Stephen Dinan

Newsom plans assault weapon ban in wake of Supreme Court ruling

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said recently he will try to pass legislation that will give citizens the right to sue anyone who sells an assault weapon or "ghost gun" in the state, seeking to harness last week's Supreme Court ruling on a Texas abortion law for liberal priorities.

Supreme Court limits early challenges to Texas abortion ban law

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that opponents of Texas' new abortion law have only a narrow window to challenge it in federal court at this point.

Truck crash kills dozens of migrant en route to U.S.

Dozens of Central American migrants believed to have been heading north through Mexico en route to the U.S. were killed Thursday after the speeding truck carrying them rolled over while taking a curve, spilling bodies across the road.

High-skilled guest-worker visas used to undercut Americans: Study

One of the largest users of America's high-skilled guest-worker program admitted in court documents that it paid the foreigners less than it paid U.S. citizens for the same kind of work, shorting them nearly $100 million in wages each year, according to a new study Thursday.

Arizona emerges as new border hotspot; governor deploys more National Guard troops

DHS plans new regulation to stop family separations of illegal immigrants

Homeland Security announced plans Thursday to write new regulations that would ban the kind of family separations at the border that took place under the Trump administration's zero tolerance border policy.

Justices skeptical of Maine’s public education program that blocks religious schools

Maine struggled Wednesday to defend its school funding system before the Supreme Court, with GOP-appointed justices casting a skeptical eye on the program, which pays for students to attend some private schools as long as their classrooms aren't too religious.

Biden’s border nominee squeaks through confirmation vote in Senate

President Biden's pick to lead the country's top border agency was confirmed Tuesday on a near party-line vote in the Senate, installing someone who's argued for a more lenient approach toward illegal immigration.

Supreme Court panel submits report, makes no call for major changes to high court

They studied, listened and debated, and after seven months of work, President Biden's commission on the Supreme Court failed to recommend any big changes to the way the justices operate. The toothless final report was adopted and submitted to Mr. Biden on a unanimous vote Tuesday.

Bipartisan disgust with Biden’s supply chain, border crises, poll finds

Voters don't want police fired for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccination, according to a Washington Times poll that found Americans see public safety as a serious policy issue.

Poll finds border wall is popular again now that Trump is gone, bipartisan support emerges

Americans believe a border wall is part of the solution to illegal immigration and oppose the Biden administration's plans to pay settlements to illegal immigrants whose families were separated after they jumped the border in the Trump era, according to a new poll taken for The Washington Times.

Biden panel wary of upending Supreme Court with term limits or ‘packing’

President Biden's panel to examine changes to the Supreme Court expressed wariness of any big upheavals in a draft report released ahead of a final vote Tuesday.

House GOP to investigate COVID unemployment cash going to China, Russia

Top Republican investigators demanded answers Monday from the Biden administration about how taxpayer money meant to go to unemployed Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic has been stolen by Chinese or Russian syndicates.

EXCLUSIVE: DHS embellished record to justify new limits on deportations

The Homeland Security Department, battling to defend its rules limiting arrests and deportations of illegal immigrants, submitted documents to a federal court that misrepresented the involvement of sheriffs' offices and victim advocates.

Congress approves emergency $1.6 billion for care of illegal immigrant children

Tucked inside the stopgap spending bill that cleared Congress Thursday night was $1.6 billion to help the Biden administration deal with the growing number of illegal immigrant kids jumping the southern border.

GOP senators announce bill to block payments to illegal immigrants from separated families

More than two dozen Republican senators, including party leader Mitch McConnell, signed onto a bill Thursday that would block the Biden administration from making settlement payments to illegal immigrants who saw their families separated during the Trump administration.

DHS to restart Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ border policy after Mexico agrees to conditions

Mexico said it will allow the restart of a Trump-era border policy that immediately sends illegal immigrants back across the boundary after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Thursday it would speed up court hearings, offer vaccinations and help improve conditions for the people it ships back to Mexico.

Afghanistan evacuation price tag rises by $7 billion

Members of Congress say they still can't get clear answers about the U.S evacuation effort in Afghanistan, but they're being asked to approve an additional $7 billion to manage the pipeline of people still coming and the tens of thousands of Afghans already here.

Conservative-leaning justices show unanimity in skepticism of ‘viability’ standard

The Supreme Court flirted Wednesday with unraveling the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that created a national right to abortion, with the court's Republican-appointed justices pondering whether states should have the freedom to restrict abortions earlier in pregnancy -- or to bar the procedure altogether.

N.Y. attorney general says state should become abortion sanctuary

New York's attorney general said Wednesday that the state should create a fund to help out-of-state women come to seek abortions if the Supreme Court overturns the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and allows other states to ban the procedure.