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Articles by Stephen Dinan

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
California Gov. Gavin Newsom addresses reporters after beating back the recall that aimed to remove him from office, at the John L. Burton California Democratic Party headquarters in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Newsom on Saturday, Dec. 11, pledged to empower private citizens to enforce a ban on the manufacture and sale assault weapons in the state, citing the same authority claimed by conservative lawmakers in Texas to outlaw most abortions once a heartbeat is detected. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Newsom plans assault weapon ban in wake of Supreme Court ruling

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said recently he will try to pass legislation that will give citizens the right to sue anyone who sells an assault weapon or "ghost gun" in the state, seeking to harness last week's Supreme Court ruling on a Texas abortion law for liberal priorities.

December 12, 2021