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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., center, standing with Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., left, and Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., right, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mr. Nunes wants to know if the FBI knew the dossier was funded by the Democratic Party in the summer and fall of 2016, when the bureau opened a Trump-Russia counterintelligence probe. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Bill would reauthorize FISA Section 702 for 4 years

The House intelligence committee announced a bill Wednesday to renew the government's chief foreign intelligence snooping program with some moderate changes, cutting a middle ground between civil liberties advocates who want major changes and surveillance hawks who say it's fine as-is. Published November 29, 2017

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi defended Rep. John Conyers Jr. but on Wednesday put some serious distance between herself and the congressman. (Associated Press/File)

House passes rule requiring anti-harassment training for Congress

The House voted Wednesday to force its members and employees to take anti-harassment training, but all sides said there must be more bloodletting -- including full disclosure of the secret ways lawmakers have used taxpayer money to hush up complaints of bad behavior. Published November 29, 2017

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., looks to Don Willett, center, and James Ho, left, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. Willett and Ho have been nominated to be United States Circuit Judges For The Fifth Circuit. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump’s judge picks spur internal battle within GOP

Conservative activists mounted a full-scale assault Wednesday on Sen. John Kennedy, a Louisiana Republican, after he expressed concerns over some of President Trump's judicial nominees and hinted he might not be able to vote for one of them. Published November 29, 2017

Leandra English, who was elevated to interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by its outgoing director, meets with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., to discuss the fight for control of the U.S. consumer watchdog's fate after President Donald Trump chose White House budget director Mick Mulvaney for the same post, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ron Johnson demands answers on how Leandra English got job at CFPB

A top Republican demanded answers Wednesday on how Leandra English, the woman Democrats are pushing to be acting director of the government's top consumer advocacy agency, managed to "burrow" into her job and outlast the Obama administration. Published November 29, 2017

President Trump, flanked by empty seats for Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer of New York and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California met with congressional leaders at the White House on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi move closer to shutdown showdown

Democratic leaders ignited a new shutdown showdown in Washington on Tuesday after they refused to show for what was supposed to be a bipartisan meeting with President Trump, trying to cut him out of negotiations as Congress faces a long to-do list before year's end. Published November 28, 2017

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi defended Rep. John Conyers Jr. but on Wednesday put some serious distance between herself and the congressman. (Associated Press/File)

Nancy Pelosi now says she believes John Conyers Jr. accuser

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Monday she has spoken with and now believes one of the accusers who've lodged complaints of harassment against Rep. John Conyers Jr., as the country's top female official tried to clean up the mess she'd left a day earlier. Published November 27, 2017

Mick Mulvaney, center, walks to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building after leaving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington, Monday morning, Nov. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Mick Mulvaney Leandra English fight in court over CFPB director

With billions of dollars in penalties, fines and new regulatory costs at stake, it's not surprising that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has become the nexus for the latest constitutional clash of the Trump era. Published November 27, 2017

Budget Director Mick Mulvaney gestures as he speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington on July 20, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Trump’s pick would violate consumer bureau independence: Lawsuit

President Trump's move to put one of his own top lieutenants as the government's top Wall Street cop would violate the independence of the agency, the man's competitor for the job said in legal papers filed early Monday morning. Published November 27, 2017