Stephen Dinan

Supreme Court gives Trump go-ahead to deny immigrants who use welfare

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Trump administration can move ahead with its "public charge" regulation that could block immigrants who wind up on the public dole from earning a pathway to citizenship.

January 27, 2020

Ted Cruz backs Donald Trump during impeachment trial

No Republican has been more active in defense of President Trump during the impeachment trial than Sen. Ted Cruz.

January 26, 2020

Trump hits new approval high as impeachment support dips

President Trump hit a new approval rating high in yet another poll Friday, with the Washington Post-ABC survey also showing Democrats' impeachment case is failing to dent him.

January 24, 2020

U.S. labels ‘birth tourism’ a national security threat

Some pregnant foreign women pay as much as $100,000 to be ferried into the U.S. on a visitor's visa, arriving in time to give birth on American soil and instantly make their baby a citizen.

January 23, 2020

Martha McSally channels Donald Trump in fight to hold Arizona Senate seat

Without President Trump on the ballot, Martha McSally lost a close Senate election in Arizona in 2018, surrendering one of two seats the GOP lost in the upper chamber that year.

January 22, 2020

DHS warns of ‘violence and lawlessness’ in new migrant caravan

Another massive migrant caravan has left Central America en route to the U.S., and Homeland Security said it's keeping tabs on its movements and expects Mexico to step up and disrupt as much of the caravan as possible.

January 22, 2020

Citizens United ruling marks 10th anniversary as Democrats warm to ‘dark money’

Tuesday marks a decade since the high court handed down the ruling in a decision that to this day remains a dirty word among Democrats.

January 20, 2020

Trump low approval ratings bedevil campaign despite good economy

President Trump's approval ratings trail those of Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush at this point, and oddsmakers say he's at best a 50-50 chance to win a second term.

January 19, 2020

ICE fires off subpoenas in escalating battle over New York City sanctuary policy

ICE said Saturday it has served four subpoenas on New York City jail officials demanding information on illegal immigrants the city is shielding under its sanctuary policy, and warning the federal government will go to court to enforce the subpoenas if it has to.

January 18, 2020

National Archives apologizes for blurring out anti-Trump messages in photo

The National Archives apologized Saturday for altering an image in a display about women's voting rights to delete nasty references to President Trump, and took down the display in order to replace it with one that fully shows the anti-Trump sentiments at the 2017 Women's March in Washington.

January 18, 2020

ICE chief tells New York to ‘own’ sanctuary city deaths

The acting chief at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement challenged New York officials on Friday to embrace the deaths caused by the city's sanctuary policy.

January 17, 2020

Illegal immigrants lying in wait for Trump to lose election

If the illegal immigrants waiting in Mexico had a vote in the presidential election, they'd vote to oust President Trump, according to an immigration expert who is touring south of the border and speaking with those snared by the president's get-tough policies.

January 17, 2020