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Articles by Stephen Dinan

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump decried the slowness of Congress implementing a biometric entry-exit visa tracking system at U.S. ports of entry, particularly at airports. Mr. Trump vowed that, under his administration, the system would be in place to head off the possibilty of another 9/11-level terrorist event. (Associated Press)

Visa security loophole exploited by 9/11 attackers still open 15 years later

At least five of the Sept. 11 hijackers exploited a glaring hole in visa security to stay in the U.S. beyond their time — allowing them to board the planes and conduct their murderous attack. Fifteen years later, and despite a clear consensus on the need for improvement, that gaping hole remains.

September 8, 2016
In this Oct. 21, 2014 file photo, people opposed to child sex trafficking rally outside of the Washington state Supreme Court in Olympia, Wash. The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015, in favor of three young girls who sued Backpage.com, claiming they were sold as prostitutes on the site. Thursday's ruling says the Communications Decency Act does not protect Backpage from state lawsuits because there's enough evidence to show that it didn't just host the ads, but helped develop the content. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte/ File)

Chief Justice Roberts grants reprieve to Backpage.com sex services website

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. granted at least a temporary reprieve Wednesday to one of the country's largest sex-services websites, saying he wants to take more time to hear arguments in a dispute over whether Backpage.com does enough to stop predators from sex trafficking.

September 7, 2016
Seeking asylum: Migrants and activists scuffle with police after authorities started to clear out makeshift camps in Calais, France on the English Channel on May 28, 2014. Officials blame a British-French pact for burdening the city with immigrants seeking British asylum. (Associated Press) **FILE**

UK to build wall to stop illegal immigration from France

The U.S. is still debating the value of fencing on its southwest border but the U.K. is moving forward, preparing to erect a 1 kilometer wall to protect the departure point from France to Britain, according to reports Wednesday.

September 7, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at the American Legion's 98th Annual Convention at the Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

FBI publishes notes on Hillary Clinton’s use of private email

Hillary Clinton didn't know how secret information got to be classified, she told the FBI in her interview earlier this summer, according to documents released Friday -- showing a striking lack of awareness for someone at the highest reaches of government.

September 2, 2016
Journalists are reflected on the tombstone of Chile's Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda after he was reburied at his home, now a museum, on Isla Negra, Chile, Tuesday, April 26, 2016. Neruda's body was exhumed in 2013 for a fourth time in an effort to clear up four decades of suspicion about how the poet died in the days after Chile's military coup. The results of the analysis will be delivered on May 5. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Government paid out benefits to deceased Americans

The government paid out more than $1.7 million in benefits to Americans who'd died years ago, and who the feds' chief personnel office knew were dead — but forgot to tell the Social Security Administration.

August 30, 2016