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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration, responds to testimony from Department of Homeland Security Acting Executive Associate Director of Enforcement and Removal Operations Nathalie Asher, during a Senate Judiciary Border Security and Immigration Subcommittee hearing about the border, Wednesday May 8, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Dick Durbin to ask Red Cross to monitor U.S. Border Patrol

Sen. Richard Durbin said Thursday he will ask the International Red Cross to intervene at the U.S.-Mexico border to monitor how Homeland Security is treating the illegal immigrants surging into the country. Published May 16, 2019

A man kicks away a tear gas canister launched by an unknown person near the site where supporters are waiting for Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido to speak, in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, April 1, 2019. Officials loyal to Nicolas Maduro have said that Guaido is under investigation for inciting violence against the government and receiving illicit funds. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) **FILE**

U.S. halts flights to Venezuela, citing security concerns

Homeland Security announced Wednesday it was suspending flights between the U.S. and Venezuela, saying the security situation has deteriorated so badly that the safety of passengers and crew cannot be guaranteed. Published May 15, 2019

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin testifies about the budget to a Financial Services and General Government subcommittee, Wednesday May 15, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Mnuchin says Congress will have to sue to get Trump taxes

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday that Congress and the administration have different interpretations of the law regarding Congress's access to tax returns, and he said if Democrats want President Trump's returns they'll have to get the courts to force the release. Published May 15, 2019

In this Thursday, March 14, 2019, photo, a Border Patrol agent talks with a group suspected of having entered the U.S. illegally near McAllen, Texas. While many adults crossing the border on their own in South Texas try to flee agents, most migrant parents and children wait to surrender so they can be processed and released into the United States. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Border agents spend less than 50 percent of time patrolling border

Border Patrol agents now spend less than half their time on duty actually patrolling the border and are instead baby-sitting illegal immigrant children and families, a top official revealed, putting new urgency behind efforts to solve the crisis. Published May 15, 2019

In this May 9, 2019, photo, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press) **FILE**

GOP demands Pelosi take action on pro-Israel bill

Congress's top Republicans are demanding that House Democrats do something dramatic to confront anti-Semitism -- and suggested a good start would be to pass a bill countering the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Published May 15, 2019

In this April 9, 2019 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) **FILE**

Mitch McConnell vows vote on disaster relief bill

The Senate will hold a vote on an emergency spending disaster relief bill next week, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Tuesday, saying he won't send his troops home to affected states for a Memorial Day vacation without giving them a chance to show some progress. Published May 14, 2019

In this June 24, 2018, photo, immigrants from Honduras seeking asylum wait on the Gateway International Bridge, which connects the United States and Mexico, in Matamoros, Mexico. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Senate Democrats offer bill to help migrants at border

Senate Democrats offered their ante Tuesday to try to solve the border crisis, saying the hundreds of thousands of migrants surging north can be solved with nation-building in Central America and more humanitarian assistance to welcome those that do reach the U.S. Published May 14, 2019

In this file photo from February 2015, a couple walk to get their marriage license at the Montgomery County Probate Office in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Montgomery Advertiser, Mickey Welsh) ** FILE **

Feds bust massive marriage immigration fraud

Federal prosecutors have broken up a major marriage fraud ring in Houston that charged nearly 50 Vietnamese migrants up to $70,000 to provide them with fake spouses, phony wedding pictures and fraudulent documents, all for a shot at a U.S. green card. Published May 14, 2019

In this Monday, Jan. 21, 2019, photo, a U.S. flag hangs on a border barrier in El Paso, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

Dems release bill to block Pentagon border wall money

House Democrats unveiled a bill Tuesday that would ban the Pentagon from spending any of its money to build a border wall, effectively dooming President Trump's emergency wall-building declaration from earlier this year. Published May 14, 2019

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein speaks during a farewell ceremony in the Great Hall at the Department of Justice in Washington, Thursday, May 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Rod Rosenstein’s advice to future lawyers

Rod Rosenstein began his post-Justice Department life Monday by talking principles and compromise and quoting Robert Mueller, the man he appointed as special counsel. Published May 13, 2019

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., listens as the panel pushed ahead with their oversight of the Trump administration at a hearing to examine how the Russian government works to undermine its adversaries, especially the U.S., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 28, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Adam Schiff eyes ‘inherent contempt’ to force Trump officials on subpoenas

Democrats appear to be setting another contempt trap for the administration with a subpoena late last week for the IRS to turn over President Trump's tax returns, creating another demand the president's team says it can't legally comply with -- and a new constitutional clash with the House. Published May 12, 2019