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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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In this Friday, Feb. 28, 2020 photo, pedestrians pass signs near a polling site in San Antonio. On April 15, 2020, a Texas judge ruled that all state voters can cast ballots by mail because of coronavirus, siding with Democrats and rejecting the state's GOP leadership, which argued the law forbade it. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

Supreme Court won’t speed Texas vote-by-mail case

The Supreme Court said Thursday that it won't speed a case challenging Texas' restrictions on mail-in voting, leaving in place lower court rulings that said fear of contracting the coronavirus isn't a valid reason under state law. Published July 2, 2020

In this image provided by the Executive Office of the Mayor, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser stands on the rooftop of the Hay Adams Hotel near the White House and looks out at the words 'Black Lives Matter' that have been painted in bright yellow letters on the street by city workers and activists, Friday, June 5, 2020, in Washington. (Executive Office of the Mayor/Khalid Naji-Allah via AP) ** FILE **

D.C. sued over Black Lives Matter painted on city streets

Judicial Watch filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday demanding access to D.C.'s streets to paint its own messages, after the city painted Black Lives Matter on one street and allowed protesters to paint their own "Defund the police" message next to it. Published July 1, 2020

In this Nov. 10, 2019, file photo, migrants gather at the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico, to hear names called from a waiting list to claim asylum in the U.S. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat, File)

Judge erases key Trump asylum crackdown policy

A federal judge struck down a key part of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown framework late Tuesday, ruling that Homeland Security cut too many corners when it tried to block asylum seekers from picking and choosing which country they settle in. Published July 1, 2020

In this March 30, 2012, photo, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents take a suspect into custody as part of a nationwide immigration sweep in Chula Vista, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

ICE cooperation surges as deportation agreements triple

Despite feverish anti-ICE sentiment and some high-profile defections, the Trump administration has quietly managed to expand the number of jurisdictions that have agreed to scour their jails and cooperate with Homeland Security to spot migrants with criminal records who should be deported. Published June 30, 2020

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, speaks to media as he arrives for a briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March, 12, 2020, on the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) **FILE**

Mitt Romney 2012 campaign veterans backing Joe Biden over Donald Trump

Veterans of Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign are eyeing an alliance with Joseph R. Biden, looking to make a splash in announcing they have turned their backs on the Republican Party this year and will support the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee instead. Published June 30, 2020

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, asks a question during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on police use of force and community relations on on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in Washington. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Pool via AP)

China gets free pass on taxes on U.S. debt dividends

China holds more than $1 trillion in U.S. government debt -- and thanks to a decades-old tax treaty doesn't have to pay tax to Uncle Sam on the income it derives from dividends from the interest on that debt. Published June 30, 2020

President Donald Trump smiles after autographing a section of the border wall during a tour, Tuesday, June 23, 2020, in San Luis, Ariz. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Supreme Court rejects environmental challenge to Trump’s border wall

The Supreme Court refused Monday to hear a case involving environmental challenges to President Trump's border wall plans, giving him a green light to build without having to comply with the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act and other major protections. Published June 29, 2020

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Elizabeth Warren, announces that Warren will head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010, during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Supreme Court rules Obama/Warren Wall Street cop is illegal

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau -- the Wall Street cop agency devised by then-Harvard professor Elizabeth Warren and launched under President Obama -- puts too much power in a single director, making it unconstitutional, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. Published June 29, 2020

In this June 23, 2020, photo, President Donald Trump tours a section of the border wall in San Luis, Ariz. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Appeals court rejects Trump’s border wall funding

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that President Trump did not have the legal power to siphon money from the Pentagon to build his border wall, erecting another legal hurdle in the path of his most flamboyant campaign promise. Published June 26, 2020

Snow covers part of a road sign on Mount Laguna in the mountains east of San Diego, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. A blustery winter storm dumped snow and ice across the West on Wednesday, making driving treacherous in the mountains from California to the Rockies and forcing residents and party-goers in some usually sun-soaked cities to bundle up for a frosty New Year's. (AP Photo/U-T San Diego, K.C. Allred)

Border agents rescue migrants caught in snowstorm

The call came in to San Diego's 911 center just before 2 p.m. on a Monday in February. It was sunny and nearly 70 degrees in the city — but off to the east, in the Laguna Mountains, there was snow on the ground, sleet was falling and the windchill was in the teens. Published June 25, 2020