Stephen Dinan

Judge tosses Trump campaign lawsuit to stop Nevada’s new voting law

A federal judge tossed President Trump's lawsuit against the state's coronavirus voting procedures, saying the nightmare scenario the Trump team drew of election chaos was too "speculative" at this point.

September 21, 2020

Congressional Budget Office: Federal debt nears ‘unsustainable’ levels

Federal debt is nearing "unsustainable" levels, but low interest rates have created a window of opportunity for policymakers to rein it in, the Congressional Budget Office said Monday, delivering a mixed forecast for the government's long-term outlook.

September 21, 2020

Shootings soar in Portland after mayor disbands police gun unit

Shootings in Portland, Oregon, nearly tripled over the summer after Mayor Ted Wheeler disbanded the city's police gun crimes unit, according to new police data.

September 21, 2020

Noncitizens who voted illegally in 2016 still on voter rolls

Juan Landeros-Mireles admitted in court last year that he registered to vote and even cast ballots in the 2016 election, though he has never been a U.S. citizen.

September 20, 2020

Susan Collins to oppose rushing Trump nominee

Sen. Susan Collins became the first Republican to break with her party over the Supreme Court vacancy, announcing Saturday she will oppose pushing through a Supreme Court nominee before knowing who wins the presidential election.

September 19, 2020

Trump promises to name Ginsburg replacement ‘without delay’

President Trump said Saturday he will move "without delay" to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, joining with Senate GOP leaders in committing to what is likely to be one of the most intense confirmation battles in history.

September 19, 2020

McConnell says Senate will vote on Ginsburg replacement to Supreme Court

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday that he will force a vote on whomever President Trump nominates to fill the seat of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, signaling a brutal fight later this year.

September 18, 2020

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg asked for Senate to delay filling her seat

Conscious of politics to the last, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg reportedly dictated a statement saying it was her "most fervent wish" that her seat on the Supreme Court not be filled until after the next president is inaugurated in January.

September 18, 2020

Donald Trump asks Supreme Court to approve census count without illegal immigrants

The White House said Friday that the administration will ask the Supreme Court to approve his plan to have the Census Bureau produce a count that doesn't include illegal immigrants, tossing a major hot potato over to the high court just as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died of pancreatic cancer.

September 18, 2020

How ICE ‘abandoned’ cities and forced communities like Los Angeles to embrace sanctuary status

The federal government "abandoned" local sheriffs and police departments on immigration, leaving them in a legal limbo and spurring their embrace of sanctuary policies, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said.

September 18, 2020

Adriana Gandarilla, Border Patrol agent, forced woman to delete video

Federal prosecutors this week charged a senior Border Patrol agent in Texas with a civil rights crime, saying she physically forced a woman to delete a video of an encounter.

September 17, 2020

FBI: ‘Antifa is a real thing’

FBI Director Christopher A. Wray said Thursday that "Antifa is a real thing," pushing back against Democrats who have questioned the threat of left-wing violence during this year's racial justice protests.

September 17, 2020

FBI opens new Chinese investigation every 10 hours

The FBI is opening a new counterintelligence probe of Chinese-linked threats "every 10 hours," bureau Director Christopher Wray told Congress on Thursday, underscoring the threat Beijing poses to U.S. interests.

September 17, 2020

Ken Cuccinelli says forced hysterectomies complaints to be probed

Homeland Security's leadership has asked its inspector general to speed a review of an ICE facility in Georgia where a whistleblower says a doctor is performing an exceptional number of hysterectomies on migrant women.

September 16, 2020

Watchdog identifies 50,000 double-voters, 350,000 dead persons still on rolls

A watchdog group reviewed voter records from more than 40 states and found nearly 350,000 dead voters still on the rolls, and more than 50,000 people who cast more than one ballot in the 2018 election.

September 16, 2020

Los Angeles: ICE ‘abandoned’ local law enforcement, spurred embrace of sanctuary policies

The federal government "abandoned" local sheriffs and police departments on immigration, leaving them in a legal limbo and spurring their embrace of sanctuary policies, said the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

September 15, 2020

Democrats demand answers over ‘mass hysterectomies’ at ICE facility

Top Democrats demanded answers Tuesday after a whistleblower nurse filed a complaint claiming that an immigration detention center was performing an exceptional number of hysterectomies on migrant women.

September 15, 2020

Inspector general declines to investigate DHS leadership

An inspector general this week declined to investigate Homeland Security's top two officials, but did criticize another watchdog report that claimed the two men are not legally installed as acting secretary and acting deputy secretary.

September 15, 2020

Baltimore murder suspects protected by sanctuary laws: ICE

Two illegal immigrants suspected of an MS-13 gang killing of a 16-year-old girl in Baltimore were in police custody before, but were set free by authorities in New York and Maryland in defiance of deportation requests, allowing them to be out on the streets, ICE said Tuesday.

September 15, 2020

Appeals court backs Donald Trump on ending deportation amnesty for ‘s—-hole’ countries

A federal appeals court backed President Trump's bid to end special protected status for migrants from what he once reportedly called "s---hole countries," ruling Monday that his decisions are beyond the court's powers of review.

September 14, 2020