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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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Oliver Funes Machada, 18, is charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing and decapitating of his mother. Authorities say he is in the U.S. illegally, and federal agents want to pick him up for deportation if he is released from jail. (Associated Press)

Dreamers debate has success stories, tales of failure

One is a popular student at a local university, the poster boy -- literally -- for the Golden Door Scholars program. The other stands accused of beheading his mother this week, in a grisly crime that has captured attention around the globe. Published March 9, 2017

House Speaker Paul Ryan vigorously talks up the American Health Care Act at Republican National Committee Headquarters. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Paul Ryan works to save GOP’s Obamacare repeal

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan put reporters through a seminar Thursday, hoping to earn better coverage of the GOP's efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare by explaining the problems with the existing law and describing how Congress is trying to wipe it clean. Published March 9, 2017

In this Nov. 9, 2016, file photo, a Border Patrol vehicle drives by in Tecate, Calif., seen through a hole in the metal barrier that lines the border in Tecate, Mexico. 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 plummets since Donald Trump’s inauguration

Illegal immigration across the southwest border plummeted in the weeks after President Trump took office, Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly said Wednesday, declaring an early victory from Mr. Trump's get-tough policies. Published March 8, 2017

FILE--In this Sept. 28, 2010, file photo, an Orange County Sheriff's deputy keeps a watch over a group of immigration detainees in the medical and dental care area at the Theo Lacy Facility in Orange, Calif. The Department of Homeland Security's Inspector General on Wednesday, Mar. 8, 2017, reported health risks and safety concerns at the Theo Lacy Facility. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file) **FILE**

Illegal immigrant detainees served spoiled food: IG report

Illegal immigrants being detained by Homeland Security at one California facility were being served spoiled lunch meats, were stuck using dirty showers and were faced with broken telephones, according to a new emergency alert Wednesday from the department's inspector general. Published March 8, 2017

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee Headquarters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 8, 2017, as the GOP works on its long-awaited plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP leaders urge troops to heed Trump, back Obamacare replacement

Democrats mounted ferocious resistance Wednesday to the Republican health care plan, erecting roadblocks in committees and attempting to shut down the House floor, saying the party's lawmakers are plowing ahead without knowing what the Obamacare replacement will cost or how many people will lose insurance coverage. Published March 8, 2017

FBI Director James Comey speaks during a ceremony in Chelsea, Mass., Tuesday, March 7, 2017, to mark the opening of new offices of the FBI's Boston division. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

FBI, NSA called to testify on Trump-Russia investigation

The directors of the FBI and National Security Agency, as well as top intelligence officials from the Obama administration, have been invited to testify to Congress in public later this month as all sides seek to get to the bottom of questions over Russia's role in attempting to influence the U.S. election. Published March 7, 2017

President Donald Trump smiles at the end of his addresses to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, as House Speaker Paul Ryan applauds. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool Image via AP)

Federal government to exhaust debt limit this fall

The federal government will run out of borrowing space and bump up against its debt limit some time this fall, the Congressional Budget Office said in a new report Tuesday, starting the clock on what's likely to be a tough fight for Republicans to raise the cap. Published March 7, 2017

President Donald Trump greets visitors touring the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. The president greeted the first wave of tourists to come through the White House since he assumed office, welcoming a small crowd of visitors in the East Wing, waving from behind a velvet rope as the crowd screamed, cheered and took photos. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

GOP senators ask Donald Trump to play enforcer on earmark spending

Republican senators asked Tuesday for President Trump to promise to veto any bills Congress sends over that contain earmark spending, hoping to erect a backstop as other lawmakers on Capitol Hill eye a return to the days of pork-barrel spending. Published March 7, 2017

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly (right) listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting on cyber security in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on Jan. 31, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Illegal immigrant mothers and children sneaking across border face sepration

Homeland Security could begin separating illegal immigrant mothers and children caught sneaking across the border, Secretary John F. Kelly said Monday, floating another get-tough proposal designed to make families from Central America think twice before making the treacherous journey north. Published March 6, 2017

Protestors dressed as a diabolical Uncle Sam, on stilts, and Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto hold hands as they walk along the border fence in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017. A group of about 30 protestors gathered to paint slogans on the border wall and stage a performance mocking the relationship between Pena and President Donald Trump. The partial message in Spanish behind reads: "Neither delinquents nor illegals, we are international workers." (AP Photo/Christian Torres)

White House: Border wall cost could run $25 million per mile

The estimates of President Trump's proposed border wall run anywhere from $8 million to $25 million a mile, White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said in a radio interview Monday -- though he said no decisions have been made on exactly what the wall will look like. Published March 6, 2017

Former U.S. President George W. Bush discusses his new book "Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief's Tribute to America's Warriors," a collection of his artwork featuring paintings of veterans at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., Wednesday, March 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

George W. Bush says he didn’t mean to criticize Trump

Former President George W. Bush said Wednesday that he does not plan to criticize President Trump, and said he didn't intend his comments about the importance of a free press as a barb against his successor. Published March 1, 2017

President Trump still insists on building a wall along the southern border, but he is signaling a potential shift on a signature issue. He said he is open to giving legal status to some people living in the country illegally. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump offering deal to legalize illegals, Democrats balk, in stance swap

The script on the immigration debate flipped once again this week. Now it's a Republican president offering to reach a deal on a grand bargain that includes legalizing illegal immigrants, and it's Democrats who are balking, saying they can't trust the president to be an honest broker. Published March 1, 2017