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Articles by Stephen Dinan

President Joe Biden arrives at a meeting with his task force on supply chain issues, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

Biden, Democrats face trouble with independents

President Biden and fellow Democrats head into a congressional election year seriously "out of step" with Americans on dozens of key issues, according to a Republican-leaning polling outfit, which has a year's worth of data to prove it.

December 23, 2021
Under a pilot program, agents who operate as part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s SWAT team in Houston, New York City and Newark, New Jersey, will be outfitted with the cameras. (Associated Press)

ICE to deploy body cameras on special agents

ICE said Tuesday it will begin to deploy body cameras on special agents, to be followed eventually by deportation officers, in a move the Biden administration characterized as bringing "transparency" to the agency.

December 21, 2021
Alabama 6th Congressional District Republican candidate  Gary Palmer hugs his wife, Ann, on stage, next to their daughter Kathleen Palmer after meeting with supporters at a hotel in Birmingham, Ala., Tuesday, July 15, 2014. Palmer came from far behind Tuesday to defeat state Rep. Paul DeMarco in the Republican runoff the district. (AP Photo/AL.com, Frank Couch)

GOP policy chief wants party to have solutions in 2022

Backers of a socialized health care system are eager to point to Canada and European countries as models for how good it can be. Rep. Gary Palmer likes to point to them as evidence for how bad it can be.

December 20, 2021
Migrants walk near a gate on the U.S.-Mexico border wall after they were spotted by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent and taken into custody while trying to cross, Sunday, March 21, 2021, in Abram-Perezville, Texas. The fate of thousands of migrant families who have recently arrived at the Mexico border is being decided by a mysterious new system under President Joe Biden. U.S. authorities are releasing migrants with “acute vulnerabilities” and allowing them to pursue asylum. But it’s not clear why some are considered vulnerable and not others. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) **FILE**

DHS to plug gaps Biden left in Trump’s border wall

Homeland Security announced Monday it will re-start construction on President Trump's border wall, moving to plug "gaps" left in place after President Biden ordered all work to stop on his first day.

December 20, 2021
In this Nov. 18, 2012, photo, David Jaindl, owner and president of Jaindl Farms, walks among 22-week-old turkeys at the family-run business in Orefield, Pa. Jaindl Farms is Pennsylvania's largest single user of the federal H-2A visa program for seasonal agricultural workers. (Harry Fisher/The Morning Call via AP) **FILE**

DHS to add 20,000 guest-worker visas for seasonal jobs

Homeland Security said Monday it will add 20,000 new slots to a seasonal guest-worker program this winter, including thousands of visas set aside for people from countries responsible for much of the illegal immigrant surge.

December 20, 2021