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Stephen Dinan

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

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FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2017 photo, former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a campaign rally, in Fairhope Ala. Alabama voters pick between Republican Roy Moore and Democrat Doug Jones on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Gwen S. Moore demands teen pages be warned about Roy Moore

A Democratic congresswoman asked the Senate's administrative operations to have a plan in place to prevent GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore from targeting any of the teenagers in the chamber's page program, should he win election. Published December 11, 2017

People hold up a banner during an event to protest President Donald Trump's decision to revoke the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, in Las Vegas. President Donald Trump on Tuesday began dismantling the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program, the government program protecting hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Homeland Security officials say they botched 900 DACA applications

The Trump administration erroneously rejected about 900 applications sent in by Dreamers to renew their status under the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals deportation amnesty, Homeland Security officials told The Washington Times. Published December 3, 2017

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello went to Capitol Hill to ask for $94 billion to pay for the territory's recovery from Hurricane Maria. Doling out Christmas bonuses to government employees, however, could put that aid in jeopardy. (Associated Press/File)

Puerto Rico gives Christmas bonuses after asking for hurricane recovery funds

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello Nevares last month asked federal taxpayers to shell out $94 billion to pay for the territory's recovery from Hurricane Maria -- then turned around and paid out about $100 million in Christmas bonuses to government employees on the island. Published December 3, 2017

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, speaks to the media after attending a closed meeting with testimony by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House panel approves bill to crack down on Obama-era ‘unmasking’

The House intelligence committee approved a bill Friday to crack down on political "unmasking," with Republicans saying the Obama administration abused foreign intelligence to embarrass private citizens and insisting the practice had to stop. Published December 1, 2017

Former IRS executive Lois G. Lerner. (Associated Press/File)

Lois Lerner cites years-old threats to keep her IRS activities secret

The threats that former IRS senior executive Lois G. Lerner says are serious enough to keep her court depositions forever secret date back to 2014, and she hasn't shown any new threats, according to new court documents filed late Thursday. Published December 1, 2017

"If the Senate Democrats choose to filibuster [a short-term spending bill], then they will have chosen to shut down the government down," said House Speaker Paul D. Ryan. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Democrats want immigration fix in spending bill

Bumping up against another shutdown deadline, Congress will have to pass a short-term spending bill next week and push big decisions into next year, lawmakers said Thursday — though Democrats said they may still force a shutdown fight over new rights for illegal immigrants. Published November 30, 2017

"When jurisdictions choose to return criminal aliens to the streets rather than turning them over to federal immigration authorities, they put the public's safety at risk," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said. "San Francisco's decision to protect criminal aliens led to the preventable and heartbreaking death of Kate Steinle." (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Jeff Sessions: Rethink for sanctuary cities after Kate Steinle verdict

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said that blame for Kate Steinle's death lay at the feet of San Francisco, and he urged sanctuary cities across the country to rethink their policies in the wake of Thursday's verdict in the trial of her illegal immigrant killer. Published November 30, 2017

FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. The president lashed out at Republican leaders in Congress, suggesting efforts to increase the country's borrowing limit to avoid an economic-rattling default on the nation's debt are "a mess!" (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Govt. to breach debt limit again by April

The federal government will run out of borrowing space in late March or early April next year, the Congressional Budget Office said Thursday. Published November 30, 2017

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., speaks during a meeting with President Donald Trump in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, along with Republican congressional leaders. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Paul Ryan says Dems blew DACA negotiations by skipping Trump meeting

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Thursday that Democrats squandered their ability to demand a so-called "DACA fix" as part of the year-end spending bill when their leaders refused to show up for a meeting with President Trump this week to conduct negotiations. Published November 30, 2017

In this file photo from Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., right, and other top House Democrats, speak at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pelosi said Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, that Conyers should resign, saying the accusations are "very credible." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Nancy Pelosi tells John Conyers to resign

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi turned against Rep. John Conyers Jr. on Thursday and told him to quit Congress immediately, as sexual harassment allegations continued to build against the chamber's longest-serving member. Published November 30, 2017