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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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President Barack Obama gestures as he answers questions during his news conference at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Lima, Peru, on Nov. 20, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama’s IRS ‘misled’ Obamacare customers: Audit

The Obama administration "misled" Americans into thinking signing up for Obamacare would be cheaper than it really was, according to an inspector general's report Thursday that said the IRS dramatically understated the actual cost of enrolling. Published August 3, 2017

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer Kevin Corsaro speaks with an unidentified motorist entering the United States from Canada at the border in Buffalo, N.Y., on June 6, 2006. (Associated Press) **FILE**

DHS says Canadian border safe; drug trafficking is biggest threat

America's northern border with Canada remains safe, with illegal immigration barely a blip and the biggest terrorism danger being homegrown radical Canadians attempting to enter the U.S. legally, the Homeland Security Department said Thursday. Published August 3, 2017

Under a proposed agreement, sheriffs would be acting on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which would pay to have detainees kept until federal officers can get them. (Associated Press/File)

Illegal immigrants cost taxpayers nearly $750 billion over lifetime: Report

Deporting the country's estimated 11 million illegal immigrants would cost nearly $125 billion, but allowing them to remain in the U.S. could cost taxpayers far more, according to a new report being released Thursday by a think tank that wants to see stricter immigration limits. Published August 3, 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. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Donald Trump kept at arm’s length on border wall decisions

President Trump gets updates on his proposed border wall but his suggestions won't affect the design and he's being kept in the dark about the prototypes being contemplated, per federal contracting rules, a Homeland Security spokesman said Wednesday. Published August 2, 2017

Former Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly, who started work this week as President Trump's chief of staff, signed waivers for three dozen laws, saying Congress has given his department exemptions when a critical border security mission is at stake. (Associated Press/File)

John Kelly waived laws for Donald Trump’s border wall

The administration said Tuesday that it will have to waive federal law protecting bald and golden eagles as well as dozens of other iconic environmental and American Indian protection statutes in order to begin building President Trump's border wall in San Diego this year. Published August 1, 2017

In this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, foreign nationals are arrested during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles. Advocacy groups said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are rounding up people in large numbers around the country, with roundups in Southern California being especially heavy-handed, as part of stepped-up enforcement under President Donald Trump. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP)

Immigrants are 22 percent of federal prison population

A stunning 22 percent of the federal prison population is immigrants who have either already been deemed to be in the country illegally or who the government is looking to put in deportation proceedings, the administration said Tuesday. Published August 1, 2017

In this May 1, 2008, file photo, U.S. District Judge Judge Royce C. Lamberth is seen during a ceremony at the federal courthouse in Washington. Judge Lamberth on Monday, Aug. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Judge mocks opponents of Trump voter commission

A federal judge Tuesday shot down the latest attempt to derail President Trump's voter integrity commission, saying there wasn't enough evidence that Americans' rights are being violated by the request for voters' information. Published August 1, 2017

In this Oct. 21, 2014 file photo, people opposed to child sex trafficking rally outside of the Washington state Supreme Court in Olympia, Wash. The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015, in favor of three young girls who sued Backpage.com, claiming they were sold as prostitutes on the site. Thursday's ruling says the Communications Decency Act does not protect Backpage from state lawsuits because there's enough evidence to show that it didn't just host the ads, but helped develop the content. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte/ File)

Senators introduce bill to combat online sex trafficking ads

Senators introduce legislation Tuesday that would allow sex trafficking victims to sue websites they blame for helping their traffickers, and would free federal, state and local law enforcement to go after them more freely. Published August 1, 2017

Some conservatives say the public would support President Trump if he revokes the special $12,000 Obamacare subsidy that members of Congress receive each year courtesy of taxpayers. (Associated Press/File)

Conservatives urge Donald Trump to revoke Obamacare subsidy for Congress

Top conservatives challenged President Trump on Monday to revoke the special $12,000 Obamacare subsidy members of Congress receive each year courtesy of taxpayers, saying the best way to force lawmakers back to the bargaining table is to force them to fully obey the struggling law. Published July 31, 2017

This Thursday June 15, 2017, photo provided by No More Deaths/No Más Muertes, an organization that provides care for migrants along the Mexican border, shows Border Patrol agents detaining an unidentified person in the Arizona desert. Border Patrol agents descended on the medical camp set up in the Arizona desert near the border to provide refuge and water for migrants in the scorching summer heat, arresting four men who were receiving aid after spending several days in the desert. (No More Deaths/No Más Muertes via AP)

Trump immigration agent hiring surge called unjustified by IG report

An inspector general put a major dent Monday in President Trump's call for 5,000 new Border Patrol agents and 10,000 new deportation officers, releasing a report saying the administration can't begin to justify that exceptional level of hiring. Published July 31, 2017

John F. Kelly, President Trump's new chief of staff, is a no-drama, politically incorrect retired Marine general who has a habit of speaking his mind — and getting things done. (Associated Press/File)

John Kelly joins White House to control chaos

John F. Kelly was just 12 weeks into his tenure as head of Homeland Security, and the carping from Capitol Hill had already swirled out of control. Berated by lawmakers who said President Trump's travel ban was racist and his deportation agents were out of control, he fired back. Published July 30, 2017