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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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Border Patrol agents look over the primary fence separating Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego on June 22, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Illegal immigration surged 23 percent over last year

Nearly 409,000 illegal immigrants were nabbed at the border in fiscal year 2016 -- up from about 331,000 a year earlier -- and Homeland Security officials say the increased arrests also mean an increase in the number that are sneaking by them. Published October 17, 2016

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IRS ordered to clear tea party backlog within month, years after targeting revealed

A federal judge has ordered the IRS to finally clean up the tea party targeting mess, giving the tax agency less than a month to decide on a handful of applications that are still pending more than three years after officials first admitted they were targeting the conservative groups and subjecting them to intrusive scrutiny. Published October 16, 2016

UNESCO, the U.N. body that designates cultural treasures, ignored Israeli ties to the Temple Mount in favor of Palestinians, who refer to it as the Al-Aqsa Mwosque. (Associated Press)

Israel an ‘occupying power’ in Jerusalem, UNESCO declares

UNESCO, the U.N. body charged with protecting humanity's cultural treasures, approved a draft resolution Thursday calling Israel an "occupying power" in its own capital of Jerusalem, ignoring deep Jewish ties to the Temple Mount and instead accusing Israeli settlers of provoking Muslims through "aggressions." Published October 13, 2016

Mexican officials helping Haitian illegal immigrants reach U.S.

Mexican officials are quietly helping thousands of Haitians make their way to the United States illegally, according to an internal Homeland Security document that details the route taken by the migrants, the thousands of dollars paid to human smugglers along the way and the sometimes complicit role of the neighboring governments of the U.S. Published October 10, 2016

President Barack Obama speaks about Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during a campaign event at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, July 5, 2016. Obama is spending the afternoon campaigning for Clinton. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Clinton team convinced Obama would pick her for VP in 2012

Hillary Clinton's political team was convinced President Obama would pick her to be his vice president for his second term, according to the latest batch of secret emails from Mrs. Clinton's time at the State Department. Published October 7, 2016

Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, holds the Cabinet meeting in Moscow's Kremlin on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016. (Alexei Nikolsky/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. officially blames Putin for election hacks

Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to meddle in the U.S. elections through cyberattacks, the Obama administration said Friday, officially placing blame for the attack that struck the Democratic National Committee and other major political figures. Published October 7, 2016

In this Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, photo, a group of workers at the C.C. Filson Co. manufacturing facility work at their sewing machines, in Seattle. The United States isn’t exactly the economic doormat that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump decries in his campaign rhetoric. America has outperformed other advanced economies and ranks among the world’s most competitive countries. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Sluggish jobs picture dogs Democrats ahead of election

A still-struggling economy thrust itself into the presidential race Friday after the administration announced slower-than-average job growth and the unemployment rate ticked up in September -- and President Obama got much of the blame. Published October 7, 2016

Afghan security forces gather at the site of a suicide attack after clashes with Taliban fighters in front of the Parliament, in Kabul on June 22, 2015. (Associated Press)

U.S. taxpayers foot bill to train AWOL Afghan ‘ghost’ soldiers

Eight Afghans training with the U.S. military in the U.S. went AWOL in September -- part of 45 total that have gone missing since the beginning of 2015, the Pentagon confirmed this week, raising fears that they have disappeared into the shadows as illegal immigrants. Published October 6, 2016