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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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People carry takeout food in New York's Times Square, Wednesday night, April 29, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. President Donald Trump said Wednesday the federal government will not be extending its coronavirus social distancing guidelines once they expire Thursday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Think tank urges more deliberate approach to coronavirus reopening

The U.S. needs to triple its testing capacity, put more time between each phase of reopening, and get used to the idea of smartphone apps that track who has contacted whom, a Washington think tank says after studying coronavirus reopening efforts around the world. Published April 30, 2020

A woman votes in the presidential primary election at the Summit View Church of the Nazarene Tuesday, March 10, 2020, in Kansas City, Mo. The polling place served two precincts as voters who were scheduled to vote at a nearby senior living facility were directed to vote at the church after the facility backed out due to coronavirus concerns. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) ** FILE **

Court rules Kansas can’t demand citizenship proof of new voters

A federal appeals court shot down a Kansas policy that required voters who registered under the federal Motor-Voter law to prove they were citizens before being allowed to vote, saying Wednesday that it shut tens of thousands of voters out of the process. Published April 29, 2020

U.S. servicemen prepare to fire AT4 light anti-armour weapon during joint military exercises at the Vaziani military base outside Tbilisi, Georgia, Saturday, May 14, 2016. About 1,300 U.S., British and Georgian troops started this week conducting joint exercises aimed at training the former Soviet republic's military for participation in the NATO Response Force. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

Pentagon to backfill money diverted to build border wall

The Trump administration notified Congress this week that it will try to refill the money it took from Pentagon accounts to use to build the border wall by cutting European defense assistance. Published April 28, 2020

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks with reporters after the Senate approved a nearly $500 billion coronavirus aid bill, Tuesday, April 21, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Chuck Schumer blasts Trump’s ‘phony immigration ban’

Democrats blasted President Trump's attempt to pause some immigration during the coronavirus crisis, saying Tuesday that the battle against COVID-19 is actually an opportunity to welcome migrants and show more leniency toward undocumented immigrants in particular. Published April 28, 2020

In this April 21, 2020, file photo Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. arrives at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shelved a proposal for proxy voting this week after Republicans objected. In the Senate, McConnell rejected a GOP remote vote proposal. He expects Congress to return May 4, as planned. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Senate to return to business next week

Congress will return to business in Washington next week, leaders in both chambers announced Monday, joining states across the country in trying to get back to work -- even if that work looks decidedly different. Published April 27, 2020

In this undated photo provided by the office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, personal protective equipment is seen on a table in a Brentwood, N.Y., warehouse. Federal prosecutors say New York retailer Amardeep Singh has been charged with hoarding disposable masks, surgical gowns and hand sanitizer in the Long Island warehouse and selling the items at huge markups in violation of the Defense Production Act of 1950. (A Bagnuola/US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York via AP)

Feds charge New Yorker with coronavirus price gouging

Federal prosecutors charged a New York man with price gouging on Friday, saying he hoarded tens of thousands of masks, hundreds of thousands of disposable gloves and even some full-body isolation suits -- and sought to sell them for significantly more than he paid to "uniquely vulnerable populations." Published April 24, 2020

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence arrive to speak about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 22, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

GDP to drop 12%, debt soars to modern record amid coronavirus: CBO

The coronavirus will devastate the economy in ways unprecedented in modern times, slicing $1.5 trillion off the country's gross domestic product this quarter and sending the unemployment rate soaring to 14%, the Congressional Budget Office said Friday. Published April 24, 2020

President Trump's new 60-day immigration pause, which he says is intended to help laid off U.S. workers competing for jobs, includes a number of exceptions limiting its scope. (Associated Press)

Trump’s immigration pause exempts wealthy Chinese investors

President Trump's new 60-day immigration pause will not apply to wealthy investors willing to pay up hundreds of thousands of dollars for the so-called "Golden Visa" -- a particular favorite pathway for wealthy Chinese to gain a foothold in the U.S. Published April 23, 2020

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 22, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump signs immigration pause proclamation

President Trump signed a proclamation Wednesday pausing some immigration into the U.S., saying it will give out-of-work Americans a better shot at getting jobs in a coronavirus-stricken economy. Published April 22, 2020