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Articles by Stephen Dinan

The Capitol is seen on the first morning of a partial government shutdown, as Democratic and Republican lawmakers are at a standoff with President Donald Trump on spending for his border wall, in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018. Government operations will be disrupted during the shutdown and hundreds of thousands of federal workers will be furloughed or forced to work without pay just days before Christmas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Donald Trump says shutdown ‘could be a long stay’

Prospects for a short end to the partial government shutdown seemed bleak Saturday morning, with the president warning of "a long stay" and no sign that the gap between him and Democratic leaders has narrowed.

December 22, 2018
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, the speaker-designate for the new Congress, talk to reporters as a revised spending bill is introduced in the House that includes $5 billion demanded by President Donald Trump for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, as Congress tries to avert a partial shutdown, in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Congress fails to solve Trump border demand

Congress closed up shop Friday night without a deal to avert a government shutdown at midnight, becoming snared by President Trump's demands for new border wall money.

December 21, 2018
Honduran migrants cross the U.S. border wall to San Diego, California from Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018, before turning themselves in to U.S. border patrol agents. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Supreme Court rejects Trump plea to enforce asylum ban

The Supreme Court issued an order Friday maintaining a blockade of President Trump's asylum crackdown, preserving the right of anyone who crosses the southern border to demand asylum -- even if they enter illegally.

December 21, 2018
In this Dec. 11, 2018 photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a meets with Democratic leaders in the Oval Office in Washington. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Trump threatens to blow up spending deal

President Trump lashed out at Congress Thursday, blasting lawmakers for failing to fund his border wall demands -- and throwing into doubt the chances of passing a bill to fund the government by Friday's deadline.

December 20, 2018
Experts said they had seen ultralights, small aircraft powered by lawn mower-sized engines, used to drop loads of drugs in the U.S., But they were surprised to see them being used to ferry illegal immigrants. (ICE photograph) ** FILE **

Ultralight aircraft used to smuggle illegals from Mexico to U.S.

Border Patrol agents tracked an ultralight aircraft as it crossed the U.S.-Mexico border and made it 30 miles into the country early Tuesday morning -- and when they got to the landing spot, they found two Chinese men who had been smuggled in by the aircraft.

December 19, 2018
Annunciation House director Ruben Garcia answers questions from the media after reading a statement from the family of Jakelin Caal Maquin, pictured at left, during a press briefing at Casa Vides, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, in downtown El Paso, Texas. Maquin had received her first pair of shoes several weeks ago, when her father said they would set out together for the U.S., thousands of miles from her impoverished Guatemalan village. Instead she died in a Texas hospital two days after being taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents in a remote stretch of New Mexico desert. (Rudy Gutierrez/The El Paso Times via AP) **FILE**

Times Square billboard says DHS ‘murdered’ Guatemalan girl

An immigrant-rights group said it's bought space for a billboard in Times Square in New York to run a message accusing the Border Patrol of murdering the 7-year-old Guatemalan girl who died after crossing the border earlier this month.

December 19, 2018