Stephen Dinan

Biden administration stops funding to U.S. firm that paid for Wuhan research

The federal government came down hard on EcoHealth Alliance on Wednesday, announcing it has stopped federal funding for the firm that helped pay for research at China's Wuhan virus lab that's been linked to the initial outbreak of COVID-19.

May 15, 2024

Feds arrest Marine for threatening mass killing of White people

Federal prosecutors have charged a Marine with threatening mass shootings of White people, in a case that sheds startling light on the poisonous mix of mental illness, guns and violence.

May 14, 2024

Justice Department vows to sniff out election threats in 2024 campaign

The Justice Department told Americans on Monday to cool their anger against election officials and workers as the country approaches the November vote, and warned in particular against attempts to use artificial intelligence to conduct the threats.

May 13, 2024

Just 46% of new immigrants are working, census data show

President Biden has overseen the fastest expansion of immigration -- legal and illegal -- in history, but less than half of the newcomers are holding jobs, according to a new report released Monday.

May 13, 2024

Federal workers rebuff Biden decree; few heed call to return to offices a year after pandemic’s end

A year after President Biden officially ended the pandemic, his agencies have struggled mightily to get employees back into their offices -- and some of them are still trying to figure out how to monitor them when they're at home.

May 12, 2024

GOP congressman calls Biden’s border handling ‘treasonous’

Rep. Eli Crane is accusing President Biden of "treasonous" conduct in mishandling the border.

May 10, 2024

Border Patrol agent jailed for charging illegal to stay in U.S.

A Border Patrol agent was sentenced this week to a year and a half in prison for trying to sell a free pass into the U.S. to an illegal immigrant.

May 10, 2024

Fake nursing home was used to smuggle illegal immigrants

Border Patrol agents were miffed when they saw an ambulance roll up to a Texas highway checkpoint in August 2022 and discovered an illegal immigrant being smuggled inside.

May 10, 2024

DHS announces plans to speed deportation for dangerous asylum seekers

The administration announced new plans Thursday to speed up deportations for border migrants who are deemed to be safety risks, moving to adopt a Trump-style policy as President Biden seeks to gain control of the border.

May 9, 2024

GOP proposes stiffer penalties for IRS leakers after Trump tax return leak

House Republicans announced legislation Thursday to double the maximum prison time to 10 years for anyone convicted of leaking secret taxpayer information, saying the current penalty wasn't strong enough to prevent the unprecedented leak of President Trump's taxes.

May 9, 2024

House passes bill to add citizenship to census, block noncitizens from House apportionment

The House approved legislation Wednesday to add a question on citizenship into the decennial census and to change the way seats in the House are doled out, slicing noncitizens from of the count.

May 8, 2024

Perjury questions dog Michael Cohen ahead of Trump trial testimony

Top House Republicans sent a criminal referral Wednesday prodding the Justice Department to investigate Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former lawyer, over allegations he lied to Congress in several pieces of testimony.

May 8, 2024

Heroes and villains of illegal immigration on display at Senate ‘Dreamer’ hearing

On one end of the Senate dais Wednesday was Mitchell Soto-Rodriguez, an illegal immigrant "Dreamer" who came to the U.S. at age 9, put herself through college and earlier this year was sworn in as a police officer, despite not having legal status in the U.S.

May 8, 2024

Ivy League schools took millions in gifts from ‘State of Palestine’ entities

Harvard University and Brown University collected more than $2 million combined from Palestinian entities in recent years, according to a report released Wednesday that questioned what the universities had to do in exchange for the funds.

May 8, 2024

GOP demands Biden block student loan forgiveness for campus protesters

The chair of the House committee that oversees education policy told the Biden administration on Tuesday to block rioting college students from having their student loans forgiven by the government.

May 7, 2024

TikTok sues U.S. to stop Congress’ ban

TikTok sued the U.S. government Tuesday, arguing that a looming ban on the social media company is unconstitutional.

May 7, 2024

Protesters from abroad put student visas at risk; Biden urged to act against terrorist sympathizers

Some of those involved in the unruly campus protests against Israel are guests of the U.S. on foreign student visas, and pressure is mounting on President Biden to start revoking those visas to help schools regain control of their grounds.

May 6, 2024

Noncitizens caught voting in U.S. elections — here’s how they did it

Federal prosecutors in North Carolina brought charges against 37 noncitizens who voted in the 2016 election, illustrating that it does happen and that partisan politics seemed to play a role in who got registered.

May 3, 2024

Biden grants DACA migrants access to Obamacare money

President Biden finalized a new policy Friday giving illegal immigrant "Dreamers" here under the DACA program full access to Obamacare, including taxpayer subsidies to buy insurance on the Affordable Care Act's markets.

May 3, 2024

IRS says it will need more money soon

IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel said Thursday that the agency has made huge strides in improving customer service, but will soon need more money if Congress wants continued progress for the rest of the decade.

May 2, 2024