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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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In this photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, soldiers, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, prepare to board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in support of the final noncombatant evacuation operation missions at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 30, 2021. The U.S. airlifted 124,000 people out of Kabul over about six weeks as the American-backed Afghan military and government fell to the Taliban. (Senior Airman Taylor Crul/U.S. Air Force via AP) **FILE**

Afghanistan evacuation price tag rises by $7 billion

Members of Congress say they still can't get clear answers about the U.S evacuation effort in Afghanistan, but they're being asked to approve an additional $7 billion to manage the pipeline of people still coming and the tens of thousands of Afghans already here. Published December 2, 2021

Anti-abortion and Abortion rights advocates demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, in Washington, as the court hears arguments in a case from Mississippi, where a 2018 law would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, well before viability. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Conservative-leaning justices show unanimity in skepticism of ‘viability’ standard

The Supreme Court flirted Wednesday with unraveling the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that created a national right to abortion, with the court's Republican-appointed justices pondering whether states should have the freedom to restrict abortions earlier in pregnancy -- or to bar the procedure altogether. Published December 1, 2021

In this Friday, May 21, 2021, file photo, New York Attorney General Letitia James acknowledges questions from journalists at a news conference in New York. James has announced that she is running for governor, according to three people directly familiar with her plans. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

N.Y. attorney general says state should become abortion sanctuary

New York's attorney general said Wednesday that the state should create a fund to help out-of-state women come to seek abortions if the Supreme Court overturns the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and allows other states to ban the procedure. Published December 1, 2021

U.S. and Chinese national flags are hung outside a hotel during the U.S. presidential election event, organized by the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) **FILE**

Feds pay billions to fraudsters tied to China and Russia in COVID-19 schemes

As the coronavirus pandemic raged, Uncle Sam was doing more than putting money in unemployed Americans' pockets -- the federal government was also shipping tens of billions of dollars overseas to fraudsters working with the country's most prominent adversaries, such as China and Russia. Published November 29, 2021

In this June 16, 2021, file photo U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., listens as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

AOC pleads with Senate to rescue immigration amnesty in Biden budget bill

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and dozens of her fellow Democrats, who just voted for a bill that falls well short of citizenship rights for illegal immigrants, are now pleading with their Senate colleagues to give them a mulligan and add a path to citizenship back into the legislation. Published November 23, 2021

Supporters of immigration reform march while asking for a path to citizenship and an end to detentions and deportations, April 28, 2021, in Washington. Biden took office on Jan. 20 and almost immediately, numbers of migrants exceeded expectations. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Deportation orders from immigration judges plummet under Biden

The Biden administration's more lenient approach to illegal immigration is now showing up in the nation's immigration courts, where over the final three months of the last fiscal year, judges issued deportation directives in less than a third of cases. Published November 21, 2021

A sign marks one of the entrances of the U.S. Army base Fort Lee Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021, in Petersburg, Va. Afghan refugees who have been prescreened by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have been taken to Fort Lee and other temporary reception centers are being set up at Fort Bliss in Texas and Fort McCoy in western Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Feds shut down first U.S. camp used for Afghan evacuees

The final Afghan evacuees who'd been housed at Fort Lee, the first evacuee camp set up on U.S. soil, have now been processed and resettled in the country, the Biden administration announced Wednesday. Published November 17, 2021

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas listens during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

DHS chief Mayorkas: ‘I give myself an A for effort’

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas graded himself with an "A for effort" on Tuesday, telling senators he believes the Biden administration is on the right track to solve the border's chaos and to make up for what he called cruel Trump policies. Published November 16, 2021