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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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In this Nov. 9, 2018, file photo Laurence Marzo, left, and Ty Ford, right, move a conveyor belt into place to help unload a truck carrying merchandise at a Walmart Supercenter in Houston. On Friday, Dec. 7, the U.S. government issued the November jobs report. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Jobs picture steady at 3.7 percent unemployment

The economy added 155,000 jobs in November, the government announced Friday, continuing a solid trend of growth and leaving the unemployment rate steady at 3.7 percent. Published December 7, 2018

President Donald Trump asks if reporters can hear the audio as he talks with troops via teleconference from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Donald Trump companies ignoring E-Verify, hiring illegal immigrants

Just five of the 565 companies in President Trump's business empire are signed up to use E-Verify, the government's best tool to weed illegal immigrants out of the workforce, according to a Washington Times analysis that suggests the president could personally be doing more on that front. Published December 6, 2018

Migrants are escorted by a U.S. Border Patrol agent as they are detained after climbing over the border wall from Playas de Tijuana, Mexico, to San Ysidro, Calif., Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. Thousands of Central American migrants who traveled with recent caravans want to seek asylum in the U.S. but face a decision between crossing illegally or waiting months, because the U.S. government only processes a limited number of those cases a day at the San Ysidro border crossing. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Illegal immigrant families shatter records in November

Illegal immigration ticked up in November, but the number of those people traveling as families shattered records, Homeland Security reported Thursday, saying it's proof that migrants have figured out how to game the flawed U.S. immigration system. Published December 6, 2018

In this July 19, 2018, file photo, Kathleen Kraninger, President Donald Trump's nominee to be the director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, testifies before a Senate Banking Committee hearing on her confirmation on Capitol Hill in Washington. Ms. Kraninger won final Senate approval on Dec. 6, 2018, by a 50-49 vote. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) **FILE**

Senate approves Trump’s chief for key consumer watchdog agency

Sen. Elizabeth Warren has watched in horror as her brainchild, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has been taken over by President Trump. On Thursday, she suffered her latest setback as the Senate confirmed Kathy Kraninger, Mr. Trump's first pick for a director, to the position for the next five years. Published December 6, 2018

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives at a news conference to discuss her priorities when Democrats assume the majority in the 116th Congress in January, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nancy Pelosi rejects ‘Dreamers’ for wall money deal

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday flatly rejected the idea of approving funding for President Trump's border wall in exchange for protections for illegal immigrant "Dreamers." Published December 6, 2018

Former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush, left, follow the casket of former President George H.W. Bush as it is carried out following a State Funeral at the National Cathedral in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Memorial for George H.W. Bush a ‘celebration for a great man’

President George H.W. Bush was eulogized Wednesday as the man who ushered out the Cold War and set the stage for a more complicated 21st century, along the way leaving a legacy of decency that seems almost anachronistic in modern politics. Published December 5, 2018

This Dec. 21, 2016, photo shows the Trump International Hotel at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, in Washington. The attorneys general of the District of Columbia and Maryland plan to file subpoenas seeking records from the Trump Organization, the IRS and other entities in their lawsuit accusing Donald Trump of profiting off the presidency. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

D.C., Maryland subpoena Trump Organization tax returns

Maryland and the District of Columbia announced subpoenas Tuesday to be served on President Trump's business empire and five federal departments or agencies, as they seek to build their case that the president is violating the Constitution. Published December 4, 2018

Michael Avenatti speaks to the media outside the Los Angeles Police Department Pacific Division after posting bail for a felony domestic violence charge. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker) **FILE**

Michael Avenatti says he won’t run for president

Trump nemesis Michael Avenatti announced Tuesday that he will not seek Democrats' nomination to challenge President Trump in 2020, saying he feared the damage to his family. Published December 4, 2018

The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush lies in state in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)

George H.W. Bush lies in state at U.S. Capitol

Americans began to get a chance to pay their respects in person Monday to former President George H.W. Bush, whose body was brought to the U.S. Capitol to lie in state, joining just 31 other heroes so honored. Published December 3, 2018

FILE - In this May 11, 2008 file photo, former President George H.W. Bush arrives on the South Lawn of White House in Washington. Bush died at the age of 94 on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, about eight months after the death of his wife, Barbara Bush. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)

George H.W. Bush a trailblazer

George H.W. Bush was one of the best-prepared men in history to hold the presidency and forged a reputation as a master of the world stage while in office -- but he was also a trailblazing pioneer afterward, as an ex-president who showed life after the White House could be fun. Published December 2, 2018

A U.S. Border Patrol detains Honduran migrants after they walked onto U.S territory from Tijuana, Mexico, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. Thousands of migrants who traveled via a caravan members want to seek asylum in the U.S. but may have to wait months because the U.S. government only processes about 100 of those cases a day at the San Ysidro border crossing in San Diego. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

Illegal immigrants assault Border Patrol agents

Illegal immigrants assaulted two more Border Patrol agents in separate incidents in California Thursday, according to court documents filed Friday that add to the rash of violence associated with the current surge of Central American migrants. Published November 30, 2018

Members of the U.S. military install concertina wire along the banks of the Rio Grande near the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge at the U.S.-Mexico border, Friday, Nov. 16, 2018, in Laredo, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

DHS asks troops to remain at border through January

With the caravans still camped out on the Mexican side of the border, Homeland Security asked the Defense Department on Friday to keep the latest deployment of troops at the border through the end of January. Published November 30, 2018