#US announces new Ukraine package as Pentagon chief visits Kyiv

#US announces new Ukraine package as Pentagon chief visits Kyiv

The U.S. on Monday released a new $100 million aid package for Ukraine, announcing more artillery rounds and anti-aircraft munitions as Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made a surprise visit to Kyiv. The package includes 155 millimeter artillery shells, Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, small arms ammunition and Javelin and AT-4 launchers. Austin said at a Monday press…

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#View from Kyiv: Decoupling Ukraine and Israel aid is a bad idea

#View from Kyiv: Decoupling Ukraine and Israel aid is a bad idea

Recently, Rep. Mike Garcia (D-Calif.), alongside seven of his congressional colleagues, took an alarming step by sending a letter to President Biden. The letter calls for the separation of supplemental funding for Israel from a broader financial package that also includes aid for Ukraine. What makes this development particularly troubling is the increasing number of…

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#Johnson says House GOP will consider Ukraine funding, border security together

#Johnson says House GOP will consider Ukraine funding, border security together

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said House Republicans would “marry” appropriations bills for Ukraine funding with border security Wednesday. “Well, with our appropriations bills for Ukraine funding, for example, we’re gonna marry that with border security,” Johnson told Fox News host Sean Hannity Wednesday. “The two things are gonna be handled together, because we believe…

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#Biden administration announces additional 5 million in military aid to Ukraine

#Biden administration announces additional $325 million in military aid to Ukraine

The Biden administration on Thursday announced an aid package for Ukraine with a value of “up to $325 million” for “critical security and defense needs.” The announcement came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was in Washington, D.C., to meet with U.S. leaders including President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). The package includes…

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#Pence warns against Trump, GOP ‘isolationism’

#Pence warns against Trump, GOP ‘isolationism’

Former Vice President Pence warned against growing favor in the Republican Party for American isolationism, criticizing former President Trump and other GOP presidential candidates in a speech Monday.  Pence labeled Trump and other Republicans as advocating a “dangerous form of isolationism” that amounted to “appeasement.” “Some Republican candidates, my former running mate included, are abandoning the traditional conservative…

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#Conservative group grades House Republicans on Ukraine aid

#Conservative group grades House Republicans on Ukraine aid

House Republicans remain split on approving more aid to Ukraine, according to a new report card released by a conservative group Monday that grades members on their support for Kyiv. The Republicans for Ukraine report card evaluates members on six different criteria, including whether they voted for laws supporting U.S. aid to Ukraine, whether they supported amendments…

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#White House asks Congress for B in additional funding

#White House asks Congress for $40B in additional funding

The White House on Thursday outlined a supplemental funding request for Congress for the start of the coming fiscal year, asking for billions more dollars for assistance to Ukraine amid its war with Russia as well as money for domestic priorities like disaster relief and border management. The Biden administration is asking Congress for roughly…

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