Ukraine war briefing: Fraught path through US Congress for aid as Russia makes gains

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White House officials have said they are taking a wait-and-see approach until the House speaker, Mike Johnson, releases details of his plan to pass aid for Ukraine. “It does appear at first blush, that the speaker’s proposal will, in fact, help us get aid to Ukraine, aid to Israel and needed resources to the Indo-Pacific for a wide range of contingencies there,” said John Kirby, Joe Biden’s national security spokesman. “But we’re waiting to get a little bit more detail before we say one way or the other.” The speaker is considering a complicated approach that would break apart the...