Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
Obama asks Hill for line-item veto he once opposed
When President George W. Bush called for a kind of line-item veto four years ago, the top Senate Democrat said it was like getting a "bad sore throat," and the No. 2 House Democrat called it "a sham." Published May 25, 2010
Obama asks Hill for line-item veto he once opposed
When President George W. Bush called for a kind of line-item veto four years ago, the top Senate Democrat said it was like getting a "bad sore throat," and the No. 2 House Democrat called it "a sham." Published May 24, 2010
Obama seeks modified line-item veto to cut pork
With fear of a Greece-style debt collapse roiling a Congress already balking at new spending, the White House on Monday offered its own solution -- a modified line-item veto. Published May 24, 2010
Obama seeks modified line-item veto
With fear of a Greece-style debt collapse roiling a Congress already balking at new spending, the White House on Monday offered its own solution -- a modified line-item veto. Published May 24, 2010
Scientists defend global warming work
Six months after "climategate" called into question the science underpinning claims of global warming, the National Academy of Sciences said Wednesday the science is sound, human-caused warming is already occurring, and the U.S. must take urgent action. Published May 20, 2010
Scientists defend research on global warming
Six months after "climategate" called into question the science underpinning claims of global warming, the National Academy of Sciences said Wednesday the science is sound, human-caused warming is already occurring, and the U.S. must take urgent action. Published May 19, 2010
Primary voters buck establishment
The Washington order suffered big losses Tuesday, with establishment-backed candidates losing or facing a fight for their political survival in all three marquee Senate primaries on both the Republican and Democratic sides. Published May 19, 2010
Ariz. official dares L.A. to stage boycott
The spat over Arizona's new immigration law expanded Tuesday as a state official dared Los Angeles to follow through on its new boycott by agreeing to give up the 25 percent of electricity the city gets from Arizona sources. Published May 19, 2010
Primary voters buck establishment
The Washington order suffered big losses Tuesday, with establishment-backed candidates losing or facing a fight for their political survival in all three marquee Senate primaries on both the Republican and Democratic sides. Published May 18, 2010
Official dares L.A. to go through with boycott
The spat over Arizona's new immigration law expanded Tuesday as a state official dared Los Angeles to follow through on its new boycott by agreeing to give up the 25 percent of electricity the city gets from Arizona sources. Published May 18, 2010
Arizona dares L.A. to carry out boycott
The spat over Arizona's new immigration expanded Tuesday as a state official dared the city of Los Angeles to follow through on its new boycott by agreeing to give up the 25 percent of electricity that city gets from Arizona sources. Published May 18, 2010
Arizona dares L.A. to carry out boycott
The spat over Arizona's new immigration expanded Tuesday as a state official dared the city of Los Angeles to follow through on its new boycott by agreeing to give up the 25 percent of electricity that city gets from Arizona sources. Published May 18, 2010
Class-action suit filed against Ariz. law
The Obama administration is still weighing its options on Arizona's new immigration law, but the ACLU and a host of immigrant rights groups went ahead Monday with the broadest challenge yet, a class-action lawsuit that could become the main vehicle for the brewing legal battle. Published May 18, 2010
Class action filed against Arizona’s new statute
The Obama administration is still weighing its options on Arizona's new immigration law but the ACLU and a host of immigrant rights groups went ahead Monday with the broadest challenge yet. Published May 18, 2010
Primaries to send message to both parties
All politics may be local, but the results of Tuesday's primaries will answer some of the biggest national questions this year about the deep anger of "tea party" activists on the right, perturbed progressives on the left, and how much they'll shake up the established Washington order. Published May 17, 2010
Primary voters send message about balance of power
All politics may be local, but the results of Tuesday's primaries will answer some of the biggest national questions this year about the deep anger of "tea party" activists on the right, perturbed progressives on the left, and how much they'll shake up the established Washington order. Published May 17, 2010
Holder balks at blaming ‘radical Islam’
The attorney general balked at questions from the House Judiciary Committee about whether "radical Islam" was behind the Times Square bomb attempt, last year's "underpants bomber" or the Fort Hood killings. Published May 14, 2010
Holder balks at blaming ‘radical Islam’
Despite crediting the Pakistani Taliban with fostering the recent failed car bombing in Times Square, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. was reluctant Thursday to say radical Islam was part of the cause of that and other recent attacks. Published May 14, 2010
Holder hasn’t read Arizona law he criticized
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., who has been critical of Arizona's new immigration law, said Thursday he hasn't yet read the law and is going by what he's read in newspapers or seen on television. Published May 13, 2010
Congress seeks potty parity for women
Add equal bathroom access to life, liberty, happiness and the other things the government wants to make sure American citizens enjoy. Published May 13, 2010
