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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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A bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers, from left, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, finish a news conference where they were united in their insistence on reforms to the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 to protect Americans' rights, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House defies Donald Trump, votes to renew top foreign intel program

Brushing aside confusing tweets from President Trump, the House voted Thursday to renew the government's most important intelligence collection tool after adding some new protections for Americans whose communications get picked up in the dragnet. Published January 11, 2018

President Donald Trump arrives for a news conference with Norway Prime Minister Erna Solberg in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump undercuts intelligence community ahead of critical vote

President Trump undercut his own administration's push to renew government snooping Thursday when he said the Obama administration used those intelligence collection powers to monitor his own communications during the campaign. Published January 11, 2018

White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney walks up a flight of stairs as he arrives for a meeting with House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. Ryan is hosting a meeting with Mulvaney, Legislative Director Marc Short and Republican and Democratic leaders of Congress. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Judge reaffirms Mick Mulvaney as acting Consumer Protection Bureau head

President Trump had the power to name his own acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a judge ruled Wednesday, delivering a legal victory to the administration in its battle to control one of the government's most powerful independent agencies. Published January 10, 2018

Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, left, speaks to a rally of people in opposition to Ohio's voter roll purges, outside of the Supreme Court, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Supreme Court debates deletion of names off Ohio’s voter rolls

Supreme Court justices battled Wednesday over how to interpret the confusion surrounding a 1993 motor-voter law and what steps states need to take before ousting someone from their voter lists, as a national debate rages over how far states can go to clean up their rolls. Published January 10, 2018

"Dreamers," people brought to the U.S. illegally as children, and other supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, listen as lawmakers speak at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House GOP offers get-tough approach to DACA debate

Key House Republicans announced a new DACA-fix bill Wednesday that offers some of the strictest enforcement provisions on the table, saying any new legal status for Dreamers must be coupled with a crackdown on sanctuary cities and new workforce checks to stop businesses from hiring illegal immigrants. Published January 10, 2018

A supporter of President Donald Trump challenges police officers and a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program during a rally outside the office of California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon) ** FILE **

White House, Dems say judge’s shock ruling won’t derail DACA talks

A federal judge's shock ruling ordering President Trump to reinstate the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty shook the immigration debate Wednesday, erasing the Jan. 19 deadline Democrats had insisted on for action -- though all sides said they still want to get a deal done soon. Published January 10, 2018

Loyola Marymount University student and dreamer Maria Carolina Gomez joins a rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program, outside the Edward Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles. Six immigrants brought to the United States as children who became teachers, graduate students and a lawyer are suing the Trump administration over its decision to end DACA, which is shielding them from deportation. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Judge blocks Trump’s decision to end DACA dreamer program

A federal judge in California blocked President Trump's planned phaseout of the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty in a ruling late Tuesday that could upend the negotiations on Capitol Hill over "Dreamers" future. Published January 9, 2018

President Donald Trump speaks with Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., during a meeting with lawmakers on immigration policy, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump, lawmakers closer to immigration deal after televised meeting

President Trump and congressional negotiators agreed Tuesday to narrow the outlines of the immigration deal they're working on to four issues: protection of "Dreamers," enhanced border security, limiting family-based chain migration and curtailing the visa lottery. Published January 9, 2018

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with lawmakers on immigration policy in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump endorses return to earmarks

President Trump urged Congress on Tuesday to consider returning to the practice of earmarks, saying pork-barrel spending might be the only way to get Republicans and Democrats to cooperate in Washington. Published January 9, 2018

CASA de Maryland, an immigration advocacy and assistance organization, holds a rally in Lafayette Park, across from the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, in reaction to the announcement regarding Temporary Protective Status for people from El Salvador. The Trump administration is ending special protections for Salvadoran immigrants, forcing nearly 200,000 to leave the U.S. by September 2019 or face deportation. El Salvador is the fourth country whose citizens have lost Temporary Protected Status under President Donald Trump, and they have been, by far, the largest beneficiaries of the program, which provides humanitarian relief for foreigners whose countries are hit with natural disasters or other strife. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Illegal immigration up again in December

Illegal immigration at the southwest border ticked up again in December, according to the latest numbers released Tuesday that showed an increasing flow of people showing up at the ports of entry demanding to be admitted. Published January 9, 2018

Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, that he plans to run for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Republican Jeff Flake. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Joe Arpaio to run for Senate in Arizona

Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced Tuesday he will run for Arizona's Senate seat as an unabashedly pro-Trump candidate, inflaming what was already one of the hottest races in the country. Published January 9, 2018

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speaks in his office just after final approval of the Republican rewrite of the tax code, during an interview with The Associated Press at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Paul Ryan confirms GOP talking about earmark revival

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan confirmed Tuesday that his troops are beginning a conversation about restoring the practice of earmark spending -- though he said they were just conversations at this point. Published January 9, 2018

President Donald Trump, accompanied by Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, speaks during a meeting with Republican senators on immigration in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington on Jan. 4, 2018. (Associated Press) **FILE**

DHS announces end to special status for 200,000 Salvadorans

The Trump administration will end a special protected status for about 200,000 would-be illegal immigrants from El Salvador who have been living here since 2001 -- though they'll have an 18-month grace period to get their affairs in order, officials announced Monday. Published January 8, 2018

Rep. John Culberson, Texas Republican, said, "The time is right" to consider a return to earmarks. He is pushing for a test run so Congress can prove it can be responsible. (Associated Press/File)

House Republicans reconsider earmarks

House Republicans are about to take the first steps to revive earmarks, with officials planning to hold hearings early this year to look at how they might ease back into the practice, The Washington Times has learned, as a growing number of lawmakers think they have surrendered too much power by forgoing them. Published January 7, 2018