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In contrast to first president George Washington’s advice to “steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world,” a core principle

“There is strong, widespread support for the dams, including from Idaho officials and trade groups,” write Sen. Jim Risch and vice president for the Mountain States Policy Center.

Long before moving into the White House, President Joe Biden compared the relationship between the United States and Israel to that of close friends. “We love one another,” he said, “and we drive one another crazy.” The United States and Israel are currently in one of those driving-each-other-crazy phases of their usually tight but often turbulent 75-year partnership. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s quest to rein in the judiciary has become the latest point...

A pair of GOP lawmakers are blocking the State Department from providing $75 million in food assistance for Palestinian refugees, as civil society groups raise alarm over a worsening humanitarian crisis compounded by grain shortages from Russia’s war in Ukraine. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the top Republican lawmakers on the…

Long before moving into the White House, President Joe Biden compared the relationship between the United States and Israel to that of close friends. “We love one another,” he said, “and we drive one another crazy.” The United States and Israel are currently in one of those driving-each-other-crazy phases of their usually tight but often turbulent 75-year partnership. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s quest to rein in the judiciary has become the latest point...

Ann Wang/ReutersAcross Taiwan, residents are preparing for attack.From Monday through Thursday this week, Taiwan will be running a defense exercise simulating a Chinese air attack, preparing civilians for what to do if China invades. And from Monday through Friday, Taiwan will be running a live-fire exercise to test Taiwan’s combat readiness to respond to a Chinese invasion, according to the Ministry of National Defense.Civilians will be required to shelter in place when the defense drill...

The drill simulating a Chinese attack will include shelter orders and traffic stops, bringing cities to a near standstill in hopes of giving civilians the best shot at survival.

“There is strong, widespread support for the dams, including from Idaho officials and trade groups,” write Sen. Jim Risch and vice president for the Mountain States Policy Center.

There are few jobs more important to Idaho than those of wildland firefighters. The work is grueling. There’s a lot of time away from your family. And without wildland firefighters,

This editorial was published in the Idaho Statesman of Boise.