Stephen Dinan

Colorado GOP says it will cancel primary if Trump can’t be on ballot

The Colorado Republican Party said Tuesday that it will cancel its presidential primary and instead hold a caucus if a court ruling stands denying former President Donald Trump a place on the ballot.

December 19, 2023

IRS says pandemic is over, collection notices will start again in 2024

The IRS warned taxpayers on Tuesday that it will restart collection notices next year, ending a lengthy grace period the agency began in 2022 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

December 19, 2023

Court orders DHS to stop ruining Texas’ razor wire border fence

A federal appeals court on Tuesday issued an injunction ordering the Department of Homeland Security to stop cutting holes in Texas' razor wire border fence except in cases of a medical emergency.

December 19, 2023

No Fly List now bloated, wrongly stops Americans; Senate committee urges full federal review

The government's terrorist watchlist has ballooned to at least 1.8 million records, up from just 150,000 two decades ago, according to a new Senate report that says the system has spiraled out of control.

December 19, 2023

Younger, less educated workers figured to bear brunt of fallout from $17 hourly minimum wage

Democrats' leading proposal to hike the federal minimum wage to $17 an hour would deliver a raise to millions of workers but also would chase about 700,000 people out of jobs, according to a new analysis by the Congressional Budget Office.

December 19, 2023

Florida man pleads guilty to threatening to kill Supreme Court justice

A Florida man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of making a threat to kill after he called the Supreme Court in July and left an expletive-laden voice message in which he twice threatened to slay one of the justices.

December 18, 2023

Abbott signs law making illegal immigration a state crime in Texas

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill Monday making illegal immigration a state crime in a bid to give police and National Guard troops more power to fight the surge of illegal immigrants that has swamped the state since the start of the Biden administration.

December 18, 2023

DHS suspends train operations at two border crossings due to migrant surge

Homeland Security said Sunday it will suspend cross-border freight train operations at crossings between Mexico and El Paso and Eagle Pass in Texas.

December 17, 2023

Economy will slow but avoid recession in 2024, contends Congressional Budget Office

The U.S. managed to avoid a recession in 2023 and will continue to grow next year, albeit slowly, the Congressional Budget Office said Friday in new economic projections that painted a mixed picture for President Biden.

December 15, 2023

Schumer busts Senate’s year-end break for border talks, war aid vote but House home for holidays

Congress decamped from Washington on Thursday without reaching an agreement on border security, signaling President Biden's broader $106 billion national security spending bill will have to wait until the new year.

December 14, 2023

They earned more than a million dollars — and still took unemployment

The crisis days of the pandemic were easing in 2021, but plenty of people still rushed to collect unemployment, including more than 300 people the IRS says made at least $10 million in income that year.

December 14, 2023

Trump put EPA on course to end animal testing; Biden has started it up again

President Biden's EPA scrapped a Trump administration plan that would have cut animal testing by 30% in 2025 and ended it altogether by 2035. Instead, the agency says it won't be bound by any time limits and is following "the best available science."

December 13, 2023

‘Slap in the face’: Hispanics warn of political payback if Biden strikes border deal

Immigrant rights groups are alerting President Biden of political consequences if he strikes a deal with Republicans to try to fix the chaos at the southern border, saying Hispanic voters won't forgive him when he needs their votes next year.

December 13, 2023

IG urges firmer rules after prison inmate stuck in cage for 21 hours

Federal prison guards left an inmate for 21 hours inside a wire cage little bigger than a phone booth, according to an inspector general who issued an emergency alert prodding the government to come up with new rules to govern the practice.

December 13, 2023

Biden’s border bungles threaten his Ukraine legacy

President Biden finds himself trapped, demanding nearly $100 billion from Congress to help Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan defend their borders, but reluctant to negotiate with Republicans over the kind of policy changes experts say would reduce the flood of illegal immigrants.

December 12, 2023

Philadelphia pays settlement to illegal immigrant student after school violated sanctuary policy

Philadelphia has reached a settlement with an illegal immigrant student and his family after a school principal inquired about the boy's legal status, a violation of the city's sanctuary policy.

December 12, 2023

Arrest-related deaths up at border; new figures from Justice Department paint tragic picture

More people die while being arrested by Homeland Security's border agency than any other branch of federal law enforcement, according to Justice Department data that showed a sharp rise in deaths in 2021, the first year under President Biden.

December 11, 2023

Man arrested after texting he would ‘kill everyone’ at Ramaswamy campaign event in N.H.

Federal authorities announced charges Monday against a New Hampshire man they say sent threatening text messages to presidential campaigns and targeted one candidate with a promise to "blow his brains out."

December 11, 2023

House subpoenas Mayorkas for files on illegal immigrants accused of rape, homicide

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan issued a subpoena Friday to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas demanding he turn over the case files of more than a dozen immigrants Congress is investigating.

December 8, 2023

Firearms fallout: Study says pregnant women who lived through D.C. sniper trauma had complications

The fear and stress felt by area pregnant women during the 2002 D.C.-region sniper attacks was acute enough to cause a 25% spike in premature births and low birth weights, according to a new study that argues mass shootings take an even deeper toll than the body count.

December 7, 2023