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...But the plan signals the president’s priorities if he were to win a second term in office and is able to secure Democratic majorities on Capitol Hill....
...Some of his allies on Capitol Hill are urging him to increase his public appearances to dismiss concerns about his leadership....
...The answer on Capitol Hill, where support for Israel remains an unshakeable bedrock of American foreign policy, is: not much....
...Republican defence hawks on Capitol Hill are demanding an aggressive military response, and GOP presidential rivals including Donald Trump and Nikki Haley are blaming Biden for being weak on Iran....
...While the setting was serene, with industry, military and Congressional officials mingling amid the backdrop of rolling hills and blue skies, several attendees said the mood was gloomy....
...The Biden administration is pressing Congress to hold another vote soon on additional funds for Ukraine but ongoing infighting on the Hill and uncertainty over Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy...
...Yet the politics on Capitol Hill remain incredibly thorny....
...Zelenskyy returned to Capitol Hill on Thursday morning where he briefed the full 100-member US Senate in a closed-door meeting....
...Zelenskyy will meet US president Joe Biden at the White House and lawmakers on Capitol Hill. He is also expected to visit the Pentagon to meet defence secretary Lloyd Austin....
...The Biden administration is pressing Congress to hold another vote soon on additional funds for Ukraine but infighting on Capitol Hill and uncertainty over Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy’...
...“I recognise that what’s going on in the US on the Hill . . . that they’ll have questions and concerns and I fully understand that.”...
...Earlier in the day, Wally Adeyemo, the deputy Treasury secretary, briefed lawmakers on Capitol Hill about the fate of the funds....
...But the extra funding faces a tricky path to passage on Capitol Hill amid a broader fight about government spending levels that could even lead to a shutdown of federal operations as soon as October....
...Additional reporting by Felicia Schwartz...
...As Felicia Schwartz and Neri Zilber report from Washington and Tel Aviv respectively, Joe Biden is coming under pressure to call for a ceasefire, while both in public and in private, Israeli officials are...
...Fiona Hill, a foremost expert on Russia who served as a national security adviser in the White House, told Politico in December that Ukraine has succeeded so far “because of massive military support from...
...Do read my colleague, Felicia Schwartz, on the Ukraine news from Aspen....
...Rachman review — Russia expert Fiona Hill sits down for a wide-ranging talk with Gideon Rachman about Ukraine’s planned spring offensive and how Vladimir Putin is working the conflict into Russia’s history...
...As foreign secretary and before that trade secretary, Truss has cultivated ties in the Biden administration and on Capitol Hill and is better known across the Atlantic than her opponent in the Conservative...
...But the finding has done little to satisfy critics on the Hill and elsewhere who are urging the US to do more to make sure those responsible are held to account....
...However, any F-16 sale would have to be approved by Congress at a time when there is deep disillusionment on Capitol Hill with Erdoğan’s increasingly authoritarian leadership....
...Biden also called on Congress to pass more Covid-19 funding, adding it would be up to Capitol Hill to decide how to shepherd the requests through....
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