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...But Johnson, an ally of former President Donald Trump, has so far refused to bring the bill to a vote in the House....
...Greene, an isolationist Republican and supporter of Donald Trump, has for more than a month threatened to introduce a “motion to vacate”, which would trigger a vote of no confidence in the Speaker....
...Most importantly, Donald Trump, who had vocally opposed any new aid to Ukraine for months, was unable — or at least unwilling — to stop Johnson....
...Cameron arrived in Washington having held talks on Monday with Donald Trump in Florida, where he hoped to win over the presumptive Republican presidential nominee who has been wary of providing more US aid...
...Hakeem Jeffries, the Democrats’ leader in the House, said on Friday that his party had “cleared the way” for the legislation, helping it overcome opposition from “pro-Putin MAGA extremists” such as Marjorie...
...Earlier this year, Hakeem Jeffries, the top House Democrat, predicted there would be a “reasonable number” of House Democrats who think Johnson “should not fall”....
...All 212 House Democrats voted for Jeffries for Speaker in Tuesday afternoon’s ballot....
...Tom Emmer, the Republican House whip, and Byron Donalds, a staunch Trump ally from Florida, are also thought likely to run....
...Donald Trump has made it clear that he would not like to see Emmer as Speaker....
...Johnson, a close ally of Donald Trump, has held off a vote on the Senate-approved bill for two months, constrained by the outsized influence of a small group of isolationists in the Republican party who...
...congressman faces an uphill battle as he tries to win over dozens of holdouts in his own party, including moderate Republicans who are reluctant to endorse the firebrand conservative and vocal ally of Donald...
...Johnson — an ally of Donald Trump — has criticised the Senate version because it does not include provisions to tighten security at the US-Mexico border....
...US prosecutors have charged Donald Trump in connection with his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, the second federal indictment brought against the former president in as many months...
...Meanwhile, House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries has suggested he would be open to a “bipartisan governing coalition” with centrist Republicans, but no Republicans have publicly endorsed that idea....
...Jeffries was thrust into the national spotlight in 2020 when Pelosi named him as one of seven impeachment managers who acted as prosecutors in Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial....
...The smooth transition of power in the Democratic caucus comes as Republicans remain at odds over who should lead their party after disappointing midterm election results and Donald Trump’s decision to run...
...His comments echoed Donald Trump, the former president and current frontrunner for the party’s presidential nomination....
...In January 2020, the Speaker tapped him as one of seven impeachment managers, who acted as prosecutors in Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial....
...But Sunak said he would not be meeting former US president Donald Trump in Washington, saying that he had a “pretty busy schedule”....
...Dimon was in part reacting to former president Donald Trump, who in a televised town hall on Wednesday night implored Republicans to let the US default unless Democrats capitulate to demands for “massive...
...Everything old is new again, as class issues once again take centre stage Jeffries had a particularly inspired moment during the Donald Trump impeachment trial, when he punctuated the Democratic case against...
...It will hurt everyday Americans, and it’s time to end the brinkmanship,” said Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic minority leader of the House....
...I never thought we would get up here,” McCarthy said with a laugh as he accepted the Speaker’s gavel from Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic House minority leader....
...Carlton Ballowe, a local builder and chair of the Republican party in Nelson county — where Donald Trump beat Biden by five percentage points in 2020 — called the congressman a “marvellous” representative...
...Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader in the House, told MSNBC it was his party that had to “rescue” Republicans from their own “extremism”....
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