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Articles by Stephen Dinan

In this April 14, 2020, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom gestures during a news conference at the Governor's Office of Emergency Services in Rancho Cordova, Calif. A conservative organization has petitioned the California Supreme Court to block the state's first-in-the-nation plans to give money to immigrants living in the country illegally who are hurt by the coronavirus. The Center for American Liberty argued that the $75 million plan announced by Gov. Gavin Newsom last week is barred by both state and federal law. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)

Illegal immigrants beg for charity after coronavirus stimulus shutout

Shut out of the federal stimulus, illegal immigrants are turning to charity -- and California is leading a national charge of state and local governments, as well as nonprofit organizations, asking Americans to help by digging into their own stimulus checks to make tax-deductible donations.

May 5, 2020
A man wearing a mask depicting American flags jogs past the U.S. Capitol Building, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in Washington. The U.S. House of Representatives has canceled plans to return next week, a reversal after announcing it a day earlier. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Chris Smith, other lawmakers target China over coronavirus pandemic

Congress may have been gone for six weeks, but that hasn't stopped the ideas from piling up in Washington -- hundreds of bills from lawmakers with suggestions for how to ease the crisis, stockpile for the future, or to punish China for fueling this one.

May 3, 2020
People carry takeout food in New York's Times Square, Wednesday night, April 29, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. President Donald Trump said Wednesday the federal government will not be extending its coronavirus social distancing guidelines once they expire Thursday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Think tank urges more deliberate approach to coronavirus reopening

The U.S. needs to triple its testing capacity, put more time between each phase of reopening, and get used to the idea of smartphone apps that track who has contacted whom, a Washington think tank says after studying coronavirus reopening efforts around the world.

April 30, 2020
A woman votes in the presidential primary election at the Summit View Church of the Nazarene Tuesday, March 10, 2020, in Kansas City, Mo. The polling place served two precincts as voters who were scheduled to vote at a nearby senior living facility were directed to vote at the church after the facility backed out due to coronavirus concerns. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) ** FILE **

Court rules Kansas can’t demand citizenship proof of new voters

A federal appeals court shot down a Kansas policy that required voters who registered under the federal Motor-Voter law to prove they were citizens before being allowed to vote, saying Wednesday that it shut tens of thousands of voters out of the process.

April 29, 2020
Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks with reporters after the Senate approved a nearly $500 billion coronavirus aid bill, Tuesday, April 21, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Chuck Schumer blasts Trump’s ‘phony immigration ban’

Democrats blasted President Trump's attempt to pause some immigration during the coronavirus crisis, saying Tuesday that the battle against COVID-19 is actually an opportunity to welcome migrants and show more leniency toward undocumented immigrants in particular.

April 28, 2020