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Articles by Stephen Dinan

President Donald Trump in the White House Oval Office during his first term in office. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump’s tweets are liability in court

President Trump's loose lips are becoming more than a political liability -- they are increasingly popping up in federal judges' decisions, providing courts with the ammunition they need to stop the president's agenda, particularly on immigration.

November 21, 2017
Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly (left) speaks as Chief of United States Border Patrol Ronald Vitiello, right, looks on during a meeting held at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Diego on Feb. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, Pool) **FILE**

Nearly half of DHS uniforms bought south of the border

The Homeland Security Department buys more uniforms from Mexico and Central America than it does from within the U.S., a top watchdog said Tuesday, ducking the spirit of Made in the USA rules the government has on the books.

November 21, 2017
Protesters of a travel ban gather in Union Square, Thursday, June 29, 2017, in New York. A scaled-back version of President Donald Trump's travel ban takes effect Thursday evening, stripped of provisions that brought protests and chaos at airports worldwide in January yet still likely to generate a new round of court fights. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Donald Trump’s travel ban was chaos, disastrously implemented, inspector general finds

President Trump's original travel ban was disastrously implemented, the Homeland Security inspector general said in a new memo to Congress on Monday that concluded department employees illegally tried to prevent some people from the affected countries from even getting on planes to reach the U.S., despite court orders to the contrary.

November 21, 2017
Pedestrians cross a street near the Bank of Stockton in Stockton, Calif. U.S. cities and counties are poring over immigration rules to avoid losing millions in public safety dollars that the Trump administration has threatened to withhold amid a high-stakes clash over sanctuary policies. At least six locations are suing, with Chicago becoming the first so-called sanctuary city to scrutinize a specific grant. (AP Photo/Gosia Wozniacka, File)

Judge blocks Trump order to cut funding to sanctuary cities

A federal judge in California ruled against President Trump's executive order against sanctuary cities late Monday, saying the White House's proposal to stop all federal grant money flowing to jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with deportation officers is unconstitutional.

November 20, 2017
The Trump administration said Monday it is ending a temporary residency permit program that has allowed almost 60,000 citizens from Haiti to live and work in the United States since a 2010 powerful earthquake shook the Caribbean nation. The Homeland Security Department said conditions in Haiti have improved significantly, so the benefit will be extended one last time — until July 2019 — to give Haitians time to prepare to return home. (Associated Press)

Temporary Protected Status for Haitians canceled

The Trump administration said Monday it will cancel special temporary protected status for Haitians, giving nearly 60,000 a deadline of mid-2019 to either find another legal status in the U.S. or risk deportation.

November 20, 2017
Former IRS executive Lois G. Lerner has told a federal court that members of her family, including "young children," face death threats if her deposition is released to the public. (Associated Press/File)

Lois Lerner, Holly Paz want testimony sealed permanently

Former IRS executive Lois G. Lerner told a federal court last week that members of her family, including "young children," face death threats and a real risk of physical harm if her explanation of the tea party targeting scandal becomes public.

November 19, 2017
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., left, leads applause for House Ways and Means Chair Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, along with Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., during a news conference following a vote on tax reform on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. Republicans passed a near $1.5 trillion package overhauling corporate and personal taxes through the House, edging President Donald Trump and the GOP toward their first big legislative triumph in a year in which they and their voters expected much more. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House easily passes $1.4 trillion tax cut

With spines stiffened by a presidential pep talk, House Republicans easily approved a $1.4 trillion tax cut Thursday, taking the first big step toward a decades-overdue overhaul that Republicans hope will send the economy soaring and win back wavering voters.

November 16, 2017
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl leaves the Fort Bragg courtroom facility after the defense and prosecution rested in a sentencing hearing on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, on Fort Bragg, N.C. Bergdahl, who walked off his base in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held by the Taliban for five years, pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. (Andrew Craft/The Fayetteville Observer via AP)

Steve Pearce moves to denied Bowe Bergdahl back pay

A Republican congressman moved Wednesday to try to block disgraced former Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from collecting back pay and retirement benefits tied to the time after he deserted his post in Afghanistan in 2009.

November 15, 2017
President Trump has undermined the judiciary by using his pardon powers on former Sheriff Joe Arpaio and has hurt the First Amendment by berating news outlets or calling them "fake," according to some of the Democrats' articles of impeachment. (Associated Press/File)

Democrats introduce articles of impeachment against Donald Trump

A handful of House Democrats officially introduced Wednesday five articles of impeachment against President Trump, accusing him of everything from breaking the Constitution's emoluments clause to being mean in his tweets about the press.

November 15, 2017