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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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Marianna Trevino-Wright, executive director of the National Butterfly Center, said Friday that construction was continuing on land adjacent to hers. She said the North American Butterfly Association, which runs the sanctuary, will continue to fight in court while the government envisions a concrete wall that would bisect the center. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump wall plan hits National Butterfly Center

The National Butterfly Center sits on the U.S.-Mexico border, at the very crossroads of President Trump's wall-building plans, which means last week brought the best of news and the worst of news. Published February 17, 2019

This March 23, 2018, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident as part of the nation's only test run of the 2020 Census. The Supreme Court will decide whether the 2020 census can include a question about citizenship that could affect the allocation of seats in the House of Representatives and the distribution of billions of dollars in federal money. (AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith) **FILE**

Supreme Court to decide if 2020 census can ask about citizenship

The Supreme Court announced Friday that it will speed action on a case involving the Trump administration's attempt to insert a citizenship question into the 2020 census, after a lower court judge erased the question last month. Published February 15, 2019

President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump predicts ultimate victory in courts on emergency wall declaration

That President Trump will be sued over his emergency declaration to build his border wall is not in doubt. The more pressing questions are whether he'll be able to continue construction while the legal challenges are pending, and whether his emergency powers will trump environmental laws and property rights objections. Published February 15, 2019

In this Dec. 3, 2018, file photo, 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. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Donald Trump’s border emergency: Answers to all your questions

As President Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border, claiming powers to shift money within the federal budget to build new walls, his opponents have warned he's breaking the Constitution, setting a dangerous precedent for future presidents and stealing money from other needy projects. Published February 15, 2019

"The budget deal is a down payment on the wall, provides funding for more immigration judges, and does not include a cap on detention beds for violence illegal immigrant offenders," said Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican. (Associated Press)

Congress passes $333 billion spending bill to avert government shutdown

Many lawmakers weren't sure what was in the massive spending agreement, but fear of another government shutdown greased the skids as Republicans and Democrats linked arms and voted to approve a bill to fund the government for the rest of fiscal year 2019. Published February 14, 2019

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-NJ, speaks during a news conference pertaining his bid for the 2020 presidential race outside of his home, Friday, Feb. 1, 2019, in Newark, N.J. Booker on Friday declared his bid for the presidency with a sweeping call to unite a deeply polarized nation around a "common purpose." (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

2020 Democrats split on spending bill, half vote for shutdown

The new spending deal tied Democrats' potential presidential candidates in knots as they weighed whether to back the agreement to show solidarity with government workers, or oppose it to protest President Trump, the border wall and ICE. Published February 14, 2019

In this March 13, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump reviews border wall prototypes in San Diego. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Donald Trump has up to $21 billion to use for emergency wall building

President Trump has a pool of roughly $21 billion in military construction funds he can use to build the border wall by emergency declaration, congressional aides said Thursday -- though much of that is already destined for other projects that would have to be put on hold. Published February 14, 2019

"I don't see at this point a lot of appetite for cutting spending," said House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth, Kentucky Democrat. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Democrats sell key spending deal to liberal members

Democrats built support Wednesday for the Homeland Security spending deal, looking to tamp down concerns over border wall money and arguing that another partial government shutdown would be the worst outcome. Published February 13, 2019

United We Dream youths and allies snap their fingers to show support to other DACA recipients speaking to the media after a court hearing in lawsuit filed by states challenging DACA program at the United States District Courthouse on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, in Houston. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP) ** FILE **

United We Dream activists denounce ‘racist’ spending deal

A prominent group of "Dreamer" activists on Wednesday blasted the new spending deal on Capitol Hill, saying it gives too much money to the Trump administration for "racist" border security and deportation policies. Published February 13, 2019