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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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Senators voted 97-1 to override President Obama's veto, and the House held a similarly lopsided vote. That sparked an over-the-top reaction from the White House, which called it the "single most embarrassing thing" Congress had done in 30 years. (Associated Press)

Saudi 9/11 bill overcomes Obama’s veto, criticism as push for rethink fades

The November election result was painful, but President Obama's worst moment of the year may have come weeks earlier when Congress voted to override his veto of a bill opening the courtroom doors to victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks who wanted to prove that the government of Saudi Arabia was implicated. Published December 27, 2016

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Vladimir Putin asks Donald Trump to help restore Russian-U.S. relations

Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked to "restore the framework of bilateral cooperation" with the U.S. in a letter to President-elect Donald Trump — a note the transition team released Friday, the same day the Kremlin leader called American Democrats sore losers. Published December 25, 2016

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking during his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Dec. 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Putin offers cooperation with Trump in Christmas letter

Russian President Vladimir Putin asked to "restore the framework of bilateral cooperation" with the U.S. in a letter to President-elect Donald Trump earlier this month -- which the transition team released Friday. Published December 23, 2016

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg speaks to members of the media after meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump presses Lockheed, Boeing on plane contracts

President-elect Donald Trump pressured two of the country's biggest aerospace companies to cut costs on their government contracts, winning a commitment from Boeing to lower the price tag on a new Air Force One but finding the going tougher with Lockheed Martin and the F-35 fighter jet. Published December 21, 2016

In this Sept. 27, 2016, photo, Haitians make their way towards the border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico. U.S. officials say about 5,000 Haitians showed up at San Ysidro from October 2015 through late last month, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Sarah Saldana said at a recent congressional hearing that officials told her on a trip to Central America that 40,000 more were on their way. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Border Patrol agents chided for not returning personal items to deportees

More than 40 percent of illegal immigrants who get deported to Mexico say they don't get all of their personal belongings back when they're kicked out of the country, according to a new study that chides agents for failing to take better care of their charges' needs. Published December 21, 2016

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump predicts F-35 fighter-jet cost cuts will succeed

Donald Trump pressured the chief of one of the country's major defense contractors Wednesday to lower the price of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet, saying the massive project has ballooned well beyond what it should cost. Published December 21, 2016

In this Thursday, May 7, 2015 photo, volunteer Sandy Lockhart, standing, serves lunch to John Pearson, right, as Dorothy Christian, left, and her husband, Fredrick, look on at a seniors meal program at the Rush Park Community Center in Citrus Heights, Calif. The program, run by the Meals on Wheels by ACC, provides free meals to senior citizens at the center and brings them meals at their homes. Meals on Wheels is among the programs that have received funds from the state Assembly's own administrative budget for programs that faced cuts in state and other funding. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Seniors deep in college debt defaults

More than 6 million Americans over age 50 still carry student loan debt, and about a third of them are in default, according to a new government study Tuesday that warned the government is even docking the Social Security checks of tens of thousands of senior citizens to make them pay off what they owe. Published December 20, 2016

Huma Abedin, one of Hillary Clinton's top aides from her time in the State Department and again on the campaign trail, had shared the laptop with now-estranged husband Anthony Weiner. (Associated Press)

FBI feared Huma Abedin’s laptop had been hacked, contained secret emails: Search warrant

The FBI believed Huma Abedin's laptop computer did have evidence she and her boss, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, mishandled classified information, according to a search warrant released Tuesday that shows the basis agents had for upending the presidential election with their controversial election-season probe. Published December 20, 2016

FILE - In this July 3, 2015, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, left, and her personal aide Huma Abedin approach a window to buy ice cream at Dairy Twirl in Lebanon, N.H. The State Department has agreed to review 29,000 pages of emails from Abedin from their days at the State Department for possible public release under a new legal agreement with a conservative legal group. But many of the emails from Abedin would not be publicly released until six months after the election. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, file)

Judge orders release of FBI search warrant into Huma Abedin emails

A federal judge on Monday ordered the administration to release the search warrant that the FBI used to probe Huma Abedin's emails in the waning days of the presidential election -- a move that Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton's team is blaming for her loss. Published December 19, 2016

In this Feb. 9, 2016, file photo, National Intelligence Director James Clapper speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

DNI says Russia hack proof will have to wait

The director of national intelligence rejected calls to speed up release of evidence that would show Russia tried to tamper with the U.S. election, saying Friday that they'll finish out their review before making the proof public. Published December 16, 2016