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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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In this Jan. 19, 2016, file photo, handguns are displayed at the Smith & Wesson booth at the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) ** FILE **

Gun sales remain strong in April during coronavirus

Gun sales posted their fifth strong month in a row in April, though they fell from the monthly record set in March, according to analysis of FBI background check numbers released Monday. Published May 4, 2020

A man wearing a mask depicting American flags jogs past the U.S. Capitol Building, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in Washington. The U.S. House of Representatives has canceled plans to return next week, a reversal after announcing it a day earlier. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Chris Smith, other lawmakers target China over coronavirus pandemic

Congress may have been gone for six weeks, but that hasn't stopped the ideas from piling up in Washington -- hundreds of bills from lawmakers with suggestions for how to ease the crisis, stockpile for the future, or to punish China for fueling this one. Published May 3, 2020

in this Aug. 15, 2019, file photo, migrants are detained in a tented, air-conditioned cage at a Border Patrol detention facility in Tornillo, Texas. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio File) **FILE**

Judge orders more soap, clean masks for ICE detainees

A federal judge in Florida ordered ICE to find more soap for detainees at three holding facilities and to give each of them masks, replaced once a week, to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Published May 1, 2020

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