US President Joe Biden signed a stopgap spending bill into law on Thursday, averting a looming government shutdown. The limited appropriation of funds, which omitted aid to Ukraine, passed the Senate on Wednesday.
Biden signs funding bill that excludes Ukraine
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Support not ‘indefinite,’ White House tells Ukraine
When it comes to funding Kiev, the US says it is “at the end of the rope”
Support not ‘indefinite,’ White House tells Ukraine
US Scrambles to Get More Arms to Israel, Ukraine
US Scrambles to Get More Arms to Israel, Ukraine
Congress isn’t expected to authorize more spending on Ukraine or Israel until a new House speaker is elected, which will likely happen this week. According to The Messenger, House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) said Congress is discussing a massive military aid package for Ukraine and Israel that would also include funds for Taiwan. “There’s discussion about putting Israel funding, Ukraine funding, maybe Taiwan funding and finally border security,” he said.
From a Capitol Hill Basement, Bannon Stokes the Republican Party Meltdown
The former Trump adviser has helped create the spectacle of G.O.P. dysfunction, using it to build his own following and those of the right-wing House rebels who took down Kevin McCarthy.
From a Capitol Hill Basement, Bannon Stokes the Republican Party Meltdown
Zelensky to Beg House Speaker McCarthy for More Taxpayer Money, While Biden Bullies Developing Countries to Betray Russia and China
Zelensky arrived in New York on Monday and will head to Washington after the UN General Assembly
House Speaker McCarthy to Meet With Zelensky This Week
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Biden urges UN to not abandon Ukraine
Biden’s call was part of his long-running theme to rally democracies against the globe’s rising autocracies. On Tuesday, he went further, implicitly urging developing nations to turn their backs on Russia and China’s autocracies and join an inter-connected, rules-based order promoted by the U.S. and its allies.
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Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, skipped the general assembly, as did China’s Xi Jinping, but Beijing’s presence loomed large on the east side of Manhattan. While much of Biden’s speech read as a pitch to the developing world, its true subject was China, although the president tried to publicly downplay tensions with Beijing, as he did just weeks ago at the G20.
Is AOC A Total Sellout?
Tara Palmeri has a new piece with Puck titled ‘The Remaking of A.O.C.’ It is well worth your time.
Is AOC A Total Sellout?
It’s Worse Than I Thought: The Myth of Jeffrey Zients
There is no reason to trust a longtime corporate stooge to serve as President Biden’s chief of staff.
The Myth of Jeffrey Zients
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The 15 rounds of voting it took to install Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House is part of the carnival of folly that passes for politics.
Chris Hedges: America’s Theater of the Absurd
Report: The CIA Is Directing Sabotage Attacks Inside Russia
The CIA has been using a European NATO country’s intelligence services to conduct sabotage attacks inside Russia since the February invasion of Ukraine, investigative journalist Jack Murphy reported on Saturday, citing unnamed former US intelligence and military officials.
Report: The CIA Is Directing Sabotage Attacks Inside Russia
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The CIA is using a European NATO ally’s spy service to conduct a covert sabotage campaign inside Russia under the agency’s direction, according to former U.S. intelligence and military officials. (archived)
‘CIA behind spate of explosions in Russia’: US veteran claims CIA and NATO ally behind sabotage
Pelosi, first woman speaker, to depart Dem leadership in seismic shift
Nancy Pelosi, a legislative giant regarded as one of the most powerful speakers in modern U.S. history, announced Thursday she will forgo another run for Democratic leadership but retain her House seat.
Pelosi, first woman speaker, to depart Dem leadership in seismic shift
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