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Articles by Stephen Dinan

Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer testifies before a House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services hearing to review the FY 2016 budget request of the Supreme Court of the United States, on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 23, 2015. Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court, two sources told The Associated Press Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer set to retire

Justice Stephen G. Breyer will retire from the Supreme Court, closing out a decades-long tenure for the liberal-leaning justice and giving President Biden his first chance to shape the court.

January 26, 2022
The Supreme Court is shown, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, in Washington. The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a request from abortion clinics to speed up action on a case in lower courts challenging Texas's new law restricting abortions after about 6 weeks of pregnancy, and allowing private citizens to enforce the law by lawsuit. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Supreme Court denies bid to force faster ruling on Texas abortion law

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a request from abortion clinics to speed up action on a case in lower courts challenging Texas's new law restricting abortions after about 6 weeks of pregnancy, and allowing private citizens to enforce the law by lawsuit.

January 20, 2022
Official vehicles line a dirt road along the Rio Grande, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

7-year-old migrant girl drowns in Rio Grande

A 7-year-old girl from Venezuela drowned Tuesday after she was swept from her mother's arms as they tried to sneak into the U.S. by crossing the Rio Grande.

January 19, 2022
In this Jan. 25, 2011, file photo, a cache of seized weapons that were to be smuggled into Mexico is displayed in Phoenix. Among the thousands of immigrants who have been coming across the U.S.-Mexico border in recent months, many are seeking to escape gang and drug violence raging in their homelands. The weapon of choice used to intimidate them is often an American-made gun. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

40% of guns traced from crimes in Central America came from U.S.

Thousands of firearms manufactured or bought in the U.S. end up being used in crimes in Central America, according to an audit released last week that found about half of the weapons are smuggled into the region and the others are exported legally and "diverted" into criminals' hands.

January 17, 2022