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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, for the third day of his confirmation to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings feature wild accusations

Over three days of hearings, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh has been accused of being an accomplice to criminal theft, of being complicit in sexual harassment and of using code words to suggest allegiance to racists. Published September 6, 2018

In this Monday, July 23, 2018, file photo, Immigrant seeking asylum Ildra Medreano wears an ankle monitor at a Catholic Charities facility not long after she was reunited with her son in San Antonio. Federal authorities' shift away from separating immigrant families crossing into the U.S. illegally now means that many parents and children are quickly released from custody only to be fitted with electronic monitoring devices, a practice that has spiked in recent years but which both the government and advocacy groups oppose for different reasons. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Deportations up 9 percent in 2018; still below Obama peak years

Immigration arrests and deportations are rising under the Trump administration, according to the latest statistics released Thursday -- though they're still far shy of the levels during the peak years of President Obama. Published September 6, 2018

Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen speaks to George Washington University's Center for Cyber and Homeland Security, in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. Nielsen lays out her vision for the sprawling department, as midterm elections loom amid persistent threats of hacking and the immigration debate continues to rage. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

DHS proposes new rules for treatment of illegal immigrant children

The Trump administration moved Thursday to regain control of immigration detention decisions, proposing rules that would allow them to hold parents and children together in facilities until they're either deported or win their cases. Published September 6, 2018

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, for the second day of his confirmation hearing to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Brett Kavanaugh declines to recuse himself from Trump cases

Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh said Wednesday that he respected Supreme Court precedents on abortion and insisted he has an open mind on whether a sitting president can be indicted. But he refused to recuse himself from any cases involving President Trump. Published September 5, 2018

President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, for the second day of his confirmation to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Kavanaugh defends ruling against illegal immigrant teen seeking abortion

Judge Brett Kavanaugh defended his decision to slow an illegal immigrant juvenile's quest to get an abortion, telling senators Wednesday that he was following precedent in ruling the government didn't have to immediately grant her an "abortion on demand." Published September 5, 2018

Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen speaks to George Washington University's Center for Cyber and Homeland Security, in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. Nielsen lays out her vision for the sprawling department, as midterm elections loom amid persistent threats of hacking and the immigration debate continues to rage. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Kirstjen Nielsen, DHS secretary: ‘Our digital lives are in danger like never before’

Terrorists remain committed to attacking airplanes, "cartel superpowers" are growing in reach and capabilities and hostile nations are increasingly eager to test American leadership, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Wednesday, evaluating how the threat environment has changed in the years since the 2001 attacks. Published September 5, 2018

President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, takes notes as the Senate Judiciary Committee members make opening statements during his confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Kavanaugh must recuse from all Trump cases, legal scholars say

President Trump has so badly poisoned the confirmation process for his Supreme Court nominee that the entire proceedings must be shelved, superstar Harvard University law professor Laurence H. Tribe said Tuesday, tossing a new objection onto the pile. Published September 4, 2018

In this Dec. 30, 2012, file photo, then-Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., walks between the Senate chamber and the office of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Jon Kyl to replace John McCain as senator

Former Sen. Jon Kyl will return to the chamber to take the seat of the late Sen. John McCain, giving the GOP timely reinforcements ahead of critical votes on a Supreme Court nominee. Published September 4, 2018

Non-citizens who sign up to vote appear to do so at motor vehicle bureaus. Of the 18 accused voters for which The Washington Times was able to find state records, all of them registered at North Carolina DMVs. (Associated Press)

Illegal immigrants use Motor Voter to get on rolls, can’t be removed

Elvis David Fullerton has voted in 16 elections in North Carolina dating back nearly two decades. The only problem, authorities say, is he's not a citizen and never should have been on the voter rolls, much less allowed to step into a polling booth to cast a ballot. Published September 3, 2018

Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh debated campaign finance law with colleagues while serving in the White House. (Associated Press/File)

Brett Kavanaugh has Democrats in ‘nuclear option’ regret

With attempts to attack Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh's record failing, Democrats over the weekend mounted a last-ditch bid to derail his confirmation to the Supreme Court by claiming that the vetting process is so bad that it demands a do-over. Published September 2, 2018

FILE - In this July 19, 2018, file photo, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh glances at reporters during a meeting with Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., on Capitol Hill in Washington. Kavanaugh has been a conservative team player, and the Supreme Court nominee has stepped up to make a play at key moments in politics, government and the law dating to the Bill Clinton era. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Kavanaugh: Campaign finance limits likely unconstitutional

As a White House lawyer Brett Kavanaugh was skeptical of Congress's ability to impose major restrictions on fundraising in American politics, according to newly released emails that show him debating other White House lawyers over the constitutionality of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance bill. Published September 1, 2018

President Barack Obama meets with a group of "Dreamers" in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Feb. 4, 2015. (Associated Press **FILE**

Obama-era DACA program likely illegal: Judge

Immigrant-rights groups are urging "Dreamers" to quickly renew their protections under the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty after a federal court put the program on thin ice late last week. Published August 31, 2018

In this Aug. 7, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, officiates at the swearing-in of Judge Britt Grant to take a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at the U.S. District Courthouse in Washington. Kavanaugh has expressed concern about federal agencies running amok. But his view that they should adhere strictly to laws passed by Congress worries liberals. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rochelle Garza, lawyer for illegal immigrant abortions, to testify against Brett Kavanaugh

The lawyer who battled for illegal immigrant teens seeking access abortions in the U.S. will be one of Democrats' witnesses against Judge Brett Kavanaugh in next week's confirmation hearings. Rochelle Garza served as guardian for several illegal immigrants in Texas who clashed with the Trump administration over their pregnancies, battling all the way to the circuit court of appeals in Washington, where they won their case -- over the objections of Judge Kavanaugh. Published August 30, 2018