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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, joined by Majority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., center, and Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., right, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the top Senate border security negotiator, speaks to reporters about the bipartisan compromise worked out last night to avert another government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans secure border wall ‘down payment’ in spending deal

President Trump may not have been happy with it, but congressional Republicans said he actually made out pretty well in the new spending deal emerging on Capitol Hill, with at least a "down payment" on his border wall and expansive powers to detain immigrants caught living illegally in the U.S. interior. Published February 12, 2019

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Federal debt tops $22 trillion

The total federal debt has now topped $22 trillion, the government reported Tuesday, passing yet another ignoble milestone of fiscal travails. Published February 12, 2019

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, waves to supporters as she arrives at a rally organized by Women's March NYC at Foley Square in Lower Manhattan, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) ** FILE **

Senate to vote on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal

The Senate will vote on liberal Democrats' Green New Deal plan, Republican leaders announced Tuesday, looking to force Democrats to take a stand either with or against the liberal activists pushing the plan. Published February 12, 2019

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump not a fan of new wall deal

President Trump said Tuesday he's not pleased with the deal negotiators reached to give him nearly $1.4 billion in border wall money and funding for 42,000 beds to detain illegal immigrants. Published February 12, 2019

A sign that reads "Meeting In Progress" hands on a door of a closed meeting room at the Capitol as bipartisan House and Senate bargainers trying to negotiate a border security compromise in hope of avoiding another government shutdown on Capitol Hill, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Bipartisan spending deal hits first hurdles

The optimism of Monday night's announced deal on a bill to avoid another government shutdown began to fade Tuesday, as one of the lawmakers charged with negotiating an agreement said he's not sure he can sign on. Published February 12, 2019

Acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Deputy Director Matthew Albence said there are as many as 22,000 people in custody who were arrested in the interior of the country. Mr. Albence said gang members, spouse abusers and drug offenders would be among those people released. He said the Democrats' push was a backdoor way to achieve the "abolish ICE" goal. (Associated Press)

Detention-bed total likely to be cut in compromise

Congressional negotiators were closely guarding details of their immigration detention bed compromise Monday, but it appeared to include language that would force ICE to cut the number of illegal immigrants it detains by thousands of people a day. Published February 11, 2019

FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018, file photo, 21 Savage performs at the Voodoo Music Experience in City Park in New Orleans. Authorities in Atlanta say Grammy-nominated rapper 21 Savage is in federal immigration custody. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Bryan Cox says the artist, whose given name is Sha Yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, was arrested in a targeted operation early Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019, in the Atlanta area. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

Zoe Lofgren protests ICE arrest of 21 Savage

A key House Democrat on Monday complained about immigration officers' arrest last week of an Atlanta-area rapper who was in the country illegally. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, chair of the House's immigration subcommittee, said She'yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, who performs under the name 21 Savage, should be released from custody and allowed to pursue a path to citizenship. Published February 11, 2019

This July 26, 2018, file photo shows people lining up to cross into the United States to begin the process of applying for asylum near the San Ysidro port of entry in Tijuana, Mexico. Homeland Security's watchdog says immigration officials were not prepared to manage the consequences of its "zero tolerance" policy at the border this summer that resulted in the separation of nearly 3,000 children from parents. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Migrant families separated by U.S. sue government, demand $3 million each

Six migrant families filed multi-million dollar claims Monday against the Trump administration over last year's family separations, saying they need the money to pay for counseling and other medical care to heal from the "torture" they said they suffered. Published February 11, 2019

In this Feb. 7, 2019 photo, President Donald Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast, in Washington. Trump is trying to turn the debate over a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border back to his political advantage as his signature pledge to American voters threatens to become a model of unfulfilled promises. Trump will hold his first campaign rally since November’s midterm elections in El Paso, Texas, on Monday. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump says Dems to blame if government shuts down this week

President Trump said Monday that Democrats are now in control of whether there will be a government shutdown at the end of the week, saying their last-minute demands to detain fewer illegal immigrants are poisoning negotiations. Published February 11, 2019

In this Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018, file photo, United States Border Patrol agents stand by a vehicle near one of the border walls separating Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Appeals court rules Donald Trump can build border wall

A federal appeals court ruled Monday that the Trump administration has the power to waive environmental laws in order to speed up border wall construction, dealing a major symbolic blow to the president's opponents. Published February 11, 2019

Screen capture from the official campaign website for Dr. Ibraheem Samirah, a Democrat running for the Virginia House of Delegates in a special election to be held on Feb. 19, 2019. (https://samirah4delegate.com/biography/)

Virginia Democrats add anti-Semitism accusation to party’s troubles

Ibraheem Samirah, Democrats' candidate in a special election for a state House seat later this month, apologized Friday for anti-Israel comments from earlier this decade, saying that while he made them, the fact that they are rising now is a "slander campaign." Published February 8, 2019