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Jewish ‘disloyalty’ charge backfires on Trump

President Donald Trump arrives at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, as he returns from Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

President Trump’s demand this week that Jewish voters abandon the Democratic Party isn’t working out so well.

South Korean Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul, right, and U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun, left, talk during their meeting at a government complex in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019. The United States is ready to restart nuclear negotiations with North Korea, a senior U.S. diplomat said Wednesday, a day after U.S. and South Korean militaries ended their regular drills that North Korea calls an invasion rehearsal. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Trump envoy’s bid to restart North Korea nuke negotiations aims for ‘working level’ talks

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, in Washington. Trump is headed to Kentucky. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump aims to stop surge with family detentions: ‘They won’t come. And many people will be saved’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Plumes of smoke rise after an explosion at a military base southwest of Baghdad, Iraq. A fact-finding committee appointed by the Iraqi government to investigate a massive munitions depot explosion near the capital Baghdad has concluded that the blast was the result of a drone strike. A copy of the report was obtained by The Associated Press Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Loay Hameed, File)

Suspected Israeli strikes in Iraq raise fears of escalation in Iran proxy fight

By Seth J. Frantzman - Special to The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, in Washington. Trump is headed to Kentucky. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says ending birthright citizenship back on agenda

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Md., Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019. Trump is traveling to Louisville, Ky., to deliver remarks to the American Veterans (AMVETS) 75th National Convention. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Four Guatemalan nationals consisting of two men and a pair of 12- and 13-year-old boys, remove their shoe laces and personal itmes after being arrested by a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent Wednesday, July 18, 2018 in Yuma, Ariz. Thousands of families and unaccompanied children are continuing to cross the U.S. border in Arizona and California even after learning of the government's family separation policy upon apprehension. (AP Photo/Matt York) **FILE**

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