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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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A U.S. flag is unfurled at sunrise on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, at the Pentagon on the 17th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Michelle Holt scams Defense Department of $1.4 million

A Defense Department employee in Virginia managed to scam the government out of $1.4 million in overtime pay, eluding detection for more than 17 years while claiming to have worked a near-impossible 90 hours a week, 52 weeks a year. Published December 13, 2018

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, right, and his wife Louise Linton, hold up a sheet of new $1 bills, the first currency notes bearing his and U.S. Treasurer Jovita Carranza's signatures, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) in Washington. The Mnuchin-Carranza notes, which are a new series of 2017, 50-subject $1 notes, will be sent to the Federal Reserve to issue into circulation. At left is BEP Director Leonard Olijar. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Federal deficit up 50 percent in new fiscal year

The federal government is already deep in the red just two months into the new fiscal year, with the Treasury Department announcing Thursday that the deficit surged more than 50 percent so far. Published December 13, 2018

In this Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, file photo, Ranking Member Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., speaks during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C. (Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Senate votes to roll back IRS secrecy rules for nonprofit donors

Democrats scored a major symbolic victory Wednesday when they won a Senate vote to overturn new IRS rules meant to shield some nonprofits from having to disclose their donors, in what was the first post-election skirmish over liberals' plans to tighten campaign finance restrictions. Published December 12, 2018

Democrat Julian Castro talks about exploring the possibility of running for president in 2020, at his home in San Antonio, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. The announcement Wednesday gives the 44-year-old Castro a jump-start on what’s likely to be a crowded Democratic primary field that has no clear front-runner. He tells The Associated Press he plans to announce his ultimate decision in early January. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Julian Castro forms 2020 exploratory committee as Dem race kicks off

Julian Castro, a Cabinet secretary during the Obama administration, announced Wednesday he's forming an exploratory committee to pursue a 2020 presidential bid, making him the highest-profile Democratic player to take that leap so far. Published December 12, 2018

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Democratic leaders in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump welcomes government shutdown in border wall fight

President Trump said Tuesday he would be "proud" to shut the government down unless he gets a massive infusion of cash to build his border wall, and suggested if Congress doesn't concede, he would use the military to erect more fencing anyway. Published December 11, 2018

Migrant family members move into a hole to cross under the U.S. border wall, aided by two local guides, in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018. Discouraged by the long wait to apply for asylum through official ports of entry, many Central American migrants from recent caravans are choosing to cross the U.S. border wall illegally and hand themselves in to Border Patrol agents to request asylum. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

More than 3,000 illegals caught in one day: DHS

The government snared more than 3,000 immigrants who illegally attempting to cross into the U.S. in just one day last week, the Trump administration's top border official told Congress on Tuesday, saying the situation qualifies as a full-blown "crisis." Published December 11, 2018

In this Oct. 6, 2018 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., finishes speaking to reporters at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Senate to vote on criminal justice reform this year

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that senators will vote on a slimmed-down criminal justice reform bill before Congress shuts down for the year, delivering what could be a major victory to President Trump. Published December 11, 2018

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, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Migrant caravan mother abandons toddler at border: DHS

The Border Patrol said Monday that a mother linked to the migrant caravans in Mexico abandoned her young child late last month, leaving the 2-year-old girl with an unrelated 17-year-old boy. Published December 10, 2018

A Honduran migrant and her daughter stand on the beach looking toward the U.S. border wall, moments before suddenly squeezing through a gap and pushing through fencing to emerge on U.S. soil, in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018. Discouraged by the long wait to apply for asylum through official ports of entry, many Central American migrants from recent caravans are choosing to cross the U.S. border wall illegally and hand themselves in to Border Patrol agents to request asylum. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Asylum claims soar 67 percent at U.S. border

The number of migrants demanding asylum at the U.S. border soared 67 percent in 2018, Homeland Security officials said Monday, swamping an already overloaded system and fueling a testy debate on Capitol Hill over how the government is responding. Published December 10, 2018

A Honduran migrant and her daughter peer through the U.S. border wall, moments before suddenly squeezing through a gap and pushing through fencing to exit on the U.S. side, in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018. Discouraged by the long wait to apply for asylum through official ports of entry, many Central American migrants from recent caravans are choosing to cross the U.S. border wall illegally and hand themselves in to Border Patrol agents to request asylum. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Most Americans oppose increased immigration

The world is decidedly against immigration, with people in nearly every major economy saying they would rather see reductions than increases in the numbers of migrants their nation admits each year, according to a new global survey released Monday. Published December 10, 2018

President Trump has been talking since just months after his inauguration about needing "a good shutdown" of the government to fix the "mess." (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump: Good time for shutdown

For most presidents, a government shutdown is a noun, an event and a signal of failure — something lawmakers fall into out of malfeasance. For President Trump, it's a verb, a tactic, something to order up if he doesn't get his way. Published December 9, 2018

U.S. border patrol agents standing in San Ysidro, California leave after responding to at least two men on the Mexican side of the U.S. border wall, one with his face covered and another holding rocks, in Tijuana, Mexico, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. The incident diffused soon after and the agents left. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Donald Trump cuts price tag of border wall to $15 billion

President Trump seemed to undercut the price of his own border wall Friday, saying it could be built for as little as $15 billion -- far less than the $25 billion figure his administration has submitted to Congress. Published December 7, 2018

This undated photo provided by Time Warner shows William Barr. President Donald Trump says he will nominate William Barr, former President George H.W. Bush’s attorney general, to serve in the same role. Trump made the announcement while departing the White House for a trip to Missouri Friday. (Time Warner via AP)

William Barr believed Roe was wrongly decided

William Barr, the man President Trump plans to nominate as his the new attorney general, believed the 1973 Roe decision establishing a national right to abortion was wrongly decided and should be overturned, he told senators in a 1991 hearing. Published December 7, 2018