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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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In this Jan 28, 2020, photo, demonstrators listen to speakers during a rally outside the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va. President Trump appears to be ignoring a deadline to establish how many refugees will be allowed into the United States in 2021, raising uncertainty about the future of the 40-year-old resettlement program. The 1980 Refugee Act requires presidents to issue their determination before Oct. 1, 2020, the start of the fiscal year. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) **FILE**

Trump’s refugee community veto shot down in court

President Trump's attempt to give local governments a veto over having refugees resettled in their communities was rejected by a federal appeals court Friday, with the judges upholding a lower court that found the policy likely illegal. Published January 8, 2021

Migrants climb on to the back of a freight truck that slowed down to give them an opportunity to jump on in Rio Dulce, Guatemala, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. A new caravan of about 2,000 migrants set out from neighboring Honduras in hopes of reaching the United States. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) **FILE**

DHS warns of new migrant caravan

A mob of migrants chanting "Biden, Biden" tried to rush across a border bridge into Texas late last month, according to local news accounts that said they'd been told a false rumor that they'd be allowed to enter. Published January 8, 2021

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump efforts to flip election gone after Electoral College certification

President Trump is out of time. Congress' certification of an Electoral College win for President-elect Joseph R. Biden early Thursday left the president with nowhere else to turn to challenge the results of November's balloting, even if he had a desire to do so after Wednesday's violence at the Capitol. Published January 7, 2021

In this image from video, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks as the Senate reconvenes to debate the objection to confirm the Electoral College Vote from Arizona, after protesters stormed into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)

Lindsey Graham rejects use of 25th Amendment to remove Trump

Sen. Lindsey Graham said Thursday that he does not support using the 25th Amendment to oust President Trump, but pleaded for the president's top advisers to stay on the job to ensure an orderly transition to President-elect Joseph R. Biden. Published January 7, 2021

This June 24, 2020, file photo shows House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., speaking during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool, File) **FILE**

Jerrold Nadler, Ted Lieu demand Pence invoke 25th Amendment

Demands grew late Wednesday to invoke the 25th Amendment to immediately remove President Trump from office after he cheered supporters who assaulted the U.S. Capitol and chased Congress out of the building. Published January 6, 2021

Police hold off Trump supporters who tried to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory, thousands of people have gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his claims of election fraud. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Donald Trump defiant amid Capitol chaos

President Trump took to Twitter in the early hours of Wednesday to plead with his vice president to help overturn the Electoral College count. Thirteen hours later, after Vice President Mike Pence signaled he wouldn't be part of a usurpation, Mr. Trump tweeted that Mr. Pence "didn't have the courage." Published January 6, 2021

A baby is dressed in a Santa hat at a shopping mall in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell) ** FILE **

Pandemic to spark biggest baby bust since 1970s

The U.S. is on track for a 0.13 drop in the Total Fertility Rate, the biggest one-year decline since the 1970s, according to the latest estimates from the Social Security Administration, an agency that meticulously studies this sort of thing. Published December 31, 2020

In this Jan. 10, 2020, photo, a man passes new border wall sections as they replace the old fencing near Yuma, Arizona. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat) **FILE**

DHS on track for 450 miles of border wall by end of year

Homeland Security has surged new border wall construction along previously unfenced portions of the U.S.-Mexico boundary and is circling in on President Trump's goal of 450 total miles built by the end of this year. Published December 30, 2020