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McConnell sees swift Ukraine aid passage, backs NATO expansion

WASHINGTON — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said after a visit to Kyiv that he expects the chamber to pass a $40 billion aid package for Ukraine with broad bipartisan backing on Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

McConnell says the Senate will pass the largest Ukraine aid package yet on Wednesday

The GOP leader spoke from Stockholm following a trip to Kyiv. He backed Sweden and Finland joining NATO and pushed back on more isolationist voices in his party.

WEKU

McConnell sees Wednesday U.S. Senate vote on $40 billion Ukraine aid bill

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday he expected the Senate to vote on Wednesday to approve about $40 billion in proposed aid to help Ukraine resist Russia's invasion after holding a related procedural vote on Monday.

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McConnell, GOP senators to visit Helsinki amid NATO talks

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and a delegation of GOP senators are due to visit Helsinki on Monday for talks with Finland’s president as the previously neutral Nordic nation bordering Russia seeks NATO membership

The Independent UK

Ukraine news – live: Putin likely to have lost third of his invasion force, says MoD

Surviving Russian troops have struggled with ‘continued low morale’ and ineffectiveness, it added

The Independent UK

Fierce Fighting in Ukraine's East but Eurovision Win Lifts Spirits

Ukraine's forces were fighting off a fierce Russian onslaught on the east of the country Sunday, after a Eurovision victory gave the country a much-needed boost of morale. President Volodymr Zelensky warned on Saturday that the war in his country risked triggering global food shortages, adding that the situation in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cyber attack on Lviv city council – as it happened

Finland and Sweden confirm intention to join Nato, prompted by Russian invasion of Ukraine

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Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 81 of the invasion

Finland applies to join Nato in wake of Russian invasion of Ukraine; Donbas offensive ‘lost momentum’; Ukraine wins Eurovision

The Guardian - AU

Top Senate Republican meets Zelenskiy, Russia says U.S. involvement dangerous

Mitch McConnell, the top Republican in the U.S. Senate, paid an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Saturday with other Republican senators and met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for talks.

Reuters

McConnell, GOP senators meet Zelenskyy in surprise Kyiv stop

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and a delegation of GOP senators met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv during an unannounced visit to the capital on Saturday

The Independent UK

McConnell heads to Kyiv and becomes the latest U.S. official to meet with Zelenskyy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the visit a signal of bipartisan support from the U.S. Congress. The meeting took place as Ukraine said it had forced Russian troops away from Kharkiv.

WEKU

Mitch McConnell visits Kyiv with delegation of Republican US senators

Senators meet Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy who praises US bipartisan support for his country

The Guardian - US

Mitch McConnell and Senate GOP delegation meet Zelensky in unannounced trip to Kyiv

Republican delegation arrives as Congress mulls $40bn aid package for Ukraine

The Independent UK

‘Turn the page.’ Barnette says she wouldn’t support McConnell as GOP leader

WASHINGTON — Kathy Barnette, who has taken Republican leaders by surprise with her late break run toward the GOP Senate nomination in Pennsylvania, said she would not support Mitch McConnell to lead her party if she makes it to Washington.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Abortion is set to tear the country apart

Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tells reporters that a Republican Senate “certainly could legislate in that area.” Which can only mean, Mike Tomasky deduces in The New Republic, “that Republicans are contemplating a federal law to make abortion illegal — everywhere.”

Salon

MAGA candidates are outgrowing Trump

The far-right GOP Senate candidate is now surging over Trump-endorsed Dr. Oz. Credit MAGA misogyny with her appeal

The Independent UK

How the ‘pro-life’ movement killed Roe v Wade

Powerful legal groups, conservative Christian activists and right-wing figures shaped an anti-abortion agenda in the hands of the US Supreme Court, Alex Woodward reports

Salon

Rand Paul blocks $40B in Ukraine aid

Both parties' leaders stressed that Ukraine urgently needs more aid but Paul delayed the package over his demands

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Maryland and Virginia governors urge DOJ to tighten security outside justices' homes

The Republican governors are asking for federal law enforcement to take the lead in protecting the justices in the weeks and months ahead as protests continue.

The Guardian - US

The Democratic party needs new, younger leadership before it’s too late

The party’s leaders came of age in a distant era and haven’t grasped that today’s Republican party belongs to the extreme right

The Independent UK

Republican senator Rand Paul blocks $40bn aid package to Ukraine despite GOP move to pass it

Comes despite the fact both parties agreed to pass it

WEKU

McConnell defends Supreme Court on abortion, says issue will be 'a wash' in midterms

Senate's top Republican says the Supreme Court's role is to protect basic rights, even when majorities are in favor of something else. "That happens all the time."

WEKU

McConnell defends Supreme Court on abortion, says impact will be 'a wash' in midterms

Senate's top Republican says the Supreme Court's role is to protect basic rights, even when majorities are in favor of something else. "That happens all the time."

Roll Call

Ukraine aid vote pushed to next week amid Senate snarl - Roll Call

Senators headed home for the weekend without clearing a $40.1 billion emergency spending package for Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Senate leaders push for quick OK for fresh $40B for Ukraine

Leaders from both parties are trying to clear the way for Senate passage Thursday of an additional $40 billion for Ukraine and its allies

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