Stephen Dinan

Feds accused American citizen of violating Russia-oligarch sanctions

Federal prosecutors announced charges Thursday against an American they say violated U.S. sanctions by working for a Russian oligarch, calling the case an "example" amid Moscow's ongoing aggression in Ukraine.

March 3, 2022

Biden dodges issue of relief for Ukrainians in U.S.

President Biden's tough talk this week for Russia and words of comfort for Ukraine didn't extend to tens of thousands of Ukrainian citizens already here in the U.S., who fear having to return to their war-torn home country.

March 2, 2022

Biden administration restarts troubled Iraqi refugee program

The State Department said it is reviving an Iraqi refugee program that was abruptly shut down early last year after investigators discovered government employees had been pilfering files in order to help people file bogus applications.

March 2, 2022

Biden’s guest list for State of the Union falls flat

Ukraine's ambassador had a prime seat for President Biden's State of the Union address Tuesday, with an invitation to sit next to first lady Jill Biden and accept the accolades of an enthusiastic Congress.

March 1, 2022

Feds nab financier accused of netting $71 million in coronavirus loan fees

Federal prosecutors announced charges Tuesday against a man they say lied about being a lending institution, got approved as a pass-through for coronavirus loans, and "faked" his way into collecting more than $70 million in taxpayer money through his deception.

March 1, 2022

Ukraine’s ambassador to join Jill Biden for State of the Union

Ukraine's ambassador to the U.S. will sit with first lady Jill Biden for Tuesday's State of the Union address, the White House announced.

March 1, 2022

Arizona woman sentenced for voting in dead father’s name

An Arizona woman was sentenced Monday to probation after admitting she illegally cast a mail-in ballot in her dead father's name.

February 28, 2022

Stranded by U.S., Afghan allies wonder if helping was a ‘mistake’

Experts say tens of thousands of other Afghans who should have been evacuated were instead stranded -- including many who directly assisted the U.S. government and were promised a ticket out of the country under the Special Immigrant Visa program.

February 28, 2022

Supreme Court ponders EPA’s role in stemming climate change

Coal-producing states and power companies went to the Supreme Court Monday to try to block the Biden administration from imposing the president's greenhouse gas policies without seeking more authority from Congress.

February 28, 2022

GOP presses Biden administration on Afghan evacuees amid new terrorism concerns

Six months after the end of the Afghan airlift, congressional Republican investigators say it's time for the Department of Homeland Security to release details of the 76,000 Afghan evacuees who've been brought to the U.S. and released into communities around the country.

February 25, 2022

W.Va. AG Morrisey says Republican attorneys general stepping up to stop Biden ‘overreach’

President Biden has raced too far and too fast in reshaping the federal government on everything from immigration to environmental policy, leaving himself open to serious legal challenges, said West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey.

February 24, 2022

Border Patrol agent kills illegal immigrant during chase in Arizona

A Border Patrol agent shot and killed an illegal immigrant during a chase through a remote canyon in southeastern Arizona, the Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday.

February 23, 2022

Supreme Court struggles for a solution to Biden’s handling of immigration ‘Public Charge’ rules

The Supreme Court cast doubt Wednesday on the way the Biden administration nixed a Trump-era rule pushing legal immigrants to be self-sufficient, suggesting during oral arguments Wednesday that the government was using subterfuge to try to get its way.

February 23, 2022

Sheriffs want DHS alert when illegal immigrants are shipped to their counties

As the Department of Homeland Security ships tens of thousands of illegal immigrants throughout the country, sheriffs are demanding they be notified of new arrivals, saying if the feds can't keep track of the migrants, the locals will have to do it.

February 22, 2022

DHS eyes more welfare for legal immigrants as Supreme Court hears challenge

The Biden administration has moved to make it more attractive for immigrants to sign up for welfare, laying down a marker just days before the Supreme Court is slated to take up the issue in a legal challenge seeking to restore tougher Trump-era rules.

February 21, 2022

Last of Afghan evacuees leave U.S. military bases amid report of botched background checks

The last of the 76,000 Afghan evacuees pulled out of the country last summer have finally been released into the U.S., the government announced over the weekend -- just as a new report says they weren't all fully vetted.

February 20, 2022

DHS has now released all 76,000 Afghan evacuees from military bases into U.S.

Homeland Security announced the departure of the last Afghan evacuees from military bases on U.S. soil Saturday, saying 76,000 of them have been processed and released into American communities.

February 19, 2022

Supreme Court to hear case over Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ border policy

The Supreme Court said Friday it will take up a case involving the Biden administration's attempt to end the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" border policy.

February 18, 2022

DHS celebrates drop in border crossings

Homeland Security on Friday touted a drop in arrests at the southern border in January, with Border Patrol agents making the fewest arrests of any month so far in the Biden administration.

February 18, 2022

Virginia withdraws from Equal Rights Amendment appeal; says court was right to reject lawsuit

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares moved Friday to withdraw from a lawsuit trying to force the Equal Rights Amendment into the Constitution, saying the state now believes the lower court got it right by ruling against the amendment.

February 18, 2022