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Stephen Dinan

Stephen Dinan

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

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Police and military patrol Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico, Jan. 6, 2023, the day after the government detained Ovidio Guzman, the son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, which unleashed deadly firefights between the military and suspected members of the Sinaloa drug cartel. With Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán serving a life sentence, his sons steered the family business into fentanyl, establishing a network of labs churning out massive quantities they smuggled into the U.S., prosecutors in the U.S. revealed in an indictment unsealed April 14, 2023, in Manhattan. (AP Photo/Martin Urista) **FILE**

Drug cartels now Mexico’s 5th-largest employer

Some 175,000 people now actively work for Mexico's smuggling cartels, according to a shocking new estimate that would make them the country's fifth-largest private employer. Published December 31, 2024

Government contractors erect a section of the Pentagon-funded border wall along the Colorado River, Sept. 10, 2019, in Yuma, Ariz. Construction of the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border under former President Donald Trump toppled untold numbers of saguaro cactuses in Arizona, put endangered ocelots at risk in Texas and disturbed Native American burial grounds, Congress' official watchdog said Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Trump asks court to stop sell-off of materials needed for wall construction

The battle over the border wall is heating up as the Biden administration sells off materials, seemingly defying the plans of President-elect Donald Trump, who has asked a federal court for an "immediate stop" to the sales to ensure he can restart building the wall next year. Published December 22, 2024

A pair of migrant families from Brazil pass through a gap in the border wall to reach the United States after crossing from Mexico in Yuma, Ariz., June 10, 2021, to seek asylum. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia, File)

7.6 million known illegal immigrants at large in U.S.; number doubled under Biden

Homeland Security is supposed to be tracking more than 7.6 million illegal immigrants who have been caught and released into the country over the years, according to the latest numbers that show a department struggling to monitor them all, much less make new arrests inside the country. Published December 20, 2024

A boy looks through a border wall separating Mexico from the United States, Nov. 26, 2024, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

As Biden exits, the border is finally coming under control

President Biden has finally managed to get the southern border back to the low levels of illegal immigration he inherited from President Obama, according to the latest data that shows fewer than 100,000 migrants nabbed at the U.S.-Mexico boundary in November. Published December 19, 2024

President Joe Biden speaks about his administrations economic playbook and the future of the American economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump to inherit slowing economy, rising unemployment from Biden

President Biden will turn over a slowing economy and a tepidly rising unemployment rate to President-elect Donald Trump, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday, describing the headwinds the new administration will face. Published December 18, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump arrives for a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Can Donald Trump sue his way to media accountability?

President-elect Donald Trump has sued The Des Moines Register for its disastrously wrong preelection polling, marking his latest move in a crusade to demand accountability for the media's 2024 election snafus. Published December 17, 2024