Stephen Dinan

Senate Republicans introduce Laken Riley bill to deport illegal immigrant thieves, burglars

Republican senators demanded Wednesday that the Senate pass legislation to press the government to deport migrant thieves, burglars and shoplifters, saying it can help oust dangerous migrants who are in the country illegally before they commit more serious crimes.

March 13, 2024

Conservatives demand Biden block pro-Hamas Palestinians from amnesty

Conservative leaders are asking the president for assurances that his new deportation amnesty for Palestinians won't apply to those who support Hamas.

March 13, 2024

IRS opens Direct File for some taxpayers in 12 states

The IRS officially began accepting tax returns Tuesday from residents of 12 states through its new Direct File program, a free tax-preparation system meant to give taxpayers an option other than paying for services such as TurboTax.

March 12, 2024

House votes to force sell-off of ‘ghost town’ government offices left vacant by pandemic telework

Irked by reports that federal office buildings sometimes operate at less than 10% capacity, the House on Tuesday approved a use-it-or-lose-it policy, ordering agencies to either get employees back at desks in their office buildings or give up the space.

March 12, 2024

FBI is probing migrant smuggling network with ties to ISIS

The FBI is aware of at least one migrant smuggling operation with ties to the Islamic State terrorist organization, Director Christopher A. Wray told senators this week.

March 11, 2024

Biden’s budget bets bigger on artificial intelligence with ‘AI talent surge’ across government

Call it the government's first AI budget.

March 11, 2024

Biden’s budget drops plans to cut immigrant detention

The new budget calls for the government to maintain an average of 34,000 detention beds for migrants awaiting deportation, marking a retreat for Mr. Biden, who has in the past called for slashing detention funding.

March 11, 2024

Biden’s budget calls for massive tax increases and $7.3T in spending

President Biden on Monday released his 2025 budget proposal asking for an eye-popping $7.3 trillion in government spending, but he pledged to reduce the national debt by persuading Congress to soak the rich and corporations with massive tax increases.

March 11, 2024

Hunter whodunnit: Biden’s son denies giving laptop to repair shop

Hunter Biden indicated to Congress that he never visited the Delaware repair shop where his laptop was left, adding a bizarre twist to the computer's sordid history.

March 11, 2024

Judge orders Biden to stop diverting border wall money

A federal judge on Friday shot down the Biden administration's plans to divert money from border wall construction to other projects like environmental remediation, ruling that it appears to violate the law.

March 8, 2024

Border Patrol union chief says Biden must quit saying union backed border bill

National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd called on President Biden to stop "weaponizing" the union in the battle over border security, saying the White House is misrepresenting agents' position on a recent border bill.

March 8, 2024

Left accuses Biden of racism after he calls homicide suspect ‘an illegal’

President Biden's team has spent years trying to erase the use of the term "illegal alien" to describe the people surging across the border. Mr. Biden upended all of that work in just a few seconds during his address to Congress.

March 8, 2024

White House says Biden called crime victim ‘Lanken Riley’

The White House on Friday released its official transcript of President Biden's address to Congress shedding new light on what he was saying when he bungled the name of Laken Riley, the young woman slain in Georgia in a crime being blamed on an illegal immigrant.

March 8, 2024

Border Patrol marksman kills Mexican bandit to foil stickup of migrants

A Border Patrol agent shot and killed a Mexican man who was holding a gun on a group of migrants, foiling the attack and sending other bandits running back into Mexico.

March 7, 2024

Biden bungles name of Laken Riley in State of the Union, says she was ‘killed by an illegal’

President Biden waded directly into the dangerous waters of immigration in his State of the Union address Thursday but he bungled the name of Laken Riley, the woman whose death has been blamed on an illegal immigrant let into the U.S. under his catch-and-release policies.

March 7, 2024

Feds reveal gang ties, crime spree of brother of illegal immigrant charged in Laken Riley killing

Diego Ibarra, the older brother of the illegal immigrant charged with killing Laken Riley, tried to bite a Border Patrol agent in the face but was still released by the Biden administration last year, prosecutors revealed in new court documents.

March 7, 2024

House passes Laken Riley bill to rebuke Biden over border ahead of State of Union speech

Republicans made sure that Laken Riley, the nursing student whose killing has been blamed on an illegal immigrant, would be part of President Biden's State of the Union day.

March 7, 2024

Congressional Black Caucus demands civil rights probe into states that shut college DEI offices

The Congressional Black Caucus on Wednesday demanded a federal discrimination investigation into states that are moving to shut down diversity, equity and inclusion offices on their public college campuses.

March 6, 2024

LGBTQ earmark pulled from spending bill over ‘sex parties’; Democrats tried to avoid disgrace

Democratic senators rushed to cancel $1 million they had inserted into a spending bill for an LGBTQ center in Philadelphia after a viral report said the place hosted sex parties.

March 6, 2024

D.C.-area leaders stick by ‘sanctuary’ policies despite crimes tied to illegal immigrants

A string of high-profile crimes blamed on illegal immigrants hasn't shaken D.C.-area leaders, who say they're still comfortable with their sanctuary policies that limit cooperation with federal deportation authorities.

March 6, 2024