Stephen Dinan

TSA apologizes for giving Cubans security tour of Miami airport

The Transportation Security Administration said Thursday it has apologized to Miami officials after it gave a tour to a Cuban delegation of its security arrangements at the international airport.

May 23, 2024

52 Democrats join GOP as House votes to overturn D.C.’s noncitizen voting law

The House delivered a bipartisan rebuke Thursday to the District of Columbia over its new law allowing noncitizens -- including illegal immigrants -- to cast ballots in local elections.

May 23, 2024

Congress investigates Jordanians caught trying to sneak onto Marine base

A worrying incident earlier this month in which two Jordanian migrants were caught trying to push their way onto a Marine Corps base has members of Congress demanding answers into whether the men had terrorism ties.

May 23, 2024

Federal health officials expand punishment of EcoHealth over Wuhan virus lab

The Biden administration has delivered another blow to the firm that sent taxpayer money to the Wuhan virus lab, announcing it has suspended EcoHealth Alliance's president from being able to work on government-funded projects.

May 22, 2024

Biden’s border bill loses Democratic support

Sen. Cory A. Booker announced Tuesday that he will reverse himself and vote against President Biden's border bill, complicating fellow Democrats' hopes of an election-year messaging triumph.

May 21, 2024

U.S. gave Cuban delegation inside look at security at Miami’s airport

Homeland Security gave a delegation from Cuba a look behind the curtain at airport operations at Miami International Airport, in a move critics say may have given the hostile communist regime inside information on security protocols.

May 21, 2024

Judge spanks DHS for sending officers to illegal immigrants’ homes

A federal judge delivered a rebuke to the Department of Homeland Security over deportation officers' practice of approaching illegal immigrants at their homes, ruling that "knock and talk" violates the Constitution.

May 21, 2024

Former DHS disinfo chief says department can’t even agree on definition of disinformation

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' pick for his disinformation chief said the department couldn't even settle on a good definition of "disinformation."

May 20, 2024

White House employees who campaign on government time can now face discipline

The federal office charged with policing the Hatch Act, which tries to keep government employees from mixing their official duties with politics, said Monday that it will no longer give a pass to White House employees who cross the line.

May 20, 2024

Federal judge rules against Biden’s expansion of gun background checks

President Biden's attempt to expand the universe of gun sales subject to background checks likely violates federal law, a federal judge has ruled.

May 20, 2024

House GOP says Senate’s border bill is still dead

House Speaker Mike Johnson and fellow Republican leaders on Monday dismissed Democrats' plans to hold a do-over vote on President Biden's border bill, saying it's "dead on arrival."

May 20, 2024

Senate Democrats to force new vote on bipartisan border bill

The Senate will hold a revote with Democrats saying they hope to embarrass Republicans into switching their stance and embracing the border security bill months after it was blocked by a filibuster,.

May 19, 2024

EcoHealth’s COVID bat-testing lab upended by feds’ spending ban

When the federal government shut down taxpayer money for EcoHealth Alliance, the company linked to the Wuhan virus lab, it may have doomed plans to start a bat research laboratory in the U.S.

May 18, 2024

Migrants caught making incursion at Marine Corps Base Quantico were Jordanians, DHS says

Two men who were arrested after disregarding Marines' orders and trying to bust into the base at Quantico are Jordanian migrants, Homeland Security confirmed Thursday night.

May 16, 2024

States ask for federal help to block noncitizen voting

The federal government needs to give states access to critical databases to weed out noncitizens who are registering and casting ballots in elections, Florida's secretary of state told Congress on Thursday.

May 16, 2024

Illegal immigrant used ‘rape dungeon on wheels’ to attack women: Report

California authorities have charged a man with rape after they say he assaulted two women in the Angeles National Forest, and a TV news station identified the man as an illegal immigrant.

May 16, 2024

Supreme Court rules CFPB funding structure is lawful, jarring attempt to undo Wall Street cop

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the funding framework for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is proper, delivering a blow to conservatives who have sought for years to do away with the agency.

May 16, 2024

Border cools as migrants use Biden ‘parole’ to enter elsewhere

The southern border saw one of its least chaotic months under President Biden in April as migrants flock to take advantage of the administration's invitation for would-be illegal immigrants to come through "parole" programs.

May 15, 2024

Democrats abandon ‘defund the police’ movement; rallying cry changes after crime waves

Politicians are making clear during National Police Week that the days of "defund the police" are firmly in the past.

May 15, 2024

Texas defends floating border wall to appeals court as defense against migrant ‘invasion’

Texas brought its border "invasion" argument to a federal appeals court Wednesday, asking the judges to allow the state to keep its floating border wall in a portion of the Rio Grande despite the Biden administration's objections.

May 15, 2024