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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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Supporters cheer as an Iranian citizen with a valid U.S. visa arrives at Los Angeles International Airport Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017. An Iranian man turned away from Los Angeles International Airport under President Donald Trump's executive order barring people from seven Muslim-majority nations has arrived back in the U.S. under a federal judge's order. A federal judge on Sunday ordered U.S. authorities bring him back. He was among hundreds detained or turned away from airports after the ban was implemented. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

DHS asks allies to do more screening on travelers to U.S.

The Trump administration on Friday tweaked the rules on more than three dozen countries whose citizens don't have to obtain a visa to visit the U.S., demanding they do more to screen people within their own borders before they can travel to America. Published December 15, 2017

In this June 22, 2016, file photo, Border Patrol agent Eduardo Olmos walks near the secondary fence separating Tijuana, Mexico, background, and San Diego in San Diego. U.S. President Donald Trump will direct the Homeland Security Department to start building a wall at the Mexican border. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, file)

Illegal immigration on border surges back to Obama levels

Illegal immigration across the Southwest border has surged back to Obama-era levels, according to the latest data released last week that suggests the gains President Trump made early in his tenure have worn off. Published December 15, 2017

Nikki Haley, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, unveiled recently declassified evidence Thursday that Iran is violating international law by funneling missiles to Houthi rebels in Yemen. (Associated Press)

U.S. accuses Iran of being terrorist ‘arsonist’

The Trump administration offered what it called "concrete evidence" Thursday of Iranian complicity in terrorist attacks, including a missile said to have been sent from the Islamic republic to rebels in Yemen, then used in last month's attack on the main civilian airport in Saudi Arabia. Published December 14, 2017

In this photo taken Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, some recently deported migrants eat breakfast at the dining room run by the nonprofit Kino Border Initiative in Nogales Mexico. The federal government on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, issued its most complete statistical snapshot of immigration enforcement under President Donald Trump, saying Border Patrol arrests plunged to a 45-year low while arrests by deportation officers soared. (AP Photo/Anita Snow)

Audit finds DHS maltreating immigrants held in detention

Some Homeland Security employees and contractors subject illegal immigrants awaiting deportation to verbal abuse and disrespect, including interrupting Muslim prayer times and making them wait days for medical care, the department's inspector general said in a report Thursday. Published December 14, 2017

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speak to reporters just before House and Senate tax bill conferees meet to work on the sweeping overhaul of the nation's tax laws, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. Democrats are objecting to the bill and are asking that a final vote be delayed until Senator-elect Doug Jones of Alabama is seated. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats to reject year-end spending deal as shutdown risk rises

Democrats said Thursday they'll reject a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open through January, raising the risks of a shutdown at the end of next week as the two parties battle over whether the Pentagon or domestic spending takes priority. Published December 14, 2017

In a speech at the White House on Wednesday, President Trump invited families to say what extra money would mean to them under the Republican tax-cut plan. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump: Tax cuts could show up in paychecks by February

President Trump and congressional Republicans reached a deal Wednesday on a $1.4 trillion tax cut and said that if they can get it signed into law by Christmas, Americans will begin to see more money in their paychecks by February. Published December 13, 2017

Democrat Doug Jones smiles as he arrives to speak Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, in Birmingham, Ala. In a stunning victory aided by scandal, Jones won Alabama's special Senate election, beating back history, an embattled Republican opponent and President Donald Trump, who urgently endorsed GOP rebel Roy Moore despite a litany of sexual misconduct allegations. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Dems tell GOP to shelve tax bill after Alabama election loss

Senate Democrats demanded Wednesday that Republicans shelve their plans to vote on a tax-cut bill next week, saying the chamber must wait until after the new year when Sen.-elect Doug Jones will be seated. Published December 13, 2017

In this Dec. 6, 2017 photo, Rep. Luis Gutierrez D-Ill., third from left, along with other demonstrators protest outside of the U.S. Capitol in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and Temporary Protected Status (TPS), programs, during an rally on Capitol Hill in Washington. House and Senate Democrats stand divided over whether to fight now or later about the fate of some 800,000 young immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally as children. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Dreamers stage Capitol Hill sit-in to demand legalization

Illegal immigrant "Dreamers" staged a sit-in at congressional offices Tuesday demanding lawmakers give them full permanent legal status before the end of the year, complicating leaders' efforts to avoid a government shutdown. Published December 12, 2017

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (left), Majority Whip Steve Scalise (center) and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy hope to iron out differences with the Senate this week and hold a vote on the final compromise legislation next week for major tax reform. (Associated Press)

Paul Ryan says DACA won’t be part of House spending bill

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan on Tuesday rejected efforts to shoehorn a major immigration fight into year-end talks over avoiding a government shutdown, saying illegal immigrant "Dreamers" should be tackled in separate legislation. Published December 12, 2017

Former IRS senior executive Lois G. Lerner told a federal court last week that there's "no legitimate" reason why the public should see her testimony about her role in tea party targeting, pleading with a judge to keep her deposition permanently sealed. (Associated Press).

Lois Lerner: ‘Exceedingly low’ public interest in her IRS testimony

Former IRS senior executive Lois G. Lerner told a federal court last week that there's "no legitimate" reason why the public should see her testimony about her role in tea party targeting, pleading with a judge to keep her deposition permanently sealed. Published December 11, 2017