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Ukraine aid request by Biden likely to be approved
Joe Biden’s $33bn request to Congress for more aid for Ukraine is likely to receive swift approval from lawmakers, a senior Republican said last weekend, as the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, made a surprise visit to the warriven country.
The president had asked for the money for military and humanitarian support for Ukraine as it fights to repulse Russia.
Michael McCaul, a Texas Republican and ranking member of the House foreign affairs committee, went on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulous and said he expected the chamber would look favourably on the request in the coming weeks. McCaul’s comments came while Pelosi led a congressional delegation to Kyiv to meet the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, and the House speaker promised on behalf of the US: “We are here until victory is won.”
McCaul was asked if he believed Congress would quickly pass Biden’s requested package, which includes $20bn in military aid, $8.5bn in economic aid to Kyiv and $3bn in humanitarian relief. “Yes, I do,” McCaul said.
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Ghislaine Maxwell’s guilty verdict upheld by judge
The judge in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking case has upheld her conviction. Judge Alison Nathan said the guilty verdict was “supported by
