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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan can be reached at sdinan@washingtontimes.com.

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A voter casts their ballot at a secure ballot drop box at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in Phoenix, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt York, File).

Hundreds of noncitizens ended up on voting rolls in Maricopa County

More than 200 self-acknowledged noncitizens have managed to register to vote in Arizona's Maricopa County and at least nine of them have cast ballots in federal elections, according to a report that questions the federal law that pushes states to register more voters. Published April 25, 2023

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks with reporters about reproductive rights for U.S. veterans, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 19, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Senate sets vote on effort to revive Equal Rights Amendment

Senate Democrats announced Monday that they will force a vote this week on a measure that would attempt to revive the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution by retroactively removing the ratification deadline. Published April 24, 2023

A U.S. government-built section of border wall snakes through the Sonoran Desert just west of the San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge, separating Mexico, left, and the United States, Dec. 9, 2020, in Douglas, Ariz. A prosecutor told jurors in closing arguments at a criminal trial, Tuesday, May 31, 2022, that there is overwhelming evidence that organizers of a "We Build The Wall" campaign to raise money for a wall along the U.S. southern border defrauded investors. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Millions set aside for border wall headed for Mayorkas waste bin

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is poised to run out the clock on former President Donald Trump's border wall, leaving potentially billions of dollars in unspent money and hundreds of miles of fencing unfinished. Published April 23, 2023

Associate Justice Clarence Thomas sits during a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, April 23, 2021. On Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, Georgia’s state Senate voted to erect a monument to U.S. Supreme Court Justice and Georgia native Thomas. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)

Supreme Court takes on the administrative state and power-hungry bureaucrats

Justice Clarence Thomas sent a warning shot across the bow of the expansive administrative state in a recent opinion suggesting it was time the court upend the litany of agencies that act as quasi-judges and slap fines or other penalties on people with only an abbreviated chance for regular judges to get involved. Published April 21, 2023

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee on the FY2024 budget hearing for DHS Tuesday, April 18, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

DHS’s Mayorkas orders 90-day ‘sprint’ review of U.S. vulnerabilities to China

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has ordered a "90-day sprint" review of six areas where the U.S. is vulnerable to China, including fentanyl smuggling, Chinese control of the supply chain and preventing China from exploiting the immigration system to insert its operatives into the U.S. Published April 21, 2023

The U.S. Capitol is seen on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Republicans are jump-starting an immigration and border enforcement package. The House Judiciary Committee will be digging into a proposal that would remake immigration law, including giving the Homeland Security secretary the power to stop migrants from entering the United States if the secretary determines the U.S. has lost “operational control” of the border. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP’s bill to stiffen border security clears Judiciary Committee

Republicans powered a stiff new border security bill through the House Judiciary Committee overnight Wednesday, brushing aside Democrats' complaints of cruelty and taking a first concrete step to unravel President Biden's lenient immigration policies. Published April 20, 2023