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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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In this photo taken Nov. 30, 2015, President Barack Obama meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Le Bourget, France. President Barack Obama will be meeting with Asian leaders in Washington this week as fears grow that long-smoldering tensions on the Korean Peninsula and in the South China Sea could flare into conflict. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Nuclear security summit offers Obama last chance to push China on human rights

The chairman of the House subcommittee on human rights says President Obama has a final chance to live up to his Nobel Peace Prize by confronting Chinese President Xi Jinping over the treatment of political prisoners, as the two leaders meet Thursday on the sidelines of a nuclear security summit in Washington. Published March 30, 2016

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump walked back his comments on abortion, which did not fall in line with the GOP. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump trips over policy as media presses harder for specifics

Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to impose criminal punishment against women who seek abortions in violation of the law — then recanted just hours later, as the GOP presidential front-runner continues to try to calibrate his stances with his new political party. Published March 30, 2016

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wis., Wednesday, March 30, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Border Patrol union endorses Trump

The Border Patrol agents who would patrol Donald Trump's promised border wall endorsed the GOP presidential frontrunner Wednesday, saying he's shown he's not beholden to special interests and is willing to buck stiff media criticism to do what he thinks is right. Published March 30, 2016

In this Oct. 18, 2011, file photo, then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton checks her Blackberry from a desk inside a C-17 military plane upon her departure from Malta, in the Mediterranean Sea, bound for Tripoli, Libya. (AP Photo/Kevin Lamarque, Pool, File)

Hillary Clinton email stories ‘constantly shifting,’ judge says

Former Secretary Hillary Clinton and her State Department colleagues have given "constantly shifting" stories about her secret email account, a federal judge said Tuesday, finding there's evidence the Obama administration showed "bad faith" in how it followed open-records laws. Published March 29, 2016

The Supreme Court split 4-4 in a case that considered whether public employees represented by a union can be required to pay fees covering collective bargaining costs even if they are not members. The deadlock leaves in place an appeals court ruling that upheld the practice. (Associated Press)

Antonin Scalia’s absence looms over key Supreme Court decisions

A divided Supreme Court Tuesday let stand a lower court's decision that allows unions to collect dues even from nonmembers to assist in collective bargaining, in a case that highlights the absence of the late Justice Antonin Scalia. Published March 29, 2016

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, participates in a CNN town hall in the historic Riverside Theatre, Tuesday, March 29, 2016, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Ted Cruz declines to back Donald Trump as nominee

Sen. Ted Cruz refused to say Tuesday whether he would still back Donald Trump if the GOP presidential front-runner wins their party's nomination, backing away from a firm pledge he made earlier in the campaign. Published March 29, 2016

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen insisted that his agency was secure even after a Government Accountability Office report pointed out holes in the IRS' cybersecurity. (Associated Press)

IRS still vulnerable to hackers: GAO

The IRS's computers remain vulnerable to hackers, the government's top auditor said Monday, saying changes were still needed months after the agency suffered a breach that saw hundreds of thousands of taxpayers' most sensitive information stolen. Published March 28, 2016

Attorney General Loretta Lynch, accompanied by FBI Director James Comey, speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, March 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Iran indictments, sanctions send signal to Obama nuclear deal critics

An Iranian hacker managed to gain control of the computer systems that worked the sluices on a New York dam -- but luckily the gates had been taken offline for maintenance at the time, foiling any possible mischief, federal prosecutors said Thursday, announcing charges against seven Iran-backed operatives for hacking American infrastructure. Published March 24, 2016

The health law will continue to steadily grow in both cost and coverage, working toward President Obama's goal of expanding those with access to insurance — but the government will shell out tens of billions of dollars to pay for it, analysts said in their latest evaluation of the federal budget and the Affordable Care Act, which is driving much of the change. (Associated Press)

Obamacare coverage costs spike as Medicaid expansion proves popular

Obamacare insurance premiums will leap 6 percent a year over the next decade, and companies will drop millions of employees from their health plans as insurers and employers calibrate their offerings for the new marketplace, the Congressional Budget Office said Thursday. Published March 24, 2016