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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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Don Blankenship listens to arguments in the West Virginia Supreme Court Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018. The state Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a bid by former coal CEO Blankenship to get his name on the ballot in November’s U.S. Senate race in West Virginia. (Chris Dorst/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP)

W.Va. ousts GOP spoiler Blankenship from Senate race

West Virginia's Supreme Court kicked a potential spoiler candidate off the ballot Wednesday in the state's critical Senate race, ruling that he lost the GOP primary and can't now run under another party's banner. Published August 29, 2018

U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter holds a sign that reads "lock him up!", that was placed on the windshield of his car by a protester, as he leaves an arraignment Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018, in San Diego. Hunter and his wife Margaret pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges they illegally used his campaign account for personal expenses. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Duncan Hunter leads in polls despite indictment

Rep. Duncan Hunter still leads in a new poll in his push for re-election even after he was indicted on charges of misusing campaign funds for personal purposes. Published August 28, 2018

In this photo from Monday, May 6, 2013, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., laughs as he and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, cross paths in the Russell Senate Office Building, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Schumer of New York said in a statement he plans to introduce a resolution to rename that Senate office building after the war hero. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

McConnell calls for study of McCain tributes

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he's putting together a "gang" of senators to recommend tributes to Sen. John McCain, and suggested ideas such as hanging a portrait in the reception room or attaching his name to the offices of the Armed Services Committee. Published August 28, 2018

The FBI's J. Edgar Hoover Headquarters, across the street from the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Trump’s decision to rebuild FBI HQ will cost more money: IG report

Keeping the FBI's headquarters in downtown Washington will actually cost the government more than moving it to a suburban location, an inspector general concluded in a report Monday that also dings the Trump administration for appearing to mislead Congress. Published August 27, 2018

Four Acts: John McCain proved his duty to country time and again. As a Navy lieutenant commander (top inset), he was tortured for years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. He and fellow war veteran John F. Kerry (center inset) lost their presidential bids to draft avoiders. The candidate celebrated a New Hampshire primary win in 2000 with his wife, Cindy. (Associated Press photographs)

John McCain, American hero, leaves unmatched legacy

Many people have disproved F. Scott Fitzgerald's axiom that there are no second acts in American lives. But Sen. John McCain proved there can be third and even fourth acts. Published August 26, 2018

Dozens of people lined Interstate 17 as they waited for the procession with the hearse carrying the late Arizona Sen. John McCain. (Associated Press)

John McCain tributes pour in; senator to lie in state

Sen. John McCain will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol, congressional leaders announced Sunday, and governors ordered flags lowered across the nation as the country mourned the passing of a man all sides said transcended politics. Published August 26, 2018

FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2008, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, and Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., greet each other at the start of a townhall-style presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. Aide says senator, war hero and GOP presidential candidate McCain died Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. He was 81. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

John McCain replacement: Governor must name a Republican

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey will make the appointment that will fill the seat of the late Sen. John McCain -- but only after Mr. McCain is laid to rest next Sunday, according to the governor's office. Published August 25, 2018

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., pauses while speaking to the GOPAC Fall Charter Meeting in Washington. McCain's family said in a statement on Aug. 24, 2018, the Arizona senator has chosen to discontinue medical treatment for brain cancer. The 81-year-old McCain has been away from the Capitol since December. McCain's face bears a scar from skin cancer surgery in 2000. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

John McCain has died of brain cancer, Vietnam War hero and senator was 81

John McCain, veteran of the Vietnam war, more than 35 years in Washington, two presidential campaigns and countless personal and political revivals, died Saturday after a year-long bout with brain cancer, leaving a legislative legacy unmatched by any Republican of his generation. Published August 25, 2018

In this Oct. 20, 2016, photo, voters line up during early voting at Chavis Community Center in Raleigh, N.C. According to an audit released April 21, 2017, North Carolina elections officials found that about 500 ineligible voters cast ballots in the 2016 general election — but not enough to change the outcome of any race. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) **FILE**

Feds charge 19 noncitizens with illegally voting in 2016

The Justice Department announced charges Friday against 19 noncitizens who they say illegally voted in the 2016 election -- putting a major spotlight on one of President Trump's pet issues. Published August 24, 2018

In this July 9, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump speaks as Judge Brett Kavanaugh his Supreme Court nominee, listens in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Trump made his second Supreme Court pick this week. Unless a justice dies, Trump has likely picked his last justice. Trump has speculated that he could appoint a majority of the nine-member court. But it has been three decades since a president has been able to name more than two justices to their life-tenured posts. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Dems officially request delay in Kavanaugh hearing

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee officially requested a delay Friday in the planned confirmation hearing of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, saying there are too many questions to move forward with the Sept. 4 planned start. Published August 24, 2018