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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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In this Aug. 2, 2020, file photo, a Department of Homeland Security officer emerges from the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse after demonstrators lit a fire in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Appeals court backs feds in Portland protest fight

A federal appeals court late Thursday halted a lower judge's ruling that the Justice Department said had tied the hands of law enforcement trying to quell riots in Portland, Oregon. Published August 28, 2020

A video of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaking during the Republican National Convention plays from the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

House Democrats move to hold Pompeo in contempt

House Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel said Friday he's starting contempt of Congress proceedings against Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for refusing to work with his committee's investigations of President Trump and his team. Published August 28, 2020

In this July 8, 2019, file photo, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer looks on during an operation in Escondido, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File) **FILE**

Tony H. Pham, new ICE director: History as refugee lends credibility to job

Tony H. Pham, whose family fled Saigon in 1975 and rebuilt their lives in Virginia, winning American citizenship a decade later, told The Washington Times in an exclusive interview that it was "humbling" to be named this week as the senior official performing the duties of director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Published August 26, 2020

Portland protests return downtown as police use tear gas early Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. Officers used tear gas to break up the crowd of several hundred people who gathered near the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse, the neighboring Multnomah County Justice Center and a nearby police precinct station. (Sean Meagher/The Oregonian via AP)

Portland protesters sue Trump over DHS deployment to quell riots

Portland protesters filed a lawsuit against President Trump and the Homeland Security Department on Wednesday, saying the deployment of additional federal officers to quell attacks on the federal courthouse was illegal and unconstitutional. Published August 26, 2020

This undated family photo provided by Auska Mitchell shows Lezmond Mitchell, who is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., for the 2001 killing of Alyce Slim and her granddaughter. The Navajo government is pushing to spare his life on the basis cultural beliefs and sovereignty. Mitchell was the first Native American sentenced to death since the resumption of the federal death penalty in 1994 and the only Native American awaiting his punishment. (Courtesy Auska Mitchell via AP)

Lezmond Mitchell, Navajo murderer, executed

The federal government carried out its fourth execution this year on Wednesday, putting to death Lezmond Mitchell, who murdered a 63-year-old grandmother and her 9-year-old granddaughter in 2001. Published August 26, 2020

Kajla, a 5-year-old Vizsla, works as an explosives detection dog screening passengers at a Hawaii airport. (Image: TSA)

Kajla wins TSA’s ‘Cutest Canine’

Kajla, a 5-year-old Vizsla who works as an explosives detection dog screening passengers at a Hawaii airport, has been named TSA's cutest canine for 2020. Published August 26, 2020

In this June 26, 2020, file photo, U.S. District Judge Laurie Michelson administers the Oath of Citizenship to Ismael Gonzalez during a drive-thru naturalization service in a parking structure at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services headquarters on Detroit's east side. The ceremony is a way to continue working as the federal courthouse is shut down due to the novel coronavirus. The U.S. has resumed swearing in new citizens but the oath ceremonies aren't the same because of COVID-19 and a budget crisis at the citizenship agency threatens to stall them again. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

DHS’ citizenship agency cuts services to avert furlough

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said Tuesday that it will avert a massive furlough of its workforce -- but the price will be severe cuts to services, including delaying naturalizations. Published August 25, 2020

n this Friday, June 17, 2011, file photo, space shuttle Atlantis is mounted on Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) ** FILE **

NASA-funded scientist charged with also working for China

A NASA-funded scientist has been charged with fraud and conspiracy, federal prosecutors announced Monday, saying he was working as a Chinese researcher at the same time he was taking U.S. government money. Published August 24, 2020