Has Speaker Mike Johnson as soon as once more risked his tenuous management place?
This week, after signing a $95 billion military-aid package deal into legislation, President Joe Biden introduced that essential weapons are being rushed to Ukraine. The passage of this invoice, which incorporates funding for Israel, Taiwan, and different overseas allies, marks the top of the drawn-out struggle in Congress over overseas funding. Nonetheless, lawmakers proceed to deal with the way forward for celebration management on Capitol Hill: Will there be political ramifications for Biden and Home Speaker Mike Johnson?
Johnson additionally traveled to Columbia College on Wednesday, the place, together with different Republican lawmakers, he spoke to college students as demonstrations in opposition to the warfare in Gaza have erupted on campuses throughout the nation. At Columbia, Johnson was met with boos and pro-Palestinian chants from college students. In the meantime, Biden additionally faces questions on whether or not his coverage on Israel may damage his standing amongst younger voters in November.
Becoming a member of the editor in chief of The Atlantic and moderator, Jeffrey Goldberg, to debate this and extra: Peter Baker, the chief White Home correspondent at The New York Occasions; Laura Barrón-López, a White Home correspondent for PBS NewsHour; David Drucker, a senior author at The Dispatch; and Mara Liasson, a nationwide political correspondent for NPR.
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