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Articles by Stephen Dinan

First lady Melania Trump talks with Rodolfo Karisch, Chief Patrol Agent, Tucson Sector Border Patrol, as she visits a U.S. Customs border and protection facility in Tucson, Ariz., Thursday, June 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Melania Trump shocked by smugglers’ cruelty during border visit

First lady Melania Trump, visiting Arizona to get another firsthand look at the immigration situation, was told that the government is doing all it can for the children and families streaming across the border, including rescuing them from danger and providing them top-notch care.

June 28, 2018
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy speaks to faculty members at the University of Pennsylvania law school, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Anthony Kennedy retirement ends tenure as nation’s decider-in-chief

Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, who announced his retirement Wednesday, has been the decider-in-chief on most of the major controversial cases to rise to the Supreme Court ever since 2006, which is when the court's balance shifted to him, after Sandra Day O'Connor's retirement.

June 27, 2018
Sen. Chuck Schumer. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Chuck Schumer: Don’t vote on new justice until next year

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell promised the country Wednesday that a new justice will be confirmed to the Supreme Court this fall, setting out an ambitious goal for himself to approve a key seat with the narrowest of majorities.

June 27, 2018
Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., center, accompanied by Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., left, and Sen. Bob Casey, Jr., D-Pa., right, speaks with reporters following a closed door policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Chuck Schumer shoots down calls to abolish ICE

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer shot down suggestions to abolish ICE, saying Wednesday that the government's top deportation agency does things that are "very much needed."

June 27, 2018
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Republican lawmakers in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, June 26, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Immigration judge accused of anti-GOP behavior

President Trump has been complaining over the last week about immigration judges -- and on Wednesday his complaints were bolstered by a federal watchdog who accused one judge of actively promoting Hillary Clinton during a 2016 deportation trial.

June 27, 2018
Protestors carry signs and chant slogans in front of Federal Courthouse in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Immigrant-rights advocates asked a federal judge to order the release of parents separated from their children at the border, as demonstrators decrying the Trump administration's immigration crackdown were arrested Tuesday at a rally ahead of a Los Angeles appearance by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Dem states sue to stop family separations

Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking a judge to step in and officially put an end to family separations at the border.

June 26, 2018
President Donald Trump speaks in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 23, 2018, about the $1.3 trillion spending bill. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) **FILE**

Federal debt to reach $100 trillion: CBO

The government is now staring at $100 trillion in total debt, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, chronicling the disastrous trajectory of federal fiscal health.

June 26, 2018