Evening Report — Biden, Senate leaders press Johnson for foreign aid vote
©Getty, The Hill/Greg Nash speaker mike johnson (R-Louisiana) is facing increasing pressure from president biden Bipartisan members of the Senate will then bring the Ukraine funding package passed by the Senate to the House floor for a vote. A $95 billion foreign aid package that includes money for Ukraine, Israel, the Indo-Pacific and more passed […]
House committee asks Columbia for records of foreign donations, DEI and more in antisemitism probe
House Education and Labor Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx, RN.C., sent a letter to Columbia University on Monday, calling Congress on the rise in anti-Semitism on U.S. college campuses, culminating in the influence of Hamas. requested documents and information related to the investigation. October 7th: Attack on southern Israel. Columbia University President Dr. Minoush Shafik, Columbia […]
The Senate just passed a $95 billion foreign aid package. House Speaker Johnson vows to kill it.
us senate passed it The $95 billion foreign aid package passed on a 70-29 vote Tuesday morning after opponents ran out of time with an all-night filibuster. The bill passed the floor with the help of 18 Republican senators. encourage gratitude From Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s fate in parliament is by no means certain. House […]
Senate to pass controversial foreign aid bill sending billions to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
The Senate is expected to pass a $95 billion national security supplement package to aid Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific after a messy process that ended early Tuesday morning. The supplemental package does not include any border security provisions, and several Republican senators took the time early over the weekend to collectively filibuster the package […]
Senate on path to advance foreign aid bill despite some Republican opposition
The Senate is on track to pass an additional $95 billion national security package to support Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific region after the Senate passed several key procedural votes Monday night. It’s progressing. The additional package does not include any border provisions, and several Republican senators spent several days starting Saturday collectively filibustering the […]
Speaker Mike Johnson Torches Foreign Aid Bill: Border Must Come First
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) suggested in a statement Monday night that the Senate was wasting its time by passing tens of millions of dollars in foreign aid without enacting border security measures. In a statement released less than an hour before the Senate began a series of procedural votes calling for the Senate to […]
Trump rails against Senate foreign aid bill, says US should ‘give it to ’em as a loan’ instead
Former President Trump slammed the Senate foreign aid bill at a rally in South Carolina on Saturday. Trump: “They want to give almost $100 billion to several countries” Said At a gathering. He continued: “I said, ‘Why are we doing this? If you do that, you’re not giving them $100 billion, you’re giving it “as […]
Rand Paul slams McConnell’s ‘outrageous’ support for standalone foreign aid bill
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Friday criticized Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for his “outrageous” support for the Plan B foreign aid bill, which was proposed with border security provisions removed. (Kentucky Republican). He specifically criticized his Senate colleagues for focusing on additional aid to Ukraine and Israel, where wars continue, instead of addressing the […]
Republicans attempt to get hardline border security bill into foreign aid package
Some Senate Republicans are pushing for increased border security to be added to the foreign aid bill after a bipartisan immigration deal collapsed. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Thursday introduced an amendment that would add tough border security measures to the foreign aid-only national security supplemental package that would send billions of dollars to Ukraine, […]
Julian Assange lawyer submits new registration under foreign agent law
Julian Assange’s lawyers this week filed a new registration with the Department of Justice’s Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) division for continuing work on behalf of the embattled Australian WikiLeaks founder. did. The United States is seeking to extradite Mr. Assange from London to face criminal charges for colluding with former military intelligence analyst Chelsea […]