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...In the last week of February, a large billboard appeared across the street from Mike Johnson’s home church in Benton, Louisiana....
...US President Joe Biden and top congressional Democrats piled pressure on Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson to sign on to more US aid for Ukraine in a rare White House meeting on Tuesday, warning...
...But Johnson has also faced pressure from more traditional Republicans, including their Senate leader Mitch McConnell, who have long advocated for assisting Kyiv....
...Cameron met McConnell in person on Tuesday and held a call with US national security adviser Jake Sullivan....
...If we inhabited another planet — call it the 20th century — Mike Pence’s refusal to endorse Donald Trump this week would have merited headlines....
...Dithering and hesitation have compounded the challenges we face,” McConnell said. Opponents of Ukraine aid continued to attack the legislation....
...On Saturday the Senate’s top Republican Mitch McConnell urged Mike Johnson, the Republican House Speaker, to call a vote on the bill without delay....
...In a statement, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said the bill would “provide critical resources to Israel and our own military forces in the region,” “overdue lethal assistance to Ukraine and equip...
...Who is Mike Johnson and why does he matter to Ukraine?...
...More US aid for Ukraine’s war effort this year is hanging by a thread as Donald Trump and Mike Johnson, the Republican Speaker of the House, throw cold water on a potential deal in Congress linking more...
...The House Speaker and diehard evangelist, Mike Johnson, had a road-to-Damascus moment when US intelligence briefers laid out Ukraine’s dire fate to him if the House failed to deliver....
...“We continue to condemn his baseless arrest, fabricated charges and unjust imprisonment,” said Republicans Mike Johnson and Mitch McConnell, and Democrats Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries....
...The UK’s top diplomat was due to meet Republican and Democratic lawmakers, including Mitch McConnell, Republican Senate minority leader....
...senior Republican and Democratic officials Mitch McConnell and Hakeem Jeffries respectively, and White House staff....
...Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate, also chimed in. “We’ve heard all kinds of rumours about whether the House supports Ukraine or doesn’t....
...Mike Johnson has been seen as a sceptic of aid to Kyiv, having moved to provide new funding only for Israel in legislation due for a vote in the House later on Thursday....
...At the same time, McConnell is stepping down from his leadership role and is expected to be replaced by a more Trump-friendly successor....
...It’s ground zero,” McConnell said on Monday....
...While House Republican leaders are opposed to the deal, Mitch McConnell, the top Republican in the Senate, has backed it....
...Mike Johnson, the speaker of the House of Representative, said: “We needed clarity on what we’re doing in Ukraine, and how we’ll have proper oversight of the spending of precious taxpayer dollars of the...
...“Now is the time to pay attention to our own border in addition to these other important international concerns,” Mitch McConnell, the top Republican in the Senate, told reporters....
...There are some glaring absences this year, however, including Florida governor Ron DeSantis and Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell....
...But others, such as McConnell and former vice-president Mike Pence, have said the US should not back away from supporting Kyiv....
...Mike Pence, Trump’s former vice-president who broke with the president over the January 6 attack on the US Capitol and has yet to formally enter the race, sidestepped a question on the Carroll case on Tuesday...
...Especially painful to behold was the pro-felon vote of former vice-president Mike Pence, demonised bugbear of the January 6 Capitol attack for resisting Trump’s demand that he exploit his ceremonial role...
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