Stephen Dinan

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

Texas ships 30,000th migrant to blue-state sanctuary cities

Texas has now bused more than 30,000 migrants from its state to sanctuary cities across the country, Gov. Greg Abbott announced, taking a victory lap on what has been the most effective GOP public relations effort against President Biden's border policies.

August 11, 2023

IRS refused to pay stimulus checks, wrongly claiming taxpayers were dead

The IRS has taken plenty of flak for sending stimulus checks to dead people, but a new inspector general's audit says the agency also has the reverse problem: It refused to send checks to some living people, claiming they were already dead.

August 11, 2023

Federal appeals court skeptical of feds’ relationship with Big Tech, censorship of COVID-19 material

A federal appeals court cast a skeptical eye on the government's relationship with social media companies Thursday, saying the administration's pressure campaign to shut down certain views raises thorny constitutional questions.

August 10, 2023

DHS eyes more generous work permits for unauthorized migrants

The Department of Homeland Security has drafted a proposal that would allow some unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. to hold jobs for up to five years, more than twice the current limit, according to documents seen by The Washington Times.

August 10, 2023

Mayor of sanctuary city complains about cost of caring for immigrants

New York Mayor Eric Adams said Wednesday that his city has been overwhelmed by the illegal immigrant surge, which he said will cost $12 billion over three years and will force him to choose between migrants and the city's legal residents.

August 9, 2023

CBO says federal deficit will reach $1.7 trillion this year, third-worst in history

The Congressional Budget Office revised its projections Tuesday, saying it now expects the federal government to run a $1.7 trillion deficit this year as inflation hits Uncle Sam hard.

August 8, 2023

House Republicans send warning letter on Mayorkas ‘contempt’

Alejandro Mayorkas' behavior is wearing thin with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, who warned Tuesday that the Homeland Security secretary's stonewalling of basic questions shows "contempt" for Congress.

August 8, 2023

Gangs used pandemic aid to rake in money for crimes; weak screening opened big opportunity

The Insane Crip Gang was a fearsome presence on Long Island in New York, blamed for two dozen attempted murders, at least three successful slayings and a host of other crimes.

August 6, 2023

Social Security scam: Agency employee fabricated children, claimed $75,000 in benefits

A Social Security employee managed to steal $75,000 from his agency by creating identities for two children who never existed, then having the government send them nearly three years' worth of benefit checks, according to federal prosecutors.

August 4, 2023

IRS lost hundreds of packages with taxpayers’ information

Sometimes the IRS needs to send taxpayers' documents from one location to another. The documents don't always get there.

August 3, 2023

Activists urge colleges to use immigration to diversify schools after end of racial preferences

A group of university presidents and immigration activists said Wednesday that colleges should turn to immigration to pursue their diversity goals as they struggle with the Supreme Court's ruling striking down affirmative action in school admissions.

August 2, 2023