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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 7, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Nancy Pelosi blames GOP for blocking spending ahead of vacation

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi unloaded on Republicans Friday, saying Congress is skipping town without having ponied up money for a host of pressing needs, ranging from combatting the Zika virus to emergency money to treat opioid addiction to shipping money to help with the lead-laced water situation in Flint, Michigan. Published July 15, 2016

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Abortion ‘conscience’ protections approved in House

The House voted Wednesday to expand "conscience" protections shielding hospitals, religious groups and individuals who object to abortion on moral grounds from being forced to fund or take part in the procedure. Published July 13, 2016

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton addresses a gathering on the Boardwalk Wednesday, July 6, 2016, in Atlantic City, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

FBI to turn Hillary Clinton emails over to State Department

The FBI said Tuesday it will turn over to the State Department thousands of work-related secret emails it recovered from Hillary Clinton's email server, which the former secretary failed to turn into the government when she left office. Published July 12, 2016

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U.S. Capitol on lockdown

The U.S. Capitol was put on lockdown Tuesday afternoon, and police were telling people to stay inside the complex as they investigated an incident outside. Published July 12, 2016

President Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Sept. 30, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama admin. sent taxpayer money to campaign to oust Netanyahu

The State Department paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayers grants to an Israeli group that used the money to build a campaign to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in last year's Israeli parliamentary elections, a congressional investigation concluded Tuesday. Published July 12, 2016

Attorney General Loretta Lynch testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 12, 2016, before the House Judiciary Committee. Lynch testified before Congress amid a roiling national debate over police violence and as House Republicans seek a Justice Department perjury investigation of Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Loretta Lynch refuses to explain prosecution decision on Hillary Clinton emails

The Obama administration circled the wagons around Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, with Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch refusing to detail why she didn't pursue criminal charges against the former secretary and the State Department going to bat for her, saying she shouldn't have to testify under oath about her secret email account. Published July 12, 2016

U.S President Barack Obama listens as Spain's acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy speaks during a media availability in Madrid, Spain, at the Palacio de la Moncloa, Sunday, July 10, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

CBO projects return of massive federal deficits

The economy simply cannot grow fast enough to cover the federal government's generous promises to Americans, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, laying out grim options of massive tax increases or withering cuts to spending that loom ahead. Published July 12, 2016

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Hillary Clinton’s email testimony pursued in federal court

Prosecutors decided last week not to charge former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over her secret email server, but a federal court could still force her to testify under oath after a conservative law firm petitioned the judge to force her to talk. Published July 10, 2016

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks in Washington on July 5, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Judicial Watch seeks to put Hillary Clinton under oath

Judicial Watch, the interest group that won the right to force Hillary Clinton's top aides to testify on her secret email system, petitioned a federal judge Friday to force Mrs. Clinton herself to sit for a deposition, saying there are questions only she can answer about how she handled her messages. Published July 8, 2016

Rep. John Culberson, Texas Republican, demanded earlier this year that Attorney General Lorretta E. Lynch take action against sanctuary cities, which the Justice Department has found violate federal laws. (Associated Press)

Sanctuary city policy gets funding yanked by federal government

The Justice Department said Thursday it has warned sanctuary cities to quit shielding illegal immigrants from deportation agents or else lose federal grant money, putting some muscle behind Republicans' push to punish cities and counties that have refused to cooperate. Published July 7, 2016

FBI Director James Comey pauses while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 7, 2016, before the House Oversight Committee to explain his agency's recommendation to not prosecute Hillary Clinton, now the Democratic presidential candidate, over her private email setup during her time as secretary of state. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Comey: FBI didn’t put Clinton under oath

Hillary Clinton was not put under oath and there is no transcript of her interview with the FBI, Director James Comey told Congress on Thursday. Published July 7, 2016