Johnson Has a Tough Job. McCarthy’s Concessions Are Making It Tougher.
Speaker Mike Johnson’s push to advance an aid package for Ukraine in the face of vehement opposition from his own party was never going to be easy.
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Bill Morneau slams Freeland's budget as a threat to investment, economic growth
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's predecessor Bill Morneau says there was talk of increasing the capital gains tax when he was on the job — but he resisted such a change because he feared it would discourage investment by companies and job creators.
Johnson Pushes Ahead on Foreign Aid Bill, Teeing Up a Weekend Vote
Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday told Republicans that the House would vote Saturday evening on his foreign aid package for Israel and Ukraine, pushing through resistance in his own party to advance a long-stalled national security spending package for U.S. allies.
Alabama chooses candidates for new Black congressional district
Shomari Figures, an attorney and Obama White House executive from a politically-prominent civil rights family, has won the Democratic nomination to run in Alabama’s redrawn second congressional district Tuesday night, defeating state representative Anthony Daniels.
Johnson’s Plan for Ukraine Aid Meets Republican Pushback, Muddying Its Path
Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday encountered stiff resistance from Republicans as he embarked on a complicated and politically perilous strategy to push legislation through the House to send aid to Israel and Ukraine — all while beating back a threat to his own job.
Johnson Says House Will Vote on Stalled Aid to Israel and Ukraine
Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday said he planned this week to advance a long-stalled national security spending package to aid Israel, Ukraine and other American allies, along with a separate bill aimed at mollifying conservatives who have been vehemently opposed to backing Kyiv.
Opposition parties want IRGC named as terrorist group after attack on Israel
Days after Iran launched an aerial attack on Israel, Canada's main opposition parties say it's time for the Government of Canada to officially name Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist group.
As a US diplomat, I helped circumvent Trump’s Muslim ban – then realised I was part of the problem
When I began working as a consular officer at the US embassy in Ankara, Turkey, I was at the beginning of what was supposed to be a 20-year diplomatic career. Maybe I didn’t love all of US foreign policy, but in my routine visa assignment I was deeply committed to treating everybody I interviewed fairly and playing my part in facilitating the American immigrant dream. Then, on 27 June 2017, Donald Trump issued orders to begin implementing the “Muslim ban”. My routine job had suddenly become deeply morally fraught and instead of blandly facilitating the American dream, I was denying it to people based on their faith.