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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. reacts to being rebuked by the Senate leadership and accused of impugning a fellow senator, Attorney General-designate, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington Warren was barred from saying anything more on the Senate floor about Sessions after she quoted from an old letter from Martin Luther King Jr.'s widow about Sessions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Dems rally behind Elizabeth Warren after GOP voted to cut her mic

Liberal groups rallied around Sen. Elizabeth Warren, vowing to redouble their resistance to Republicans, while her colleagues took up her cause, repeatedly reading on the floor the same words that got Ms. Warren into trouble in the first place -- words taken from a 1986 statement by Coretta Scott King, widow of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. Published February 8, 2017

In this image from Senate Television, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks on the floor of the U.S. Senate in Washington, Feb. 6, 2017, about the nomination of Betsy DeVos to be Education Secretary. The Senate will be in session around the clock this week as Republicans aim to confirm more of President Donald Trump's Cabinet picks over Democratic opposition. (Senate TV via AP)

Elizabeth Warren punished for attacks on Jeff Sessions

Fed up with what they said were out-of-bounds Democratic attacks on President Trump's attorney general nominee, Republicans struck back Tuesday night, moving to punish Sen. Elizabeth Warren for inappropriate behavior on the floor of the Senate. Published February 7, 2017

FILE – In this Nov. 19, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump, left, and Betsy DeVos, right, pose for photographs at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster's clubhouse in Bedminster, N.J. Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich wrote a Jan. 24, 2017, letter urging confirmation of DeVos, Trump's education secretary nominee, without mentioning the significant unpaid fine owed to Ohio by a now-defunct political action committee she controlled. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Betsy DeVos wins confirmation as education secretary

Flexing their slim majority, Republicans powered President Trump's education secretary nominee through the Senate on Tuesday, with Vice President Mike Pence casting his first vote to break the tie and officially confirm Betsy DeVos. Published February 7, 2017

Microsoft Corp. is one of more than 125 American businesses that have banded together to register their disapproval of President Trump's extreme vetting policy, saying they fear they will lose out on workers. (Associated Press)

Businesses, colleges fight Donald Trump vetting to allow foreigners into U.S.

Public colleges and more than 125 American businesses, including many of the titans of the tech industry, have entered the legal battle over President Trump's extreme vetting executive order, insisting they have inherent rights to hire foreign workers and admit foreign students. Published February 6, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump salutes a Marines honor guard as he disembarks from Marine One upon arrival at the White House in Washington in this Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, file photo. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Donald Trump lawyers say president has power to block foreign visitors

The White House said it is "absolutely not" backing down on President Trump's extreme vetting executive order as Justice Department attorneys asked an appeals court Monday to lift a restraining order that left the policy in limbo and sparked a major test of the new administration's powers. Published February 6, 2017

The IRS leniency rate for employees who have been caught cheating on their taxes could be anywhere from 60 percent to 82 percent. (Associated Press)

IRS employees who cheated on their taxes allowed to keep jobs

More than half of IRS employees found to have intentionally cheated on their taxes last year were allowed to keep their jobs, according to numbers released by the inspector general that suggest the agency is still reluctant to punish its own staffers for breaking tax laws. Published February 5, 2017

Attorney General-designate Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., is surrounded by security as he walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, as the Senate Judiciary Committee prepares to advance his nomination. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jeff Sessions, Steven Mnuchin, Tom Price pass first test votes in Senate

President Trump's picks to lead the Justice, Treasury and Health and Human Services departments -- some of his most controversial nominations -- survived their first test votes on the Senate floor Thursday, putting each of them on track to win full confirmation over the next couple of weeks. Published February 2, 2017