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Articles by Stephen Dinan

This Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, file photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, shows foreign nationals being arrested this week during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP) ** FILE **

ICE releasing 1,000 illegal immigrant family members a day

Deportation officers are cutting loose more than 1,000 illegal immigrant family members a day, setting them free into border states as the surge of migrations overwhelms the government's ability to handle them, officials revealed Thursday.

March 21, 2019
President Donald Trump speaks at Joint Systems Manufacturing Center in Lima, Ohio, Wednesday, March 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Donald Trump-John McCain feud embarrassing, Republicans say

President Trump complained Wednesday that he was never thanked for allowing Sen. John McCain's funeral celebration, escalating a feud with the McCain family and drawing the ire of senators on Capitol Hill who told the president he was embarrassing himself.

March 20, 2019
"Nobody would have believe it now. But swastikas hung in churches throughout Germany. We had better be very careful," said Rep. James Clyburn. (Associated Press)

James Clyburn, other Democrats ramp up anti-Trump rhetoric

Democratic leaders stepped up their criticism of President Trump this week, with the top-ranking black House lawmaker calling him and his family "the greatest threats to democracy of my lifetime" — but still said impeachment isn't their priority.

March 20, 2019
In this Dec. 4, 2018, photo, then-Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks at The City Club of Cleveland, in Cleveland. (Associated Press) **FILE**

John Kasich fundraises off Trump-McCain feud

Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Wednesday latched onto the ongoing feud between President Trump and the McCain family, firing off a fundraising email to supporters to blast Mr. Trump.

March 20, 2019
In this May 25, 2010, file photo, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent walks down the aisle among shackled Mexican immigrants aboard a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement charter jet for deportation, flying between Chicago, Il., and Harlingen, Texas. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Illegal immigrant deportations undercut by courts, recalcitrant countries

The inspector general's audit, released last week, showed that while arresting illegal immigrants may be a challenge these days, actually getting them to leave the U.S. can be even tougher, as officers confront balky countries overseas, legal appeals at home and the migrants' own shenanigans.

March 19, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at a rally in Henderson, Nev., on March 16, 2019. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Bernie Sanders most partisan senator: Study

Sen. Bernard Sanders had the worst bipartisan record of any senator over the last two years, according to a new study released Tuesday that said Republicans are more eager to work across the aisle, even as Democrats become more reluctant.

March 19, 2019