Stephen Dinan

Biden to send active-duty Marines, soldiers to U.S.-Mexico border

The Biden administration announced Tuesday it would deploy 1,500 active-duty troops to the southern border to help deal with an expected wave of illegal immigrants starting later this month.

May 2, 2023

DHS orders employees to drop regular duties, shift to coming border surge

Homeland Security's legal immigration agency is ordering hundreds of employees to drop their regular duties and shift to border detail, where they'll assist in the catch-and-release of the wave of illegal immigrants expected to come later this month.

May 2, 2023

Democratic mayors lash out ahead of feared new migrant surge

The Democratic mayors of New York and Chicago lashed out over a resurgence of migrants expected along the U.S. southern border in coming weeks, pleading with Texas not to ship any more of them to their cities.

May 1, 2023

Supreme Court takes up case to review whether federal agencies have too much power

The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear a case that takes aim at federal agencies' power and the amount of deference courts are required to show to an administration's decisions.

May 1, 2023

Southern Poverty Law Center’s ‘hate’ list suffers ‘monumental’ legal setback

The Southern Poverty Law Center's famous list of "hate" groups is under fire in a courtroom in Alabama, where a judge has opened the door for a group that opposes illegal immigration to challenge the SPLC for slapping it with the Scarlet H.

May 1, 2023

New IRS chief promises ‘several years’ before most Americans face higher audit rates

New IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel told Congress on Thursday that taxpayers with incomes under $400,000 won't have to worry about an increase in their rate of audits for "several years." For now, he said he's pouring all of his new audit money into high-income filers.

April 27, 2023

Equal Rights Amendment fails again as Senate GOP mounts filibuster

The Equal Rights Amendment died another death Thursday after the Senate failed to muster the votes needed to resuscitate it.

April 27, 2023

Carrot-and-stick: Feds announce plan to head off looming surge of illegal immigrants

The Biden administration announced an overhaul of its approach to immigration on Thursday, promising would-be illegal immigrants new chances to reach the U.S. as long as they don't rush the border.

April 27, 2023

Texas gets support for state patrols on border; U.S. policymakers reach an impasse

With Congress and the White House butting heads on border security, a group of conservatives is pushing for Texas to break the deadlock by enacting an unprecedented new state-level enforcement regimen, including a first-ever state border patrol.

April 26, 2023

‘We Build The Wall’ founder Brian Kolfage gets four-plus years in prison

Two men who spearheaded an effort to boost President Trump by erecting a border wall using private donations were slapped with prison sentences for fraud Wednesday.

April 26, 2023

Hundreds of noncitizens ended up on voting rolls in Maricopa County

More than 200 self-acknowledged noncitizens have managed to register to vote in Arizona's Maricopa County and at least nine of them have cast ballots in federal elections, according to a report that questions the federal law that pushes states to register more voters.

April 25, 2023

State Department’s secret report blamed both Trump and Biden for fueling Afghanistan chaos

The State Department's secret after-action review on the Afghanistan withdrawal blamed both President Trump and President Biden for the chaos of the 2021 exit, saying their decisions to set a timetable "had serious consequences" for the Afghan government.

April 25, 2023

Senate sets vote on effort to revive Equal Rights Amendment

Senate Democrats announced Monday that they will force a vote this week on a measure that would attempt to revive the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution by retroactively removing the ratification deadline.

April 24, 2023

Pelosi’s pork: Park Service siphoned $200 million to former speaker’s pet project

The National Park Service broke agency rules to send an exorbitant share of park maintenance money to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's district, including the entire $200 million pot of money that Congress included in last year's budget-climate bill.

April 24, 2023

Supreme Court to hear cases on government officials blocking critics on social media

The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear two cases in which public officials blocked critics on their personal social media accounts.

April 24, 2023

House Homeland Security Committee introduces bill to restart border wall

Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee announced a border security bill Monday that would require the Biden administration to immediately resume building former President Donald Trump's border wall.

April 24, 2023

Millions set aside for border wall headed for Mayorkas waste bin

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is poised to run out the clock on former President Donald Trump's border wall, leaving potentially billions of dollars in unspent money and hundreds of miles of fencing unfinished.

April 23, 2023

Supreme Court takes on the administrative state and power-hungry bureaucrats

Justice Clarence Thomas sent a warning shot across the bow of the expansive administrative state in a recent opinion suggesting it was time the court upend the litany of agencies that act as quasi-judges and slap fines or other penalties on people with only an abbreviated chance for regular judges to get involved.

April 21, 2023

Mayorkas says he’s ‘impervious’ to criticism from Republicans

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Friday said he won't be swayed by the biting criticism he's taken from Republicans on Capitol Hill in recent weeks, saying he's "impervious to them."

April 21, 2023

DHS’s Mayorkas orders 90-day ‘sprint’ review of U.S. vulnerabilities to China

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has ordered a "90-day sprint" review of six areas where the U.S. is vulnerable to China, including fentanyl smuggling, Chinese control of the supply chain and preventing China from exploiting the immigration system to insert its operatives into the U.S.

April 21, 2023