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It’s not through recess appointments—it’s via the Federal Vacancies Reform Act.

The French foreign ministry’s statement on Netanyahu’s immunity from an ICC arrest warrant stands in stark contrast to recent rulings and its own past positions. 

Is the Senate beginning to assert itself? 

The U.S. has invited a conundrum for the Department of Justice upon itself.

Congress has the tools, but needs the will, to make pardons for battlefield misconduct harder for presidents to grant.

Liberal democracies can use financial intelligence to counter foreign interference.

The dictator’s demise will be cause for celebration, though it will open up new dangers for the region and for U.S. interests there.

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