Stephen Dinan

Ban on tourism to North Korea gains steam on Capitol Hill

A consensus is emerging on Capitol Hill to try to protect Americans -- and to punish North Korea -- by cutting off tourism to the rogue nation.

June 20, 2017

Supreme Court to hear major political redistricting case

The Supreme Court added another thorny political case to its docket next term, agreeing Monday to rule on whether Wisconsin's legislative districts are so politically loaded that they violate the Constitution.

June 19, 2017

Supreme Court suggests constitutional right to Facebook, other social media

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a convicted sex offender can't be barred from getting on the internet, in a decision that lays out the beginnings of a constitutional right to surf the web

June 19, 2017

Maureen Erickson kicked off Virginia voting rolls as ‘declared noncitizen’

Maureen Erickson's husband was stunned to see his wife's name appear as key evidence in a report last month about people who had been kicked off Virginia's voting rolls for being noncitizens.

June 18, 2017

Eric Conn likely getting help from friends, family while on the run, says FBI

The fugitive lawyer who led the largest Social Security fraud ring in history is still in the country and is likely being aided by family and friends who are helping him lay low, the FBI said in its latest update of the bizarre case.

June 18, 2017

Donald Trump’s immigration policies keep advocates on their toes

President Trump has confounded immigrant-rights advocates, who weren't quite sure how to react last week after his Homeland Security secretary nixed a potential deportation amnesty for 4 million people, but left in place the 2012 amnesty that has allowed nearly 800,000 Dreamers to live and work in the country free of fear of deportation.

June 18, 2017

Steve Scalise upgraded to ‘serious’ condition, able to speak to family: Hospital

Rep. Steve Scalise, the congressman wounded this week by a left-wing zealot gunman, is now in serious condition and is showing signs of improvement, doctors said in an update Saturday afternoon released by the congressman's office.

June 17, 2017

FBI poised to charge accomplices who helped Social Security scam artist flee

The fugitive lawyer who led the largest Social Security fraud ring in history is still in the country and is likely being aided by family and friends who are helping him lay low, the FBI said Friday, updating the bizarre case.

June 16, 2017

John Kelly cancels Obama’s 2014 amnesty that courts blocked

Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly officially revoked President Obama's 2014 attempt to broaden his previous deportation amnesty for Dreamers, which had been held up by federal courts for more than two years.

June 15, 2017

Iran sanctions backed in bipartisan Senate vote

Moving to reassert congressional power over U.S.-Iran relations, the Senate voted Thursday to impose new sanctions on the Tehran regime, expanding penalties for terrorism and piling on more punishment for the government's apparent ongoing push for ballistic missiles.

June 15, 2017

Congressional staffers boo Trump at unity baseball game

Dozens of congressional staffers erupted into boos, jeers and even vulgar gesticulations Thursday when President Trump appeared in a video at the Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park.

June 15, 2017

Corey Stewart surprises pollsters who miss Trump voters

Pollsters had major trouble spotting the surge of support for Corey Stewart in Virginia's Republican governor's primary this week, suggesting they still can't figure out how to successfully survey Trump supporters.

June 15, 2017

Panel backs Trump’s pick to lead immigration agency; Cissna marks change from Obama priorities

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to approve President Trump's pick to lead the immigration benefits agency, rejecting complaints from advocacy groups who had complained he was too conservative and too inexperienced to take the important bureaucratic post.

June 15, 2017

Senate sanctions bill targets Russia, presidential powers

Senators voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to write stiff sanctions against Russia into law and to give Congress a say should President Trump try to lift them, making a bipartisan strike against the government of President Vladimir Putin.

June 14, 2017

Capitol Police guns saved lives at ballpark

The rifle shots came from the fence over the third base line, shattering the June morning, wounding one congressman and several staffers, and terrifying the two dozen lawmakers and staffers who were also on the field.

June 14, 2017

Senate votes to impose sanctions against Russia for election meddling

Senators voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to write stiff sanctions against Russia into law and to give Congress a say should President Trump try to lift them, in a bipartisan strike against the government of President Vladimir Putin.

June 14, 2017

Donald Trump resets clock on extreme vetting travel ban procedures

President Trump reset the clock on his extreme vetting policies Wednesday, saying that he'll follow through on his full 90-day halt to admissions from six majority-Muslim countries and a 120-day pause in refugee admissions once courts lift their blockades.

June 14, 2017

Paul Ryan: ‘We are united’

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan declared Congress 'united' Wednesday in the wake of the vicious morning attack on Republicans practicing baseball, saying lawmakers.

June 14, 2017

Bernie Sanders ‘sickened’ after learning campaign volunteer was shooter James Hodgkinson

Sen. Bernard Sanders took to the Senate floor Wednesday to condemn the morning attack on Republican members of Congress, saying he was horrified to learn that the suspect had been a campaign volunteer for his presidential bid last year.

June 14, 2017

Congress somber after Scalise shooting

Much of Congress's business shut down Wednesday morning after a senior House lawmaker, an aide and two U.S. Capitol Police officers were shot at a baseball practice earlier in the day in Alexandria.

June 14, 2017