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Articles by Stephen Dinan

In this file photo, a U.S. military aide carrying the "President's emergency satchel," also known as "the football," with the nuclear launch codes, walks toward Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 13, 2021, to join President Joe Biden for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then on to Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)  **FILE**

Biden gives up campaign but holds onto nuclear codes

From the nuclear codes to weighty war decisions, President Biden's decision to end his campaign while still remaining in the White House has sparked pointed questions about whether he should be keeping presidential power.

July 21, 2024
Voter registration forms are sit on the table for voters at Chicago Loop Super Site in Chicago, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Illinois residents will vote Tuesday to narrow Democratic and GOP candidate fields in key U.S. House races. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

GOP gaining ground in voter registration battle

Democrats still have an overall advantage over the GOP in terms of registered voters, but Republicans have narrowed the gap significantly since 2020, according to a new study.

July 19, 2024
This June 20, 2014 file photo shows the Southwest Key-Nueva Esperanza, in Brownsville, Texas, a facility that shelters unaccompanied immigrant children. When school leaders in San Benito, Texas, learned of an influx of children to a migrant shelter in town, they felt obliged to help. The superintendent reached out and agreed to send 19 bilingual teachers and hundreds of computers to make the learning environment as similar as possible to one of his schools. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Feds accuse migrant shelter of pervasive child sex abuse

The Justice Department announced a lawsuit Thursday against Southwest Key, one of the government's major providers of care for illegal-immigrant children, of allowing vile and rampant sexual abuse of those children.

July 18, 2024