Stephen Dinan

Supreme Court halts ruling that blocked White House pressure on social media companies

The Supreme Court halted a court ruling Thursday that had ordered the White House and FBI to stop coercing social media companies to erase content the government didn't like.

September 14, 2023

Federal judge rules Biden’s revised DACA policy illegal

A federal judge ruled Wednesday against President Biden's attempt to preserve and update the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty for illegal immigrant "Dreamers," leaving hundreds of thousands of them to worry about their status.

September 13, 2023

Pandemic budget honeymoon disappears as federal spending surges

The real federal budget deficit is on track to double this year, according to new projections that puncture hopes of a post-pandemic fiscal honeymoon and indicate rough fiscal seas ahead.

September 13, 2023

GOP senators propose $11 minimum wage coupled with immigration restriction

Republican senators announced legislation Wednesday to gradually raise the national minimum wage to $11, but tied it to requiring businesses to use E-Verify, a tool that would help prevent illegal immigrants from taking jobs.

September 13, 2023

Fraudsters stole up to $135 billion in unemployment benefits during pandemic

Fraudsters stole up to $135 billion in unemployment benefits during the coronavirus pandemic, the Government Accountability Office reported Tuesday, delivering the most thorough government examination of the problem to date.

September 12, 2023

U.N. calls U.S.-Mexico border world’s deadliest; lax Biden rules lure migrants into danger

The United Nations on Tuesday declared the U.S.-Mexico border the most lethal land crossing in the world, adding another grim superlative to President Biden's immigration record.

September 12, 2023

Congressman says Maryland sheriff is too ‘anti-immigrant’ to work with ICE

A Maryland congressman is demanding that Homeland Security cancel its agreement that allows the Frederick County Sheriff's Office to enforce immigration laws, saying the government should punish the sheriff for stoking "hatred and fear of immigrants."

September 12, 2023

House committee warns staffers as crime rates soar in nation’s capital

House Republicans warned congressional staff Monday about the spike in violent crime in Washington D.C., urging those who work on Capitol Hill to take steps to ensure they are safe.

September 11, 2023

DHS lost track of 177,000 illegal immigrants from border surge, inspector general says

Nearly 20% of newly arrived migrants give bogus addresses to the Border Patrol when they are arrested, an inspector general reported Monday, making it nearly impossible to track them as they spread through the U.S. and confounding efforts to deport them later.

September 11, 2023

Life on the run from Taliban ‘nightmarish’ for allies left behind in Afghanistan

Mohammad Firoz is living in Kabul, but he says it's not much of a life anymore. He has effectively been on the run for two years, since the fall of the Afghan government and the U.S. military withdrawal stranded him in a sea of enemies.

September 10, 2023

Appeals court slams White House for social media censorship but limits injunction

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the White House and the FBI both likely engaged in unconstitutional campaigns to pressure social media companies to censor content the administration disliked, and the judges ordered them to stop using coercive tactics against the tech companies.

September 8, 2023

Yale nixes race-based admissions preferences after Supreme Court ruling

Yale University has promised to stop using race as a factor in offering admission or financial aid as the school moves to comply with this summer's Supreme Court ruling.

September 8, 2023

IRS vows ‘equity’ in new approach to audits

The IRS says it will pursue "equity" in its decisions on whom to audit, vowing to pay special attention to the wealthiest Americans while working to reduce scrutiny on the working poor.

September 8, 2023

Report: DHS eyes ordering illegal immigrants to stay in Texas

The Biden administration is pondering a new policy that would order unauthorized immigrants to stay in Texas after they arrive, preventing them from spreading throughout the country, according to a new report Thursday.

September 7, 2023

Biden’s construction halt worsens Trump wall damage; erosion undermines integrity

President Trump's border wall scarred the environment, but so did President Biden's decision to halt all work, according to a new report Thursday which said the new administration ended up stopping all the remediation work that had been planned to repair the lands.

September 7, 2023

New York Mayor Eric Adams warns that migrants will ‘destroy New York City’

New York Mayor Eric Adams said Wednesday that the migrants arriving rapidly in New York will "destroy" his city.

September 7, 2023

After slaying, N.Y. county wonders who freed illegal immigrant murder suspect

Carlos E. Corrales-Ramirez was wanted in connection with a stabbing in Laurel, Maryland, in February and was arrested a month later by the Border Patrol near the border with Canada. Authorities in New York are wondering why the 20-year-old Honduran illegal immigrant was free in their community on Saturday when, they say, he stabbed and killed another man.

September 5, 2023

IRS still struggling to hire, train agents to go after wealthy taxpayers

The IRS is still struggling to carry out President Biden's orders to go after more high-income taxpayers, an inspector general said Tuesday, saying the tax agency is grappling just to keep up with attrition in its ranks, much less expand its audits.

September 5, 2023

Illegal immigrant is suspect in N.Y. murder, says county executive

The man suspected in a murder in Troy, New York, is in the country illegally, according to the county executive who blamed the federal government's lax immigration policies and "sanctuary cities" for allowing him in the country.

September 5, 2023

GOP accuses Attorney General Merrick Garland of stonewalling as courts struggle with migrant surge

Two top Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee demanded answers from Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday over how his department has been running the immigration courts, where a massive backlog of cases has fueled the Biden administration's "catch-and-release" approach for processing of migrants at the nation's southern border.

September 1, 2023