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Zelenskyy turns to Europe for aid as Trump bashes US funding package

With former President Trump lobbying against Ukraine aid in Congress, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is turning to Western Europe for help.

Senate passes controversial foreign aid bill sending billions to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

The Senate passed the $95 billion national security supplemental package to assist Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific — without any border security provisions.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘confident’ that GOP will impeach Mayorkas

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene told supporters the House will finally be able to muster the votes to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas when the chamber votes this week.

Bottom Line: Nutrition advocate lobbies up for SNAP defense

Agriculture Feeding America hired Corbin Strategies to lobby on issues related to the farm bill including nutrition programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).  Nutrition programs have historically received the biggest share of the farm bill pie, and 2021 revisions to the Thrifty Food Plan — the basket of foods that make up...

What to watch in Tuesday’s special elections in New York and Pennsylvania

Two special elections on the East Coast taking place Tuesday could provide some insight into what to expect up and down the ballot going into November’s general election. In New York’s 3rd Congressional District, former Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) is facing off against Republican Mazi Pilip following the ousting of former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.)....

GOP confident in second go at Mayorkas impeachment

House Republicans are giving their effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas another try on Tuesday, bringing the vote to the floor a second time after three GOP members sided with Democrats to tank their first attempt. The return of House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), who has been undergoing treatment for blood cancer,...

IRS takes baby steps with new direct file program

The IRS is treading carefully with the launch of a free online tax filing system as the agency and its ambitious project face intense political scrutiny. When the new “direct file” online tax filing system from the IRS is released to the wider public in mid-March, an unlimited number of citizens will be able to...

How climate justice took one activist from a Wyoming reservation to international summits

Big Wind Carpenter, a member of the Northern Arapaho Tribe, says they personally witnessed environmental racism before they even knew there was a name for it. In the area of Wyoming where Carpenter, who identifies as two-spirit and uses they/them pronouns, grew up, fossil fuel extraction is a major part of the economy. Much of...

Supreme Court to confront 14th Amendment disqualification — and not just Trump’s 

Former President Trump isn’t the only public official whose disqualification under the 14th Amendment’s insurrection ban has landed at the Supreme Court. Just days after the justices heard oral arguments in Trump’s historic case Thursday, they are scheduled this week to consider taking up another official’s disqualification: a New Mexico county commissioner who participated in...

Speaker Johnson rebuffs Senate Ukraine package

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday rejected a bipartisan Senate proposal providing aid to Ukraine and other foreign allies, raising new questions about how — or if — Congress will adopt the assistance ahead of November’s elections. The Senate legislation, which would provide billions of dollars in military assistance for Ukraine and Israel, among other...

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