President-elect Trump has picked a new attorney general nominee: Pam Bondi. She’s a former Attorney General for Florida who also served in Trump’s first administration on his Drug Abuse Commission. Trump says, “Pam will refocus the Department of Justice to its intended purpose of fighting crime.” Former Congressman Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration for the attorney general position yesterday.
The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Ruthie Blum, a former adviser at the Office of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Senior Contributing Editor at the Jewish News Syndicate, offers analysis of what this means….