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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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Vice President Mike Pence and counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway leave Pence's office off the Senate floor in the Capitol building, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mike Pence: ‘No wall, there’s no deal’

Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday that the administration is willing to negotiate on parts of the shutdown showdown, but he said there will have to be some money for border barriers. Published January 10, 2019

This March 30, 2017, photo shows a portion of the new steel border fence that stretches along the US-Mexico border in Sunland Park, N.M. The Trump administration has proposed spending $18 billion over 10 years to significantly extend the border wall with Mexico. The plan provides one of the most detailed blueprints of how the president hopes to carry out a signature campaign pledge. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) **FILE**

Border agents: Steel fence not impenetrable but still needed

The steel bollard border fence President Trump is now talking about building is not impenetrable, but it is the best design available and will slow down immigrants who are trying to cross the border illegally, border agents say. Published January 10, 2019

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, walk to meet with furloughed federal workers and discuss the impact on families from the partial government shutdown amid President Donald Trump's demands for funding a U.S.-Mexico border wall, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nancy Pelosi calls Donald Trump’s walkout ‘a set-up’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused President Trump Thursday of a set-up in their meeting a day earlier, when the president walked out after she told him she'll never allow him funding for his border wall. Published January 10, 2019

President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he leaves the White House, Thursday Jan. 10, 2019, in Washington, en route for a trip to the border in Texas as the government shutdown continues. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) President Donald Trump leaves the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday Jan. 10, 2019, in Washington, en route for a trip to the border in Texas as the government shutdown continues. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) President Donald Trump walks toward the Marine One helicopter on the South Lawn of the White House, Thursday Jan. 10, 2019, in Washington, en route for a trip to the border in Texas as the government shutdown continues. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) President Donald Trump boards the Marine One helicopter on the South Lawn of the White House, Thursday Jan. 10, 2019, in Washington, en route for a trip to the border in Texas as the government shutdown continues. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump to declare border emergency unless Congress acts

President Trump signaled Thursday that he will likely declare a national emergency to have the military build his border wall unless Congress negotiates a deal to give him the money. Published January 10, 2019

A migrant from Honduras pass a child to her father after he jumped the border fence to get into the U.S. side to San Diego, Calif., from Tijuana, Mexico, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019. Discouraged by the long wait to apply for asylum through official ports of entry, many migrants from recent caravans are choosing to cross the U.S. border wall and hand themselves in to border patrol agents. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

Families set new record for illegal immigration

Illegal immigration across the Southwest border ticked down in December, though the number of migrant families shattered records with nearly 32,000 caught trying to jump the border, officials said Wednesday. Published January 9, 2019

In this Monday, June 4, 2018 photo, reviewed by U.S. military officials, a Coast Guard man stands on a jetty at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) **FILE**

Former top Gitmo officer indicted for obstruction of justice

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced the indictment of the former commanding officer at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, accusing him of covering up the death of a civilian who thought the officer was having an affair with his wife. Published January 9, 2019

Military members have placed razor wire along the U.S.-Mexico border, but the Pentagon says it has legal authority to build border fencing if it is deemed part of a counterdrug operation or part of a national emergency. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump: ‘National emergency’ lets military build border wall

President Trump said Sunday that he is considering declaring border security a national emergency and triggering presidential powers that would allow him to assign the military to build his border wall, and he promised a decision based on how shutdown negotiations go. Published January 6, 2019