Skip to content
TRENDING:
Donald Trump
Advertisement

Articles by Stephen Dinan

Demonstrators gathered outside the courthouse Thursday in Brownsville, Texas, to chant, read poems and share stories of their immigration struggles. Attorneys for 25 states are going before a federal judge to argue for a rollback of President Obama's expansive executive actions to spare millions of people living in the U.S. illegally from deportation. (Associated Press)

Obama amnesty to qualify 2 million illegal immigrants for tax breaks, benefits

More than 2 million illegal immigrants will be approved for President Obama's deportation amnesty over the next few years, and they will be eligible to collect Social Security and Medicare benefits as well as claim a special tax break for low-income families, the Congressional Budget Office said in an analysis Thursday.

January 15, 2015
FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2014, file photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Michael R. Hoyt, a resident of Cincinnati and bartender with a history of psychiatric illness, was indicted last week on a charge of threatening to murder Boehner, possibly by poisoning his drink, according to records made available Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

John Boehner: Patriot Act snooping helped stop Capitol bomb plot

House Speaker John A. Boehner said Thursday that the National Security Agency's snooping powers helped stop a plot to attack the Capitol and that his colleagues need to keep that in mind as they debate whether to renew the law that allows the government to collect bulk information from its citizens.

January 15, 2015
People wait in line to apply for municipal identification cards on the first day they are available at the Bronx Library Center, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, in New York. The card, dubbed IDNYC, is aimed at those who don't currently have an ID. That includes the elderly, homeless and an estimated 500,000 immigrants in the city who live in the U.S. without legal documentation. The cards will be mailed to the recipients in three weeks. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Obama amnesty will cover 2.25 million illegal immigrants: CBO

President Obama's new amnesty will allow illegal immigrants who are approved to get Social Security and Medicare benefits, the Congressional Budget Office confirmed Thursday in a new report that predicted more than 2 million illegal immigrants will be granted the amnesty by 2017.

January 15, 2015
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, before a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on the impact of President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Jeh Johnson demands Congress stop fighting amnesty

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson pleaded with Congress on Thursday to stop fighting President Obama's amnesty and instead pass a straightforward spending bill to fund his department through the end of the fiscal year, without any "political" conditions.

January 15, 2015
The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington is seen here on March 22, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

IRS about to get worse, audit says

The IRS has seen a "devastating erosion" of its ability to do its job, and the worst is yet to come after budget cuts have trimmed staff and the tea party targeting scandal has damaged the agency's reputation, the government's official National Taxpayer Advocate said in a report Wednesday, delivering the latest grim assessment of the agency.

January 14, 2015
"We do not take this action lightly, but there is simply no alternative," House Speaker John A. Boehner said from the well of the House. "This is not a dispute between parties, or even branches of government. The president's overreach is an affront to the rule of law and the Constitution itself." (Associated Press)

House votes to cancel Obama amnesties; bill faces veto threat

Brushing aside Democrats' warnings of permanent political doom, House Republicans voted Thursday to cancel President Obama's deportation amnesties, casting it as an effort to undo a runaway White House untethered either to the Constitution or its own words and promises.

January 14, 2015
Before heading to the White House today to meet with President Barack Obama, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, tells reporters that the House of Representatives will pass a budget for the Department of Homeland Security but will block President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Obama has repeatedly threatened to veto bills that Republicans have put forward as their priorities. Senate and House Republicans, now in control of Congress, will leave Washington Thursday for a two-day policy retreat in Hershey, Pa. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

John Boehner mocks Obama’s knowledge of Constitution

Escalating the immigration battle to a war of constitutional proportions, House Speaker John A. Boehner said Wednesday that Congress was canceling President Obama's deportation amnesties in order to keep faith with the founders' vision of a government where laws are made by Congress, not the White House.

January 14, 2015
FILE - This June 6, 2013 file photo shows a sign outside the National Security Agency campus in Fort Meade, Md. The Obama administration knew in advance that the British government would oversee destruction of a newspaper’s hard drives containing leaked National Security Agency documents last year, newly declassified documents show. The White House had publicly distanced itself from doing the same against an American news organization. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Court rules NSA doesn’t have to divulge what records it has

A federal judge on Tuesday said the National Security Agency is not obligated to confirm nor deny it has someone's specific phone records, shooting down a conservative think tank's effort to try to use the spy agency to reveal secrets that other federal agencies want kept hidden.

January 13, 2015
President Barack Obama, accompanied by, from left, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, speaks to media during a meeting with bipartisan, bicameral leadership of Congress to discuss a wide range of issues, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

John Boehner: Obama amnesty fight isn’t about immigration

House Speaker John A. Boehner said Tuesday that moves to block President Obama's new deportation amnesty are less about immigration than they are about asserting Congress's right to make laws, and pushing back on a runaway executive branch.

January 13, 2015
A supporter holds a tablet in front of the White House in Washington during a demonstration before President Obama's immigration address on Nov. 20, 2014 . President Barack Obama announced executive actions on immigration during a nationally televised address. (Associated Press) **FILE**

D.C., Maryland go to court to defend Obama amnesty

The District of Columbia, Maryland and 11 other states went to court Monday to defend President Obama's new deportation amnesty, arguing that allowing illegal immigrants to work legally would actually help the states' budgets.

January 12, 2015
In this Aug. 28, 2009 file photo, the Washington Redskins logo is seen on the field before the start of a preseason NFL football game in Landover, Md. The Justice Department says it is intervening in a trademark dispute concerning the team name of the Washington Redskins. A June ruling from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office stripped the professional football team of trademark protection, (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)

Obama lawyers go to court to fight Redskins over team name

The Obama administration joined a lawsuit opposing the Washington Redskins' team trademark on Friday, filing court papers to defend the federal law that gives the government the power to deny recognition to trademarks it believes to be disparaging.

January 9, 2015