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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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A note on a locked door at the New Hampshire Employee Security center, which handles unemployment claims, gives directions to those in need in Manchester, N.H., Thursday, April 16, 2020. Due to the virus outbreak, a note on the office door requested that all claims be handled remotely either on the phone or online. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Unemployment to hit 14% in preliminary CBO estimate

The unemployment rate will shoot to 14% this quarter, the Congressional Budget Office said Thursday in its first preliminary estimates of the coronavirus crisis, and will still be 10% through the end of 2021. Published April 16, 2020

In this Wednesday, March 18, 2020, file photo, Visitors to the Department of Labor are turned away at the door by personnel due to closures over coronavirus concerns in New York. Americans are seeking unemployment benefits at unprecedented levels due to the coronavirus, but many are finding more frustration than relief. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

$600-a-week unemployment benefit boost changes job-search calculus

The federal government is doling out billions of dollars in unemployment benefits to try to entice people out of work to stay home and not go looking for jobs, but getting them back into the labor force when the time is right could be tough. Published April 15, 2020

President Donald Trump speaks during the 2019 White House Business Session with Our Nation's Governors in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump has the pulpit; governors wield the power

Americans have been getting a serious civics lesson over the past month as they turn to Washington for answers to the coronavirus crisis -- only to find out their state governors have far more control over what goes on in their daily lives. Published April 14, 2020

President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Friday, April 10, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Federal deficit to hit record $3.8 trillion: Watchdog

The federal government will run a deficit of at least $3.8 trillion this year, likely quadrupling in just one year, a watchdog calculated Monday, as Uncle Sam opens up the checkbook to try to ease the burden of the coronavirus pandemic. Published April 13, 2020

In this March 10, 2020, file photo, voters drop off ballots in the Washington state primary in Seattle. President Donald Trump and Democrats are bickering over how to provide voters with safe and secure access to a ballot as coronavirus rages in the U.S. and the pandemic could extend into the fall, affecting the general election. (AP Photo/John Froschauer) ** FILE **

Millions of mail-in ballots went missing in 2018: Report

More than a million mail-in ballots were sent to the wrong addresses by elections officials in 2018, according to a new analysis Monday that challenged state and local officials' rush to embrace mail-in voting amid the coronavirus crisis. Published April 13, 2020

In this March 15, 2020, file photo, people wait in line to enter a gun store in Culver City, Calif. A federal judge is refusing to block Los Angeles officials from shutting down gun stores as nonessential businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, April 6, 2020, the ruling the second time was that federal judges in California have declined to intervene in shutdown orders even as similar orders are being challenged nationwide. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

Feds OK drive-through gun sales amid coronavirus crisis

Licensed gun stores can do drive-thru sales of firearms or sell them out of their parking lots, the Trump administration said Friday in new guidance designed to facilitate purchases without forcing buyers to enter confined establishments during the coronavirus pandemic. Published April 10, 2020

In this June 22, 2016, file photo, Border Patrol agent Eduardo Olmos walks near the secondary fence separating Tijuana, Mexico, background, and San Diego in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

DHS slashes border crossings amid coronavirus, credits Trump with reducing threat

President Trump's get-tough immigration policies last year left the U.S. better ready to face the COVID-19 pandemic, the country's border chief said Thursday, saying they derailed hundreds of thousands of migrants from entering the country illegally this year, any of whom could have been an entry point for the virus. Published April 9, 2020

In this Jan. 15, 2019, file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee committee member Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, asks questions during a Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Charles Grassley scolds Donald Trump over Michael Atkinson ouster

The senior Republican in the Senate led a bipartisan group Wednesday scolding President Trump for his ouster of the intelligence community's inspector general, calling it a worrying attack on a key watchdog, and perhaps even a violation of the law. Published April 8, 2020

illegal immigrants continue to be the backbone of farm work — essential workers shielded from shelter-in-place orders so they can keep food flowing to grocery stores. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Immigrants in coronavirus pandemic essential to economy

Coronavirus is the ultimate proving ground for illegal immigrants, they believe -- a chance to show they are as American as anyone else, sharing the same experiences and just as, if not more, integral to the economy. Published April 8, 2020