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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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FILE - In this March 30, 2015, file photo, marines of South Korea, right, and the U.S aim their weapons near amphibious assault vehicles during the U.S.-South Korea joint landing military exercises as a part of the annual joint military exercise Foal Eagle between the two countries in Pohang, South Korea. On May 16, 2018, North Korea abruptly cancels a high-level meeting with the South and threatens to cancel the summit with U.S. President Donald Trump too in protest over U.S.-South Korean military exercises. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

U.S.-South Korean military exercises still on: GOP senator

Any final deal President Trump signs with North Korea should come to Congress for ratification as a treaty, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday, adding his powerful voice to the calls for Congress to weigh in. Published June 12, 2018

The Social Security Administration's main campus is seen in Woodlawn, Md., on Jan. 11, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Feds: Social Security employee used dead people to steal $680,000

Federal authorities arrested and charged a Social Security employee Monday with a massive fraud, accusing her of using dead people's identities to apply for hundreds of thousands of dollars in bogus benefits she then pocketed. Published June 12, 2018

"The Senate is saying loudly and in a bipartisan fashion that the president is dead wrong to back off on ZTE," said Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump’s ZTE deal poised for Senate rollback

The Senate appears poised to take the first major step to rein in President Trump's trade policies, after senators struck a deal Monday on a measure that would block his plans for dealing with Chinese telecom firm ZTE. Published June 11, 2018

Polling workers mill about an empty voting location at the University of Cincinnati on Nov. 7, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Supreme Court gives OK to states to clean voting rolls

States have a legal duty to clean up their voter rolls, the Supreme Court said Monday in a decision upholding Ohio's particularly proactive approach to deleting people it suspects have moved out of a district. Published June 11, 2018

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions makes a point during his speech at the Western Conservative Summit, Friday, June 8, 2018, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) **FILE**

Jeff Sessions cracks down on bogus asylum claims

The Trump administration announced a major new crackdown on asylum-seekers Monday, issuing new guidance that saying people trying to claim the special protections must prove they were targeted because of their race, religion, or some other key characteristic. Published June 11, 2018

White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow, left, and National Security Adviser John Bolton look on as President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the G-7 summit, Saturday, June 9, 2018, in La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump: Top economies should drop all tariffs

President Trump proposed a major shakeup of the world's economic order during a summit in Canada this week, suggesting the big economies drop all tariffs and market-distoring subsidies and go to a fully free system of trade. Published June 9, 2018

A diverse group gathers on the steps of the Utah state capitol in Salt Lake City, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, with Comunidades Unidas (Communities United), an organization that says that the Trump administration's plans to end the DACA program is bad for Utah's families and economy. Individuals including "Dreamers" spoke out for Congress to come up with alternative legislation. (Al Hartmann/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP) **FILE**

House GOP struggles for answers on immigration

House Republicans emerged from a critical meeting on immigration Thursday to say they are committed to writing a bill that matches President Trump's four pillars of reform -- but didn't make much headway on settling big issues such as whether illegal immigrants will get full citizenship rights. Published June 7, 2018

Demonstrators rally in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) outside the Capitol, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, in Washington, on the second day of the federal shutdown. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

U.S. Chamber of Commerce demands amnesty for 1 million migrants

The country's largest business lobby pleaded with Congress this week to grant legal status to a million illegal immigrants, saying the job market is so hot that the country couldn't stomach losing them if they are asked to leave. Published June 7, 2018

In this March 2, 2017, file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, where he said he will recuse himself from a federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 White House election. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

30 percent of federal prisoners are immigrants: DOJ/DHS

Immigrants accounted for more than 30 percent of the federal prison population and nearly all of them are confirmed or suspected illegal immigrants, the government said in a new report Tuesday. Published June 7, 2018

FILE – In this April 20, 2017, file photo, Austin Fire Department Capt. Greg Pope, left, and firefighter Coitt Kessler demonstrate flying a DJI Inspire 1 drone at the Austin Fire Department Training Academy in Austin, Texas. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File) **FILE**

Security officials plead for new laws to seize, shoot down drones

Attack drones pose a serious and growing threat to the U.S. and the federal government is not prepared to handle it, Homeland Security and FBI officials told Congress on Wednesday, pleading for new laws that would allow the government to seize or even shoot them down. Published June 6, 2018