Was the passage by the House last Saturday and the Senate on Tuesday of the foreign aid package with money for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan a turning point in American foreign policy? It certainly was a turnabout in rhetoric and in partisan behavior. Speaker Mike Johnson led the narrowly Republican House to pass by resounding […]
White House national security communications spokesperson John Kirby reacted to Iran's direct attacks against Israel, in part by blaming former President Trump for supposedly emboldening Iran. Kirby sat down with Shannon Bream on "Fox News Sunday" to discuss the latest escalation in the Middle East under the Biden administration. Israel fended off a furious attack of more than 300 drones and missiles launched at Israel from Iran on Saturday, thwarting 99% of the attack with the help of...
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In 2024, foreign policy doesn’t pit Republicans against Democrats so much as it pits Republicans against Republicans and Democrats against Democrats. For Joe Biden’s party, Israel is the fault line, with Democrats split between supporters of the Jewish State and those of Palestinian sympathies. For the party of Donald Trump, the internal conflict is over Ukraine, and the bitterness of the battle risks costing Mike Johnson his speakership. These crises in the Middle East and on NATO’s frontier...
In 2024, foreign policy doesn’t pit Republicans against Democrats so much as it pits Republicans against Republicans and Democrats against Democrats. For Joe Biden’s party, Israel is the fault line, with Democrats split between supporters of the Jewish State and those of Palestinian sympathies. For the party of Donald Trump, the internal conflict is over Ukraine, and the bitterness of the battle risks costing Mike Johnson his speakership. These crises in the Middle East and on NATO’s frontier...
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Leaders from Hungary, Poland, and even the UK meet with candidate Donald Trump. Is that a snub to President Biden? And what are they hoping to gain?
Washington is hardly the nation’s glamor center, and even so, visits by foreign dignitaries usually produce more style than substance. Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida’s state visit this week, however, was one of the most consequential in years. The understated leader of America’s largest Asian ally announced a series of agreements with President Biden that were unimaginable a few years ago. Japan’s quiet revolution in foreign policy is altering Asian politics and thwarting Xi Jinping’s...
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The majority of Americans say preventing terrorism and reducing the flow of illegal drugs into the country are top foreign policy priorities.
The 12-person jury is a reasonable cross section of Manhattanites. That should make Trump nervous.
Donald Trump has some thoughts about whom Jews should be voting for, and they will not surprise you. But the ongoing debate about whether the Jewish vote is up for