Stephen Dinan

NYC mayor pushes Biden for permits to put illegal immigrants to work

Pummeled by the wave of illegal immigrants swamping his city, Democratic New York Mayor Eric Adams rallied with migrants Thursday to demand the Biden administration speed up the process of issuing them work permits, figuring the way to get them off the public dole is to find them jobs.

August 31, 2023

Feds bust U.S. gang accused of trying to smuggle guns to Sinaloa cartel

Federal prosecutors announced charges Wednesday against five people they say were buying guns in the U.S. and trying to ship them to the Sinaloa cartel, one of Mexico's major drug and human smuggling syndicates.

August 30, 2023

‘Santa Mayorkas’ gives extra day off; Labor Day like Christmas for ‘dedicated,’ ‘talented’ workforce

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is giving his department's 260,000 employees an extra day of leave, adding to more than $1 billion worth of vacation time he has already doled out in two-and-a-half years in office.

August 29, 2023

Biden admin pushed to sell costly offices left empty by pandemic telework

If the Biden administration isn't going to get federal workers back into the office, a waste-watching senator says it's time for the government to sell off desks.

August 29, 2023

Feds target Snapchat smugglers in wave of arrests

Authorities pored over cellphone data and social media accounts to sniff out 22 people whom they have charged with being Snapchat smugglers.

August 27, 2023

Gunshots at border as smugglers take aim at agents

Homeland Security has detected multiple instances of people armed with guns sneaking into the U.S. from Mexico, including one where agents trying to arrest a group of illegal immigrants came under fire twice.

August 26, 2023

Buying friends: Mayorkas gave $1 billion in extra vacation to DHS employees

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has granted his employees more than $1 billion worth of additional taxpayer-funded vacation time, according to department staffers, who say Mr. Mayorkas is using taxpayers' money in an ill-fated attempt to win affection from an alienated workforce.

August 24, 2023

Trump unloads on Democrats’ presidential hopefuls

Former President Donald Trump delivered a withering critique of the Democrats who might compete for the presidency should President Biden not "make it to the gate" -- and he was particularly brutal about Vice President Kamala Harris.

August 24, 2023

Trump calls political opponents ‘savages,’ says they will try to steal 2024 election

Former President Donald Trump called those pushing criminal cases against him "savages" and warned about "a level of hatred I've never seen" in the country, in an interview posted Wednesday just before the other major GOP presidential candidates debated for the first time.

August 23, 2023

Hundreds of COVID fraudsters charged as DOJ recovers $1.4 billion, launches 2 new strike forces

The Justice Department celebrated its pandemic fraud efforts Wednesday, saying it has seized $1.4 billion back from fraudsters.

August 23, 2023

Parents challenge Virginia high school’s admissions after affirmative action ruling

Parents and students at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology set the table for the next big test of affirmative action this week, asking the Supreme Court to overrule the school's new admissions policy as unfair discrimination against Asian Americans.

August 22, 2023

GOP prods Mayorkas over ‘ignorance’ of smuggling cartel tactics

The House Homeland Security Committee is probing a breakdown in Homeland Security's ability to share critical intelligence about border security after Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas showed an astonishing "ignorance" about how the smuggling cartels operate.

August 22, 2023

House investigators subpoena IRS, FBI agents in expanding Hunter Biden probe

House Republicans issued subpoenas Monday ordering testimony from four FBI and IRS employees whom lawmakers believe can sort through the political machinations that led to a no-jail plea deal for Hunter Biden.

August 21, 2023

States look to hire illegal immigrants to fatten struggling police departments

Struggling to fill the ranks of their police officers, some blue-state politicians are turning to an unusual option: illegal immigrants.

August 21, 2023

Border chaos rises, undercutting Mayorkas’ claims of progress

Illegal immigration across the southern border surged in July, challenging Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' claims of progress in gaining control of the chaos that's reigned since the start of the Biden administration.

August 18, 2023

Department of Homeland Security grants new deportation amnesty for Ukrainians

The Biden administration has announced a renewed deportation amnesty for Ukrainians who have reached the U.S., giving nearly 200,000 people 18 more months of tentative legal status and work authorization.

August 18, 2023

Harvard’s legacy admissions policy helps White students, but is it illegal?

America's colleges are anxiously awaiting the outcome of a new federal Education Department investigation into Harvard University's admissions policy for "legacy" students, wondering whether the time has come to do away with a policy that seems to chiefly benefit White students.

August 17, 2023

Court lets abortion pill stay on market, but not in mail; FDA’s relaxed rules exceed comfort level

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the abortion pill can remain on the market, though the judges halted recent moves to expand access, such as the Biden administration's plan to make it available to women through the mail.

August 16, 2023

RICO charge puts Trump in the company of Mafia bosses, Hells Angels and Young Thug

Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor who indicted former President Donald Trump this week, has called RICO cases a storytelling tool.

August 15, 2023

Child dies on Texas migrant bus en route to Chicago

A migrant child being bussed by Texas out of the state has died, emergency officials said Friday.

August 11, 2023