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Poor Judgment

Poor Judgment

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIALPublished November 29, 2018

Maybe you missed it if you were celebrating with family and friends last week but, during the holiday rush, President Donald Trump managed to call attention to himself in usual ways. Asked what he was most thankful for, he said he was most thankful for...

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Toya Sarno JordanPublished November 8, 2018

Jerry Nadler, left, with Nancy Pelosi at a news conference held by House Democrats at the U.S. Capitol, June 13, 2018. Under Democratic control of the House, Nadler is in line to lead the body’s Judiciary Committee. (Toya Sarno Jordan/Getty Images)

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Dan KitwoodPublished September 26, 2018

U.K. Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn arriving at a party meeting in London, Sept. 4, 2018. Labour’s National Executive committee decided on the party’s new anti-Semitism definition. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty ImagesPublished June 20, 2018

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks at a U.N. Security Council emergency session on the demonstrations at the Israel-Gaza conflict, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, May 30, 2018. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

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Christopher FurlongPublished May 31, 2018

STRETFORD, ENGLAND - MARCH 22: Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, launches Labour?s local election campaign at Stretford Sports Village on March 22, 2018 in Stretford, England. The Labour leader is calling on voters to use the local elections on May 3rd to...

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Mario TamaPublished May 30, 2018

PAHOA, HI - MAY 22: A steam plume rises and lava glows as it enters the Pacific Ocean at dawn, after flowing to the water from a Kilauea volcano fissure, on Hawaii's Big Island on May 22, 2018 near Pahoa, Hawaii. Officials are concerned that 'laze', a...

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Ilia YefimovichPublished May 29, 2018

ASHDOD, ISRAEL - JULY 08: The Iron Dome air-defense system fires to intercept a rocket over the city of Ashdod on July 8, 2014, in Ashdod, Israel. Due to recent escalation in the region, the Israeli army started new deployments at the border with the...

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Chip SomodevillaPublished May 24, 2018

U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman addressing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual policy conference at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., March 6, 2018. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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Chip SomodevillaPublished May 9, 2018

White House National Security Advisor John Bolton, center, flanked by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, left, and Vice President Mike Pence, listening to President Donald Trump announcing his decision to withdraw the U.S. Iran nuclear deal in the Diplomatic...

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Chip SomodevillaPublished March 6, 2018

U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman addressing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual policy conference at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., March 6, 2018. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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PAC this in

Ellen Futterman, EditorPublished March 15, 2017

PAC this inOn Monday, a ridiculously impressive and incredibly likable teenager, Caleb Pultman, came to my office and told me about the super PAC he created called Path Forward USA. In order to fully understand, I needed a quick refresher in American...

J. Martin Rochester, Curators’ Teaching Professor of Political Science at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, is author of 10 books on international and American politics, including  his latest book, “New Warfare: Rethinking Rules for An Unruly World.”

Buckle up for Trump’s foreign policy, whatever it is

By Marty RochesterPublished February 22, 2017

In the words on the cover of the latest issue of Foreign Affairs, it is now “Trump Time.” What are we to make of Donald Trump’s foreign policy, beyond the early tumult over refugees and other issues? What might it look like over the next four years?It...

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