Treasury secretary blames labor unions for blocking return-to-work at IRS

The IRS is struggling to get its employees back to work in person at least 50% of the time, and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the agency's labor union is the chief hurdle.

June 7, 2024

Congress opens probe into federal workers doing union business on taxpayers’ time

House investigators said Thursday they are trying to track how much time employees at federal departments spend working on labor union business while still being paid by taxpayers.

June 6, 2024