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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, speaks at Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor party's Humphrey-Mondale dinner, Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

15 percent of latest Hillary Clinton emails marked classified

More than 15 percent of the latest batch of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails released Saturday contain classified information, with three of the messages being labeled "secret" -- continuing to add to the questions surrounding her email use. Published February 13, 2016

Republican presidential candidate and former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore speaks at the New Hampshire Republican Party summit in Nashua, N.H., on Jan. 23, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

James Gilmore ends presidential bid, shrinks GOP field to six

Former Virginia Gov. James S. Gilmore III ended his presidential bid Friday after a disappointing campaign that saw him fail to get on ballots and collect just 145 votes total between the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire's primary. Published February 12, 2016

Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont and Hillary Clinton take the stage before a Democratic presidential primary debate at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Thursday. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton appeals to blacks, Hispanics in Democratic debate

Hillary Clinton opened Thursday's Democratic debate showdown with Sen. Bernard Sanders by insisting her message can appeal beyond "angry" voters worried about the economy and can reach blacks, Hispanics and women who she said suffer fear and discrimination. Published February 11, 2016

"Deportation means death for some of these people," said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, defending the Democrats' wishes to provide free immigration attorneys for illegals threatened with dismissal out of the U.S. (Associated Press)

Harry Reid, Democrats demand government-funded lawyers for illegal immigrants

Top Senate Democrats announced legislation Thursday to grant government-funded lawyers to tens of thousands of illegal immigrant children and mothers who surged into the U.S. from Central America over the last few years, opening another front in the thorny immigration battle. Published February 11, 2016

Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump gives thumbs up to supporters during a primary night rally, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Donald Trump ends feud with Univision over Mexico comments

Univision and Donald Trump buried the hatchet Thursday and agreed to settle the billionaire businessman and GOP presidential candidate's lawsuit after the Spanish-language network refused to carry his Miss Universe pageant. Published February 11, 2016

In this Feb. 9, 2016, photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton mingles with supporters at her New Hampshire presidential primary campaign rally in Hooksett, N.H. For young women, political revolution is currently trumping the idea of a Madame President. In New Hampshire, women under the age of 45 overwhelmingly backed Bernie Sanders over Clinton, exit polls showed. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Judge orders State Dept. to speed up Hillary Clinton emails

A federal judge has rejected the State Department's request to delay all of former Secretary Hillary Clinton's emails until the eve of the Super Tuesday primaries, issuing an order Thursday that instead makes the administration have to release the documents in four batches between now and the end of the month. Published February 11, 2016

In this June 20, 2014, file photo, immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally stand in line for tickets at the bus station after they were released from a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Democrats call for government-funded lawyers for illegal immigrants

Top Senate Democrats introduced legislation Thursday that would grant government-funded lawyers to illegal immigrants who are part of the surge of Central Americans that have overwhelmed the border and stretched the immigration courts. Published February 11, 2016

A topic big broadcasters still avoid: Hillary Clinton's role in the Benghazi terror attacks. She is seen here testifying before the U.S. Senate in 2013. (AP Photo)

State Dept. vows to speed release of Clinton emails

After a judicial spanking earlier this week, the State Department said it has discovered it has "additional resources" that can speed up release of more than 500 pages of former Secretary Hillary Clinton's emails, and the department can post them Saturday. Published February 11, 2016

Rep. Candice Miller, R-Mich., addresses the Republican Leadership Conference at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, FILE)

Obama ignoring law with Iranian visa waiver bid: House GOP

President Obama's attempt to grant a special visa waiver to Iranians who hold passports from other countries as well plays into the hands of Tehran, experts told Congress on Wednesday, saying the regime relies on exactly those dual-passport holders for its terrorism and weapons plans. Published February 10, 2016

A ballot is posted to the wall as voters wait in line to cast their ballots for the New Hampshire primary at a polling place Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

GOP shatters its turnout record; Democrats lag behind

Republicans set a turnout record Tuesday in New Hampshire's primary, attracting more than a quarter of a million voters to the polls and offering evidence that most of the energy in the presidential race continues to be on the GOP side. Published February 10, 2016

President Obama signed the Fair Pay and Safe Workplace executive order, affecting how contractors do business with the federal government. (Associated Press/File)

Federal workers hit record number, but growth slows under Obama

President Obama will set a record for the size of the basic federal workforce, leaving office with more than 1.4 million people collecting government salaries in the civilian agencies in 2017, according to the budget he delivered to Congress on Tuesday. Published February 9, 2016

In another blow to the Obama administration's regulatory agenda, the U.S. Supreme Court halted the EPA's regulations limiting carbon emissions. (Associated Press)

Obama carbon emissions rule halted by Supreme Court

The Supreme Court halted the EPA's major anti-global warming initiative late Tuesday evening, dealing a major blow to President Obama's hopes of overseeing a green energy transition in his final year in office. Published February 9, 2016

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton campaigns outside a polling place during the first-in-the-nation presidential primary, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Judge to speed up Hillary Clinton emails

A federal judge told the State Department to speed up the final release of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails, saying the voting public has an interest in seeing them as the primaries are underway. Published February 9, 2016

In this March 3, 2015 photo, a person arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement is electronically fingerprinted, at their headquarters, in New York, after a series of early-morning raids. Immigrant and Customs Enforcement say an increasing number of cities and counties across the United States are limiting cooperation with the agency and putting its officers in dangerous situations as they track down foreign-born criminals. Instead, more of its force is out on the streets, eating up resources and conducting investigations because cities like New York and states like California have passed legislation that limits many of the detention requests issued by immigration authorities. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) **FILE**

Eight illegal immigrant families released after New Year’s raids

Federal immigration officials have released eight of the families they targeted for deportation raids earlier this year, advocacy groups said Tuesday as they questioned the Obama administration's new get-tough approach on the surge of illegal immigrants from Central America. Published February 9, 2016

The Virginia House bill, written by Delegate Robert G. Marshall, Prince William Republican, would allow victims of sanctuary city policies to claim compensation from the state's criminal injuries fund. That bill passed on a 68-29 vote, with three Democrats joining Republicans in approving the bill. (Associated Press)

Virginia lawmakers push to hold sanctuary cities liable for illegal immigrants’ crimes

It's unclear whether any Virginia jurisdictions qualify as sanctuary cities, but the state legislature is determined to make sure none of them stray across the line, with Republican senators and delegates pushing to withhold money from those that refuse to cooperate -- and even considering making them have to pay restitution to those harmed by illegal immigrants within their borders. Published February 8, 2016