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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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President Barack Obama smiles during his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

Obama misled Congress on debt limit: House report

The government could have continued to pay Social Security and other critical payments in the event it reached its debt limit, but the Obama administration intentionally misled Congress about that to force Republicans to hike the borrowing ceiling, a House panel said Monday, citing internal Treasury Department documents. Published February 1, 2016

U.S. presidential contender Donald Trump poses for the media during the third day of the Women's British Open golf championship on his Turnberry golf course in Turnberry, Scotland, on Aug. 1, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Donald Trump spends $400,000 on ‘Make America Great’ hats

Donald Trump spent more than $400,000 in the last three months to manufacture his iconic "Make America Great Again" hats, and another $450,000 on signature drives to make sure he's met the requirements to get on the ballots in this year's GOP primaries. Published February 1, 2016

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democratic National Committee Chair (Associated Press) **FILE**

Democratic National Committee to sanction more debates

Left with little choice, Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz caved Sunday and agreed to sanction more presidential debates, attempting to play catch-up with the candidates who were already well ahead of them. Published January 31, 2016

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton pauses while speaking at a rally at the Steyer Opera House at Hotel Winneshiek in Decorah, Iowa, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

More than 25 percent of new Clinton emails are classified

More than one in four of the emails the State Department released late Friday from former Secretary Hillary Clinton's cache of messages were deemed classified or secret, marking a massive hike in the scope of potential wrongdoing the Democratic presidential frontrunner engaged in during her time in office. Published January 29, 2016

This final batch of Hillary Clinton's emails is expected to contain some of the most controversial emails — the ones that have required the most extensive review by other agencies. The release will likely include a high number of messages with information now marked classified. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton emails: State Department refuses to investigate delay

The State Department is so tardy on former Secretary Hillary Clinton's emails that it still hasn't sent all of them out for security and privacy reviews by other agencies, the Obama administration admitted late Thursday, just hours before it is supposed to release all of them to the public. Published January 28, 2016

Republican presidential candidates Rand Paul, Chris Christie, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush and John Kasich stand for a group photo before the Republican debate Thursday in Des Moines, Iowa. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump’s absence dominates Republican debate

Donald Trump wasn't on the stage, but he was still the dominant figure in Iowa on Thursday night as the rest of the Republican presidential field debated on Fox News and the billionaire businessman boycotted, instead drawing thousands of people to an event across town raising money for veterans. Published January 28, 2016

"It sounds like everything that could go wrong did go wrong," said Sen. Rob Portman, chairman of the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which conducted a six-month investigation into the government's handling of the tens of thousands of children who've poured across the border in the last few years. (Associated Press)

Obama administration delivered illegal immigrant children to predators, lawmakers say

The Obama administration sent illegal immigrant children into "modern-day slavery" by turning them over to sponsors who forced them into child labor or subjected them to sexual abuse, members of Congress said Thursday as they demanded that top child protection officials explain how it could have happened. Published January 28, 2016

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., joined by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, before Democrats blocked legislation from the GOP-led House on a bill that would crack down on Syrian and Iraqi refugees entering America. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Harry Reid says Donald Trump is his man in GOP race

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday he's "kind of pulling" for Donald Trump to win the GOP's presidential nomination, agreeing with the billionaire businessman that they used to work well together. Published January 27, 2016

President Barack Obama speaks to mayors from around the country, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. They visited the White House as part of the Winter Meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington this week. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obamacare enrollment projections down nearly 40 percent

Obamacare enrollment is lagging far behind what economists had projected, the Congressional Budget Office said in a new report that cuts the total number of customers expected to buy plans on the exchanges from 21 million down to just 13 million this year. Published January 25, 2016

The grim news comes with less than a year left for President Obama to put the Affordable Care Act on firmer footing as he seeks to head off what is likely to be a last effort at repealing the act after November's elections. (Associated Press)

Warning: Feds now foresee $30 trillion debt, blame looming tax hikes and Obamacare

The federal government will be flirting with $30 trillion in debt within a decade, the Congressional Budget Office reported Monday, blaming an aging population, new spending and tax cuts approved on Capitol Hill, and the growing burden from Obamacare for erasing the progress Washington had made over the past few years. Published January 25, 2016

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2015, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Labor Secretary Tom Perez, right, meet members of the audience following a Clinton campaign stop in Sioux City, Iowa. Clinton hasn’t just been wrapping herself in President Barack Obama’s legacy lately. She’s been wrapping herself in his Cabinet. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

State Dept. accused of political tampering in delay of Clinton emails

The reporter whose case has forced the release of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails accused the Obama administration Monday of political tampering by asking to delay making the final set of messages public until after the first four states have already voted in the Democratic presidential primary. Published January 25, 2016