Stephen Dinan

Donald Trump says Bruce Ohr next to lose security clearance

President Trump said Friday his next target for stripping security clearance is high-ranking Justice Department official Bruce Ohr, and said it will probably happen quickly.

August 17, 2018

Trump says Manafort is ‘a very good person’ as jury debates his fate

President Trump said Friday that Paul Manafort is "a very good person," and said the government's prosecution against his former campaign chief is "very sad."

August 17, 2018

Illegal immigrant children skip deportation hearings, disappear each day

On any given day, nearly 20 illegal immigrant children skip their deportation hearings and disappear into the shadows, the Trump administration said Thursday, putting contours on the difficulty the government faces in trying to stop the flow and protect the children.

August 16, 2018

Leydi Duenas-Claros, nursing illegal immigrant mother, sues over border separation

An illegal immigrant mother who says she was separated from her still-nursing 11-month-old daughter filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Thursday arguing she was put through unfathomable trauma which hurt her chances to make a good asylum case.

August 16, 2018

Govt. spent $2.5 billion to jail criminal migrants in 2016: Study

The federal government spends about $1.4 billion a year incarcerating migrants charged or convicted of crimes, and states spent at least $1.1 billion more, Congress's chief investigative arm said in a report Thursday.

August 16, 2018

Democratic socialists seek new round of winners in latest endorsements

The national Democratic Socialists of America on Thursday endorsed a new U.S. Senate candidate in Maine and a dozen others seeking office at state and local levels across the country, seeking to capitalize on record levels of attention.

August 16, 2018

Feds point fingers as illegal immigrant children face abuse: Senate probe

Illegal-immigrant children are slipping through the federal safety net designed to protect them from abuse, Senate investigators said in a new report released Wednesday that found no federal agency willing to step up and accept responsibility for them once they're released into the community.

August 15, 2018

Feds say restarting DACA will delay benefits for legal immigrants

Re-starting the DACA program in full will mean prioritizing illegal immigrant "Dreamers" over others -- guest-workers and legal immigrants -- who are already waiting in line, the government told a court this week.

August 15, 2018

Democrats demand DHS un-deport illegal immigrant parents

Democratic senators demanded Tuesday that the federal government un-deport hundreds of illegal immigrant parents, letting them back into the country to reunite with their children and make new asylum claims.

August 14, 2018

ICE blames computer for mother who was deported against judge’s wishes

Homeland Security officials say someone forgot to update a computer system last week, leading to an illegal immigrant mother and daughter being deported despite a strict promise to a judge that they wouldn't be touched.

August 13, 2018

Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center illegal immigrant child abuse allegations ‘unfounded’

Virginia authorities have cleared a facility that houses illegal immigrant children after finding that reports of child abuse were "unfounded."

August 13, 2018

Allison Hrabar, DOJ employee who harassed Kristjen Nielsen, won’t be punished for tweets

The socialist Justice Department employee who harassed the Homeland Security secretary at a Washington restaurant won't be disciplined for her political tweets, a government watchdog has concluded.

August 13, 2018

Judge rules Mueller investigation is legal

A federal judge ruled Monday that special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election is not illegal.

August 13, 2018

Brett Kavanaugh documents released for Supreme Court nominee research

Senators have released tens of thousands of pages of documents from Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh's time in the Bush White House, sending researchers scurrying as Washington prepares for his confirmation fight.

August 12, 2018

Kanavanaugh confirmation hearing set for Sept. 4

Republicans said Friday they've scheduled Judge Brett Kavanaugh for a confirmation hearing Sept. 4, moving ahead with a speedy schedule that could still see him confirmed in time to be on the Supreme Court before October.

August 10, 2018

Tax cuts eating into feds’ bottom line as deficit rises: CBO

The GOP's tax-cut law is already beginning to drive up deficits, budget analysts say, cutting into revenue just as spending is soaring.

August 10, 2018

McConnell still sees speedy confirms for Kavanaugh

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday he still wants to have Judge Brett Kavanaugh confirmed and sitting on the Supreme Court by the start of the new term in October.

August 10, 2018

Feds track down 299 deported parents in family separation case

The federal government has managed to reach nearly 300 illegal immigrant parents back in their home countries who were deported without their children, and has submitted a plan to try to figure out how to reconnect the families.

August 10, 2018

Judge approves $3.5 million settlement from IRS to tea party groups

A judge this week signed off on the settlement between the IRS and hundreds of tea party groups, closing out the last major legal battle over what all sides now agree was unwarranted and illegal targeting for political purposes.

August 9, 2018

Man arrested for offering $500 bounty to kill ICE agents

A Massachusetts man was arrested Thursday on charges of offering a $500 bounty on Twitter to anyone who killed an ICE agent -- the latest in a series of horrific threats aimed at the immigration law enforcement amid the ongoing deportation debate.

August 9, 2018