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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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Flanked by family members and supporters, Army veteran Miguel Perez Jr. speaks with reporters after a citizenship hearing with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in Chicago, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. Mr. Perez has taken his naturalizatoin oath and is now a U.S. citizen, according to people close with Mr. Perez. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP) **FILE**

Miguel Perez Jr., deported Army veteran, wins U.S. citizenship

Miguel Perez Jr., an Army veteran deported after conviction of a drug trafficking charge, has won U.S. citizenship, his backers announced Friday, declaring victory after a years-long battle to get his deportation reversed. Published October 4, 2019

This Jan. 31, 2019, file photo shows a display of fentanyl and meth that was seized by Customs and Border Protection officers over the weekend at the Nogales Port of Entry at a press conference in Nogales, Ariz. (Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star via AP) ** FILE **

DHS drug detector devices can’t spot fentanyl at the border: Audit

Homeland Security spent millions of dollars on drug detection devices for use at the border even though the detectors can't reliably spot the type of deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl that is pouring across the border, the department's inspector general said in a report this week. Published October 4, 2019

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019 (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP tells court Pelosi’s ‘impeachment inquiry’ is bogus

Whatever Speaker Nancy Pelosi says, the House is not actually in the midst of an official impeachment inquiry, a key Republican told a federal judge Thursday, undercutting Democrats' demands to get a peek at secret grand jury information they believe will expose President Trump. Published October 3, 2019

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., joined by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019 (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Pelosi: Impeachment won’t derail Democrats’ agenda

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted Wednesday her newfound focus on impeachment won't prevent Democrats from tackling the big issues they promised voters in last year's elections -- but President Trump said there's fat chance of that. Published October 2, 2019

Fairfax County Police Chief Edwin Roessler briefs reporters on reports of a man with a gun entering the McLean office building that is home to USA Today headquarters, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, in McLean, Va. Roessler says it’s not clear yet whether that report is true. He says so far there are no reports of gunshots being fired. (AP Photo/Matthew Barakat) ** FILE **

Fairfax County suspends police officer for ICE cooperation

Fairfax County Police Chief Edwin C. Roessler Jr. said Tuesday he suspended an officer who cooperated with federal deportation officers by turning over an illegal immigrant he encountered during a traffic stop -- a move the chief said violated department policy. Published October 1, 2019

This June 12, 1962, photo shows Cuban revolutionary leader Ernesto "Che" Guevara in Havana, Cuba. (AP Photo/Tony Ortega) ** FILE **

Senators chide NEA for spending taxpayer money on Che Guevara exhibit

Florida's two senators demanded answers Tuesday after revealing the National Endowment for the Arts paid $45,000 for a traveling art exhibition featuring a portrait of socialist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, saying U.S. taxpayers shouldn't subsidize the idolization of a man involved in "mass murder." Published October 1, 2019

Asylum seekers in Tijuana, Mexico, listen to names being called from a waiting list to claim asylum at a border crossing in San Diego Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. The Trump administration played "bait and switch" by instructing migrants to wait in Mexico for an opportunity to apply for asylum before imposing sharp restrictions on eligibility, attorneys said in a court filing Thursday. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)

Appeals court blasts DHS ‘return-to-Mexico’ border policy

A federal appeals court expressed skepticism Tuesday over the Trump administration's policymaking some asylum-seekers wait in Mexico, saying it's troubling the government doesn't even ask the migrants whether they might be in danger if they are forced back across the border. Published October 1, 2019

In this Sept. 11, 2019, photo, narcotics detective Will Pfeiffer shows a stored evidence bag that containing methamphetamine before it is destroyed in Barberton, Ohio. The tentative settlement involving the opioid crisis and the maker of OxyContin could mean that thousands of local governments will one day be paid back for some of the costs of responding to the epidemic. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Obama administration bungled opioid crisis response: IG report

The Obama administration bungled its response to the nation's opioid epidemic, according to a stunning inspector general's report released Tuesday that says the Drug Enforcement Administration allowed painkiller production to soar even as deaths mounted. Published October 1, 2019