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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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In this Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, file photo, Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, arrives for a House Committee on the Judiciary oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Friday, April 6, 2018, Farenthold abruptly resigned, four months after announcing he wouldn’t seek re-election amid sexual harassment allegations. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Texas demands Blake Farenthold pay for election to replace him

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a demand Wednesday that former Rep. Blake Farenthold, a Republican who resigned office after facing allegations of sexual harassment, pay the state to hold the election to replace him. Published April 25, 2018

Poster sized enlargements of passports are on display during an anti-Muslim ban rally as the Supreme Court hears arguments about wether President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from several mostly Muslim countries violates immigration law or the Constitution, Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump’s tweets front and center as Supreme Court hears travel ban

The heart of President Trump's immigration plans went on trial in the Supreme Court Wednesday as the justices fought over whether his travel ban is legal or whether his history of Muslim-disparaging tweets has tainted him so badly that anything he does with respect to Muslims is constitutionally suspect. Published April 25, 2018

Protesters hold up signs during a rally supporting Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, outside of the White House in Washington, on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

DACA restart ordered by federal judge

A federal judge delivered another blow to President Trump's attempt to roll back the Obama-era DACA program, ruling Tuesday that last year's revocation was illegal and the entire program could have to be restarted. Published April 24, 2018

In this April 12, 2018, photo, Secretary of State-designate Mike Pompeo speaks during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on his confirmation on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, Pompeo, faces serious opposition including a rare rebuke expected Monday, April 23, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as all Democrats, and at least one Republican, have said they will oppose him. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Schumer opposing Pompeo over special counsel Russia investigation

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Tuesday that he's going to vote against Mike Pompeo to be secretary of state in part because he wouldn't promise to publicly oppose firing of those leading the special counsel's Russia investigation. Published April 24, 2018

MS-13 member tries to sneak into U.S. as illegal immigrant child

An MS-13 gang member tried to sneak into the U.S. last week by posing as an Unaccompanied Alien Child (UAC), the Border Patrol said Tuesday, hoping to take advantage of lax American laws that give UAC a quick foothold in the U.S. Published April 24, 2018

In this Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, file photo, Madison Gray, a Temple University student, holds up a sign during a protest against President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel to the U.S. by citizens of Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia or Yemen, at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia. More than five decades after Americans poured into the streets to demand civil rights and the end to a deeply unpopular war, thousands are embracing a culture of resistance unlike anything since. (AP Photo/Corey Perrine)

Supreme Court ruling on travel ban case to affect Donald Trump’s agenda

What the Supreme Court does with President Trump's travel ban case, which reaches the justices this week, is likely to determine whether courts across the country give him the usual deference due a president and allow him leeway to pursue his immigration crackdown. Published April 23, 2018

The remnants of the Central American migrant caravan are continuing their journey north through Mexico toward the U.S. border. (Associated Press)

DHS vows caravan will be arrested, prosecuted if it enters U.S.

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Monday promised members of the illegal immigrant caravan making its way to the U.S. border that they could face criminal charges if they jump the border despite all the warnings. Published April 23, 2018

The Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington is photographed early in the morning on May 14, 2013. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Liberian warlord sent to federal prison for bogus asylum claim

A man who was once one of Liberia's most violent warlords during that country's brutal civil war was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday for immigration fraud, after authorities said he lied about his past when he won asylum in the U.S. Published April 20, 2018

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., pauses as he takes questions from reporters following a closed-door strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 17, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Chuck Schumer backs marijuana decriminalization

Sen. Charles E. Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, announced his support Friday for decriminalizing marijuana, and said he'll introduce a bill to strip the drug from being listed as a federally controlled substance. Published April 20, 2018

President Donald Trump listens during a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Trump's private Mar-a-Lago club, Wednesday, April 18, 2018, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Donald Trump loses appeal to punish sanctuary cities

President Trump lost another round in his legal battle over sanctuary cities Thursday as a federal appeals court ruled that he could not force localities to let deportation officers into their prisons and jails to go after illegal immigrants. Published April 19, 2018

Then-Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe listens during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Andrew McCabe criminal referral sent to U.S. Attorney

The Justice Department inspector general has referred former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe's case to federal prosecutors to decide whether to bring a criminal case against him, his attorney said Thursday. Published April 19, 2018

In this Aug. 20, 2013 file photo, Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz. is seen in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Kyrsten Sinema, Dem candidate, leads in Arizona Senate race: Poll

Republicans are going to be playing catch-up as they try to keep Arizona's Senate seat red this year, according to a new poll Thursday that shows Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, the likely Democratic nominee, ahead of all three major GOP rivals. Published April 19, 2018

A vehicle drives into the Otay Mesa detention center in San Diego, Calif. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat, File)

Homeland Security wrong on cost, bed estimates for illegals detention

Homeland Security officials regularly bungle their estimates for detention beds needed to hold immigrants awaiting deportation, getting both the bed-number and the cost wrong in requests to Congress, the Government Accountability Office said in a new report Wednesday. Published April 18, 2018

Then-Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe listens during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Andrew McCabe discipline sought by lawmakers, Transparency Project

A legal watchdog filed a bar grievance against former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe on Wednesday while conservative members of Congress, accusing him of lying under oath, referred him to the Justice Department for criminal charges. Published April 18, 2018