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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

National debt tops $20 trillion for first time

The federal government racked up $318 billion in new debt Friday, putting it over the $20 trillion mark for the first time in U.S. history, according to new Treasury Department numbers. Published September 11, 2017

President Donald Trump (left) meets with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (foreground), New York Democrat, and other Congressional leaders in the Oval Office of the White House on Sept. 6, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Donald Trump’s deal with Democrats upsets Republicans

President Trump's breathtaking deal struck with Democratic leaders to fund the government through early December, increase government borrowing and speed relief money to the victims of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma has upended the narrative in Washington. Published September 10, 2017

Former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano created the DACA program in 2012. Now, she's filed a lawsuit to keep the program as the University of California's president. FILE — In this May 18, 2017 file photo University of California President Janet Napolitano listens during a meeting of the Board of Regents in San Francisco. The University of California has sued the Trump administration over its decision to end a program protecting hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation. The lawsuit filed on Friday, Sept. 8 in federal court in San Francisco includes university President Napolitano as a plaintiff. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File) (Associated Press)

Janet Napolitano sues Trump administration over DACA decision

The woman who created the 2012 deportation amnesty for Dreamers filed a lawsuit Friday protesting the Trump administration's move to phase out the program, saying the decision was done on President Trump's executive "whim." Published September 10, 2017

FILE - In this May 18, 2017 file photo University of California President Janet Napolitano listens during a meeting of the Board of Regents in San Francisco. The University of California has sued the Trump administration over its decision to end a program protecting hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation. The lawsuit filed on Friday, Sept. 8 in federal court in San Francisco includes university president Napolitano as a plaintiff. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Janet Napolitano sues DHS to preserve her DACA amnesty

The woman who created the 2012 deportation amnesty for Dreamers filed a lawsuit Friday protesting the Trump administration's move to phase out the program, saying the decision was done on President Trump's executive "whim." Published September 8, 2017

A family looks towards metal bars marking the U.S. border where it meets the Pacific Ocean in Tijuana, Mexico, on March 2, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

DHS picks four more border wall designs

Homeland Security awarded four contracts Thursday to build prototypes of a non-concrete border wall on the U.S.-Mexico boundary, rounding out the finalists for President Trump's signature campaign promise. Published September 7, 2017

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. accompanied by members of the House and Senate Democrats, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. House and Senate Democrats gather to call for Congressional Republicans to stand up to President Trump's decision to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative by bringing the DREAM Act for a vote on the House and Senate Floor. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Nancy Pelosi sees racist motives behind DACA phaseout

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Thursday Attorney General Jeff Sessions' statement announcing the phaseout of DACA was part of a racist alt-right push for "purification of America." Published September 7, 2017

President Donald Trump pauses during a meeting with, from left, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and other Congressional leaders in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017, in Washington. Trump overruled congressional Republicans and his own treasury secretary Wednesday and cut a deal with Democrats to fund the government and raise the federal borrowing limit for three months, all part of an agreement to speed money to Harvey relief. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Pelosi, Schumer gained ‘leverage’ in Trump debt deal

Democrats heaped praise on President Trump Thursday for agreeing to their offer of a short-term debt limit, saying they see it as the start of the deal-making chief executive Mr. Trump had promised during the campaign. Published September 7, 2017

President Donald Trump, accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence, center right, and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, center left, speaks during the first meeting of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump voter commission using personal email accounts

Members of President Trump's voter integrity commission have been using personal email accounts to conduct the panel's business, violating a federal law, according to a group that has sued to demand more transparency from the commission. Published September 6, 2017

Workers help move debris from a home damaged by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

House clears billions in emergency aid for Harvey victims

Republicans and Democrats linked arms in the House Wednesday to approve a first installment of emergency aid for Hurricane Harvey victims, cutting through partisan sniping and moving with alacrity. Published September 6, 2017