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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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In this Sunday, June 17, 2018, file photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, people who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States rest in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas. Immigrant children described hunger, cold and fear in a voluminous court filing about the facilities where they were held in the days after crossing the border. Advocates fanned out across the southwest to interview more than 200 immigrant parents and children about conditions in U.S. holding facilities, detention centers and a youth shelter. The accounts form part of a case over whether the government is complying with a longstanding settlement over the treatment of immigrant youth in custody. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP) **FILE**

Nooses found at ICE detention facility

Migrants being detained at an ICE facility in California regularly hang bed sheet "nooses" in their cells, violating detention rules and risking their own safety, the Homeland Security inspector general said in a report released Tuesday. Published October 2, 2018

In this June 17, 2018, file photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, people who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, sit in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP, File)

Inspector general says DHS misled over family separations

The Trump administration appears to have misled the country when it claimed it had created a "central database" to reunify illegal immigrant children separated from their families during the "zero tolerance" policy earlier this year, Homeland Security's inspector general says in a new report. Published October 2, 2018

President Donald Trump gestures while answering questions from members of the media about Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Dems take cautious approach to Trump trade deal

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer sounded a cautiously positive note Monday about the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal, saying President Trump "deserves praise" for trying to improve upon the old NAFTA. Published October 1, 2018

Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh is likely to be confirmed barring any major new revelations from an FBI investigation. (Associated Press/File)

Brett Kavanaugh witnesses stick to denials as FBI investigates

Key witnesses have renewed their definitive statements that they did not see any of the sexual misconduct that a few women have said they suffered at the hands of Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, bolstering his case as the FBI gets into the heart of its investigation. Published September 30, 2018

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hired more women than men as wildlife biologists for fiscal year 2017. (Associated Press/File)

Fish, Wildlife Service seeks diversity of refuge workers

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service leaders doubled down on an Obama-era program that made hiring of minorities and women a top priority, and managers are raising red flags about the resulting staffing problems at the more than 500 wildlife refuges across the country. Published September 30, 2018

President Donald Trump pauses while speaking during a meeting with Chilean president Sebastian Pinera, in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Sept. 28, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump orders FBI to probe Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh

President Trump ordered the FBI on Friday to reopen the background check into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, giving investigators time to to make sense of sexual assault allegations that have been lodged. Published September 28, 2018