Stephen Dinan

Supreme Court digs into Big Tech censorship and First Amendment

The Supreme Court on Monday waded into the thorny intersection of social media companies and free speech, struggling to figure out whether state laws seeking to stop the tech giants' censorship is worse than the censorship itself.

February 26, 2024

Biden, Trump to make dueling visits to border this week

President Biden and former President Donald Trump will make dueling visits to the border on Thursday, jockeying for political advantage and blame on an issue increasingly crucial to voters.

February 26, 2024

Feds charge smuggler in case where 3-year-old migrant froze to death

Authorities have arrested "Dirty Harry," an Indian man they say ran a large migrant smuggling ring that led to four Indian immigrants freezing to death on the U.S.-Canada border.

February 26, 2024

Accusers must show Mayorkas went beyond maladministration; Impeachment raises bar to ‘high crimes’

House Republicans have reams of data showing how broken the U.S. immigration system has become and plenty of evidence that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is effectively at fault as a rogue official.

February 25, 2024

Hispanic Democrat lawmakers blast Biden over embrace of Trump solutions for asylum, border

President Biden's allies are demanding he abandon the idea of taking executive action to toughen the rules for migrants claiming asylum, with one influential Democratic lawmaker calling it "unbelievable" that the administration would seek to revive get-tough Trump policies that Mr. Biden campaigned against.

February 23, 2024

MTG eyes new title: Madame Secretary

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is hoping for a job in a future Trump administration, and she figures she'd be a perfect fit for one in particular: secretary of Homeland Security.

February 23, 2024

Pandemic karma: Fraudsters now stealing from people who stole COVID relief money

Fraudsters who bilked the U.S. of hundreds of billions of dollars in pandemic relief have found a new target: other scammers.

February 22, 2024

Babylon Bee, Trump back social media laws in First Amendment cases before the Supreme Court

The Babylon Bee is urging the Supreme Court to return the internet to its freewheeling days of free speech.

February 22, 2024

Federal judge lashes out at Biden DOJ over ‘colluding’ with activists on major immigration case

A federal appeals court judge berated the Biden administration for seemingly underhanded legal tactics in a key immigration case, accusing the Justice Department of "colluding" with the ACLU and other immigrant rights advocates to surrender a major new get-tough policy.

February 22, 2024

Less than 1% of illegal immigrants deported in key border ‘parole’ test case

Less than 1% of illegal immigrants who were caught and released by the Border Patrol using "parole" powers last year have been deported or confirmed to have left the country on their own, the Department of Homeland Security says.

February 22, 2024

Smuggling suspect dies in Border Patrol custody

A man arrested on charges of smuggling illegal immigrants died in Border Patrol custody last week after hanging himself in his cell, authorities said Wednesday.

February 21, 2024

IRS announces new audit of corporate jets in crackdown on wealthy tax cheats

The IRS is launching a major push to audit corporate jet use in an effort to crack down on wealthy taxpayers who are abusing the perk, officials said Wednesday.

February 21, 2024

State Department slaps sanctions on companies that orchestrate illegal immigration

The State Department announced new visa sanctions Wednesday aimed at people who operate charter companies that fly or bus illegal immigrants heading to the U.S.

February 21, 2024

Texas moves to shut down charity that houses illegal immigrants over smuggling allegations

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked a state judge Tuesday to shut down a charity that houses illegal immigrants, accusing it of complicity in smuggling by shielding migrants from detection, sheltering them and helping them disperse deeper into the U.S.

February 21, 2024

Biden administration hid details of illegal immigrant case files from Congress

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan announced a subpoena Tuesday for the case files of migrant children accused of vicious crimes in the U.S. after the Biden administration hid key information from the committee in files it did turn over.

February 20, 2024

China complains about U.S. treatment of its migrants, ‘major drug source country’ listing

A top Chinese official demanded the U.S. stop "harassing" Chinese students when they arrive at U.S. airports and called on the Biden administration to end visa sanctions that punish China for refusing to cooperate in taking back deportees.

February 20, 2024

Supreme Court declines challenge to Thomas Jefferson race policy that cut Asian American admissions

The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will not hear a case challenging the admissions policy at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, leaving in place a system that had cut Asian-American enrollment.

February 20, 2024

Safety nets for migrants repel Biden’s Black voters; support for border wall hits record high

The politics of immigration have shifted as chaos at the border persists, according to a pollster who says Black voters, in particular, are slipping away from President Biden over the issue.

February 19, 2024

Sky menace: YouTuber’s reckless drone videos draw heavy hammer from Feds

Michael DiCiurcio has gained a bit of a cult following in Philadelphia for his videos of crazy drone flights through the city's landmarks. One of those followers is the Federal Aviation Administration, which filed a lawsuit asking a judge to slap Mr. DiCiurcio with nearly $200,000 in penalties and an order to cease the dangerous flying.

February 18, 2024

Whistleblowers reveal stark lapses in Border Patrol’s medical handling

As the border crisis raged last year, the top official at Homeland Security's border agency spent time trying to procure fentanyl lollipops for an unusual trip to the U.N. in New York City, whistleblowers told Congress on Friday.

February 16, 2024