Stephen Dinan

Fraudsters go free unless Congress acts; expiration nears for pursuing ill-gotten pandemic relief

The coronavirus pandemic began five years ago -- which means the first round of fraudsters is about to get away with their crimes.

December 30, 2024

Biden administration says it’s done selling off border wall materials — for now

The Biden administration told a federal judge Friday that it's done selling off border wall materials for now and won't get rid of anything else until President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

December 27, 2024

America’s new IT consultant: Musk slams outdated tech plaguing federal government

The IRS receives 375,000 pieces of mail a day during its busy filing season, so when the letter-opening machines in the agency's Kansas City facility got too old to use, it was a big deal.

December 25, 2024

Google lets you review members of Congress, and the appraisals are brutal

Take the average American voter, combine that with an Amazon product review-style forum where five stars max means the best, and you get Google's reviews of the members of Congress. Some are useful, some are rants, and some are pretty funny.

December 24, 2024

Trump resisters urged to stay in government — if they can stomach it

Anti-Trump federal government lawyers are being begged to "ride it out" in the new administration, with activists encouraging them to act as a bulwark against the incoming president's policies and actions.

December 23, 2024

Trump asks court to stop sell-off of materials needed for wall construction

The battle over the border wall is heating up as the Biden administration sells off materials, seemingly defying the plans of President-elect Donald Trump, who has asked a federal court for an "immediate stop" to the sales to ensure he can restart building the wall next year.

December 22, 2024

Immigrant student at George Mason University charged with plotting mass attack

An Egyptian man who was a student at George Mason University has been accused of plotting a terror attack against Israel's consulate at the U.N. in New York.

December 20, 2024

Fed workers secretly cheering for shutdown, hoping for extra vacation

Some federal workers are "secretly hoping" for a government shutdown in the coming weeks, figuring it will earn them extra time off.

December 20, 2024

7.6 million known illegal immigrants at large in U.S.; number doubled under Biden

Homeland Security is supposed to be tracking more than 7.6 million illegal immigrants who have been caught and released into the country over the years, according to the latest numbers that show a department struggling to monitor them all, much less make new arrests inside the country.

December 20, 2024

‘Just tell the truth’: Nation’s sheriffs blast Biden over drone ‘stonewalling’

The National Sheriffs' Association spanked the Biden administration Thursday for a lack of candor about the drones spotted in New Jersey and surrounding states, saying federal officials have been giving local cops a stiff-arm.

December 19, 2024

As Biden exits, the border is finally coming under control

President Biden has finally managed to get the southern border back to the low levels of illegal immigration he inherited from President Obama, according to the latest data that shows fewer than 100,000 migrants nabbed at the U.S.-Mexico boundary in November.

December 19, 2024

Moderate drinking actually lowers risk of death, major National Academies study finds

The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine just scrambled millions of Americans' New Year's resolutions with its latest report this week, finding that those who consume a moderate amount of alcohol actually do better on a host of health indicators.

December 19, 2024

American men drop out of economy as immigrants claim jobs: Study

Americans clamoring for more immigrants to fill out the workforce are ignoring a labor source already here -- men who have given up on the economy, according to a new study.

December 19, 2024

Trump to inherit slowing economy, rising unemployment from Biden

President Biden will turn over a slowing economy and a tepidly rising unemployment rate to President-elect Donald Trump, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday, describing the headwinds the new administration will face.

December 18, 2024

Paul blocks bill to expand authority over drones; predicts state, local abuses of rights

An effort to push through new authority to detect and interdict drones was blocked in the Senate Wednesday after Sen. Rand Paul said it's too soon to rush a solution that could end up trampling on Americans' rights.

December 18, 2024

Trump’s border czar says any illegal immigrant can be deported: ‘We’ll eventually get to you’

Criminals will be the first targets for President Trump's "mass" deportations, but Homeland Security will eventually get to rank-and-file illegal immigrants, according to incoming border czar Tom Homan.

December 18, 2024

Congress wants states to have new counter-drone powers amid New Jersey sightings

Members of Congress are rushing to give states permission to detect drones, responding to the mysterious drone sightings that have captivated New Jersey and surrounding states.

December 17, 2024

Can Donald Trump sue his way to media accountability?

President-elect Donald Trump has sued The Des Moines Register for its disastrously wrong preelection polling, marking his latest move in a crusade to demand accountability for the media's 2024 election snafus.

December 17, 2024

Final verdict: Feds say New Jersey drones are mix of police, hobbyists and commercial UAVs

Federal authorities on Monday delivered their most thorough verdict yet about the drone sightings in New Jersey in recent weeks, saying some are law enforcement, some are commercial flights, some are hobbyists and many are actually airplanes, helicopters or even stars mistaken for drones.

December 16, 2024

Drone concerns spread beyond New Jersey; Trump: ‘Something strange is going on’

Worry over drones is spreading from New Jersey across the Atlantic seaboard, with leaders in other states also demanding that the federal government figure out what's going on in the skies.

December 16, 2024