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...Mike Gallagher, head of the US House China committee, will visit Taipei next week with a group of lawmakers in a show of support for Lai Ching-te ahead of his May inauguration as president of Taiwan....
...Several prominent US lawmakers will travel to Taipei in the coming weeks in a show of support for Lai Ching-te, who will be inaugurated as Taiwan’s new president in May following his election victory on...
...Nirvana is whispering out of the tinny back-seat speakers as we pull up....
...The toughest hurdle for the bill was cleared on Saturday after Mike Johnson, the Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, decided to bring Ukraine aid up for a vote despite months of internal...
...The US president made the pledge to Zelenskyy during a call yesterday, according to the White House, two days after the Republican-controlled House of Representatives led by Speaker Mike Johnson voted to...
...the House of Representatives due to Republican opposition....
...“Regardless of who’s in power in the White House, Taiwan will endeavour to continue our free and democratic way of life,” he said. “Democracy and freedom are also a core value for the US....
...Bank of England watchers are expecting a rate cut. The debate here is whether it will have the capacity to start cutting as soon as June....
...More US politics news: House Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to hold votes on funding for Ukraine and Israel faced a growing threat as members of his Republican party revived a bid to remove him from office....
...The White House and pro-Ukraine lawmakers are growing increasingly alarmed about the future of US funding for Kyiv in the wake of Kevin McCarthy’s ousting as speaker of the House of Representatives, which...
...Also, President Joe Biden’s son Hunter is to appear for a deposition with House Republicans for their impeachment inquiry into his father....
...Draft rules of procedure that have not yet been adopted by the COP state that “the president shall participate in the session in that capacity and shall not simultaneously exercise the rights of a representative...
...Under the heavy influence of former president Donald Trump, both Kevin McCarthy, the House speaker for most of the year, and Mike Johnson, who replaced him after his ousting in October, have declined to...
...up too much of the ship’s weight capacity....
...That funding is now in limbo amid political dysfunction in Washington following the removal of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House of Representatives....
...Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, has said the scandal-ridden New York congressman George Santos will not serve on “key” congressional committees, as Republican officials in Santos...
...Around this time, Nicholas got close to Brian Coogan, who served as a Rhode Island state representative from 2000 to 2005....
...Kevin McCarthy, the Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, said this week that tougher work requirements for recipients of several existing safety net programmes were a “red line” for him in...
...of the House of Representatives....
...There is also the question of how western diplomats might negotiate being in the same place as the Syrian leader and his representatives, if they choose to attend....
...Last August, the Chinese military held large-scale military exercises, including flying ballistic missiles over Taiwan, after Nancy Pelosi became the first Speaker of the US House of Representatives to visit...
...the House of Representatives....
...Take a break from the news In Bali, plastic bags are getting a second life as homeware....
...The US House of Representatives has passed a sweeping $858bn defence spending bill that provides $10bn to fund the provision of weapons to Taiwan as the country comes under increasing pressure from China...
...The legislation now heads to the House of Representatives, where it is expected to be approved and sent to President Joe Biden’s desk for his signature....
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