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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

Articles by Stephen Dinan

The federal civilian workforce is 2.28 million strong. Some 228,000 of those are never required to show up. Another 1.1 million have jobs that are eligible to do remote work, and nearly all of them take advantage of it. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) **FILE**

Telework employees claimed extra pay, ducked drug tests

Transportation Department employees were bilking the government for extra pay by claiming to work in high-cost cities but actually teleworking from cheaper locations, according to a new federal investigation released Wednesday. Published February 12, 2025

The logo for the Justice Department is seen before a news conference at the Department of Justice, Aug. 23, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Venezuelan migrants forced illegal immigrants into prostitution

An illegal immigrant mother and her son ran a sex trafficking operation out of Tennessee, recruiting poor young Venezuelan women, paying to smuggle them into the U.S., and then forcing them into prostitution once here, federal prosecutors said. Published February 12, 2025

The logo of of Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, formerly known as Unification Church, is seen on the wall of the the building housing its headquarters in Tokyo, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. Japan’s government is convening a meeting of religious affairs council Thursday to ask experts to decide whether to seek a court order to revoke legal status from the Unification Church, whose devious fundraising tactics and cozy ties with the governing party have triggered public outrage. (Kyodo News via AP)

Unification Church dispute over funds gets day in court in D.C.

An appeals court in the District grappled Tuesday with a thorny case involving control of $3 billion in assets of the Unification Church and whether judges are violating the First Amendment if they try to settle the dispute over how the money was used. Published February 11, 2025

In this Dec. 3, 2014, photo cars wait to enter the United States from Tijuana, Mexico through the San Ysidro port of entry in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

Border officer charged with drug dealing, migrant smuggling

An officer with Customs and Border Protection has been arrested and faces drug dealing and migrant smuggling charges after prosecutors say he repeatedly waved smuggling vehicles into the U.S. through his job at a port of entry. Published February 11, 2025

Then-House Budget Committee ranking member Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 15, 2021. He is now the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

House rushes to extend statute of limitations for pandemic fraud

A top House Republican announced new legislation Tuesday to double the statute of limitations on pandemic unemployment fraud to 10 years and urged fellow lawmakers to move fast, saying they have to act by March 27 or else lose the chance. Published February 11, 2025

People protest outside the federal courthouse in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene Puskar)

Judges’ rulings block Trump’s ambitious agenda

President Trump emerged victorious in a D.C. courtroom when a judge shot down an attempt by the ACLU to restart a Biden-era "parole" program for unauthorized migrants. That was a lonely win in otherwise legal disasters for Mr. Trump as federal judges leap to block his aggressive agenda. Published February 9, 2025