Here Are the Republicans Who Broke With Their Party to Back Ukraine Aid
Twenty-two Senate Republicans bucked a majority of their party and former President Donald J. Trump in joining Democrats to approve military assistance, highlighting a widening foreign policy divide in the contemporary Republican Party. The 22 senators, mainly national security hawks who include several military veterans, provided the votes needed to overcome multiple filibusters backed by […]
On the Border, Republicans Set a Trap, Then Fell Into It
Congressional Republicans thought they had set a clever trap for Democrats that would accomplish complementary political and policy goals. Their idea was to tie approval of military assistance to Ukraine to tough border security demands that Democrats would never accept, allowing Republicans to block the money for Kyiv that many of them oppose while simultaneously […]