Politics
House Approves $13.6 Billion in Emergency Aid for Ukraine
WASHINGTON — The $1.5 trillion spending invoice that handed the Home on Wednesday was fueled largely by bipartisan help for an emergency assist package deal for Ukraine, which might steer $13.6 billion in army and humanitarian help to the war-torn nation below assault by Russia.
The emergency funds, particulars of which had been launched solely hours forward of Wednesday evening’s vote, are evenly break up between army and humanitarian assist, with cash earmarked to cowl the prices of American troops deployed to Europe and to supply emergency help to each Ukrainians nonetheless residing within the nation and those that have fled.
The value tag of the package deal has ballooned from $6.4 billion, the preliminary request from the White Home, reflecting the livid backlash in Congress to Russia’s brutal assault on Ukraine — and the way, struggling to unite behind significant help for Kyiv, Republicans and Democrats have resorted to one of many few substantive instruments accessible to them: sending cash and weapons.
“The courageous, freedom-loving individuals of Ukraine and our allies within the area will obtain urgently wanted investments to combat Vladimir Putin and the Russians’ unlawful and immoral invasion,” Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the bulk chief, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, mentioned in a joint assertion detailing the spending.
The invoice would ship $6.5 billion to the Pentagon to cowl the prices of deploying American troops to Japanese-flank allies and offering Ukrainian forces with intelligence help, in addition to to backfill weapons the US has already despatched to the federal government in Kyiv. The Biden administration initially requested $4.8 billion in army assist.
Lawmakers in each events have been keen to assist arm the Ukrainian army, and that urge for food solely grew after Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, met with members of Congress final weekend and pleaded for extra jets and weapons.
President Biden earlier this month licensed a $350 million package deal of weapons that included Javelin antitank missiles and Stinger antiaircraft missiles in addition to small arms and munitions, a cargo that represented the biggest single licensed switch of arms from U.S. army warehouses to a different nation. America alone has deployed greater than 15,000 troops to Europe, whereas committing a further 12,000 to NATO’s response power if needed.
The invoice would commit $2.65 billion to the US Company for Worldwide Improvement to supply emergency meals help and well being care to Ukrainians and different affected individuals within the area. And it additionally consists of almost $120 million for the Justice and Treasury Departments to prosecute those that violate new sanctions and export management measures imposed by the US to attempt to squeeze the Russian financial system.
Hours after she spoke on the cellphone with Mr. Zelensky for almost 45 minutes, Ms. Pelosi indicated that Congress would doubtless want to supply extra assist sooner or later.
“What he did ask for was assist in the rebuilding of Ukraine,” Ms. Pelosi mentioned, “and all of us are going to assist in the rebuilding, as a result of the beast that’s Putin is simply destroying civilian areas.” Ms. Pelosi added later: “All of us should do extra.”
The Home additionally voted, 414 to 17, on Wednesday evening to ban oil and fuel imports from Russia and evaluation Moscow’s membership within the World Commerce Group.
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The White Home had initially balked on the thought of banning Russian fuel and oil, citing fears a few ensuing spike in fuel costs for American customers, however below strain from Republicans and Democrats in Congress Mr. Biden introduced on Monday that he was doing so.
On the White Home’s request, Democrats in the end stripped out a measure to revoke Russia’s most well-liked commerce standing within the World Commerce Group.
“The president rightfully desires to speak to our allies about that motion and what their view is,” mentioned Consultant Steny H. Hoyer, Democrat of Maryland and the bulk chief. “It’ll have a much bigger affect on our allies.”
The transfer infuriated Republicans, who’ve lengthy known as to remove Russia’s favored commerce standing. However a lot of them supported the invoice anyway, arguing it could ship an essential message to Moscow.
“The ban on Russian oil alone, I feel, is value our help,” mentioned Consultant Kevin Brady of Texas, the highest Republican on the Methods and Means Committee. “However I’m going to induce Congress to do extra to revoke Russia’s particular commerce standing and unleash America’s personal skill to be power impartial.”
Luke Broadwater contributed reporting.
Politics
Capitol Police arrest suspect after allegedly assaulting Rep Nancy Mace
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said she was physically accosted on Capitol grounds Tuesday night, and the suspect has since been arrested.
The U.S. Capitol Police said that just before 6 p.m. the office of a member of Congress, later identified as Mace, reported an incident in the Rayburn House Office Building.
House division officers and agents with the Threat Assessment Section of the police department tracked down the suspect, identified as 33-year-old James McIntyre of Illinois.
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Police interviewed McIntyre and ultimately arrested him on the grounds of assaulting a government official.
“I was physically accosted tonight on Capitol grounds over my fight to protect women. Capitol police have arrested him,” Mace said in a post on X. “All the violence and threats keep proving our point. Women deserve to be safe. Your threats will not stop my fight for women!”
Mace has been vocal about her opposition to transgender individuals using bathrooms not assigned to their biological gender.
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She led the charge against allowing Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, a Democrat from Delaware, to use the women’s restrooms on Capitol Hill. McBride is a biological man who identifies and presents as a woman.
Mace said last month she was receiving death threats, adding that she was being “unfairly targeted.”
Mace also drafted resolution H.R. 1579, which would prohibit members, officers and employees of the House from using facilities other than those corresponding to their biological sex.
Mace’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Fox News Digital’s Charles Creitz contributed to this report.
Politics
Trump names Kimberly Guilfoyle as ambassador to Greece
Kimberly Guilfoyle has been nominated to serve as United States ambassador to Greece, President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday.
Guilfoyle, a former Fox News host now deeply enmeshed in the broader Trump orbit, was married to California Gov. Gavin Newsom when he was mayor of San Francisco. The former prosecutor announced her engagement to Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. in 2022, though questions about the couple’s current relationship status dogged tabloid headlines on Tuesday.
Guilfoyle was a prominent surrogate for Trump during the 2024 campaign.
“For many years, Kimberly has been a close friend and ally,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social website, praising her “extensive experience and leadership in law, media, and politics” and her “sharp intellect.”
The post, which requires Senate confirmation, is currently held by Biden appointee George Tsunis.
Guilfoyle said Tuesday on X that it “was the democratic values born in Greece that helped shape the founding of America,” adding that she looked forward “to delivering on the Trump agenda, supporting our Greek allies, and ushering in a new era of peace and prosperity.”
She also once worked in the San Francisco district attorney’s office with future Vice President Kamala Harris, and the rumored frosty relationship between the ambitious up-and-comers was the topic of San Francisco gossip early in their careers.
Guilfoyle and Newsom — who famously posed together on a rug in a glamorous Harper’s Bazaar profile that declared them “the New Kennedys” — divorced in 2006, the same year she joined Fox News.
The former first lady of San Francisco portrayed the city in dystopian terms during the 2020 Republican National Convention.
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Wisconsin mom mulls lawsuit alleging school district is pushing 'horrifying' race-based policy: 'Problematic'
FIRST ON FOX: A Wisconsin parent is mulling legal action over a situation where she alleges her son was passed over being given the extra learning attention he needed due to language on the school’s website that says it prioritizes additional help for students based on race.
Attorneys for the Wisconsin Institute by Law & Liberty to the Green Bay Area Public School District, argue on behalf of their client, Mrs. Colbey Decker, that a “troubling” and “unlawful” policy in the district “explicitly prioritizes reading support resources based on race, thereby violating the U.S. Constitution and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,” according to a letter obtained by Fox News Digital.
“Mrs. Decker’s child, who suffers from dyslexia, has received different (and less favorable) services because he is white,” the letter states. “If he was Black, Hispanic, or Native American, Mrs. Decker’s son would have been treated more favorably and received different services.”
Decker told Fox News Digital that her son had been receiving one-on-one reading services in another district and that she assumed he would continue receiving that when he moved into the current district in January 2024 but that he was waitlisted for that additional help.
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Decker explained that she learned of the policy while looking at the school’s website.
“I asked them point blank, does he receive less services or is he less of a priority because he’s white?” Decker said. “And even asking that question made me extremely uncomfortable because to think that someone isn’t getting the services they deserve because of the color of their skin is just horrifying. So the principal did respond to me, and much to my surprise, he was very excited to explain to me the work they do in these priority groups.”
The letter alleges, citing the school’s website, that the “district’s literacy policy establishes ‘priority groups’ race—namely, Black, Hispanic, and Native American students—and states that the school will conduct intentional work educating our focus students, prioritizing additional resources to First Nations, Black, and Hispanic students.”
“This policy is in effect and has been applied to Mrs. Decker’s son, according to multiple district employees.”
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The language on the school website also states next to an asterisk at the bottom of the page that, “Priority performance goals are established based on data that shows us we are meeting the needs of some student groups better than others.”
“Focusing on a priority performance group of students will elevate our skills as educators and ultimately benefit all students.”
The letter to the district asks that the policy, known as the King Elementary School Success Plan, be rescinded in favor of a “colorblind approach” to resource allocation along with “immediate and adequate support” to Decker’s son “who has been unfairly excluded from the opportunity to receive necessary resources.”
“Seeing a policy that explicitly prioritizes resources based on race is really troubling, both morally and legally,” WILL associate counsel Cory Brewer told Fox News Digital. “The law demands that Colbey’s son and any child be treated equally to other children, regardless of their race. There should not be special treatment based on skin color. And the fact that this district is embracing the idea that they need to treat children differently based on race is really problematic.”
“We are asking the district to rescind its discriminatory policy immediately to implement a colorblind approach to how it allocates resources, focusing on the needs of the individual student. And we’re also asking the district to provide Colby’s son with the resources that he needs,” Brewer continued. “There’s no reason it should be taking this long for him to get that support. If the district does not change its discriminatory policy, the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty will pursue all legal avenues to protect the rights of Colbey’s son.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the Green Bay Area School District for comment and received the following statement on Tuesday, “The District received the letter from WILL yesterday and we are investigating the allegations. However, we can state unequivocally that the District does not have a policy that includes the language included in the letter.”
“All District policies must be approved by the Board of Education and no such policy language exists.”
The spokesperson added that the language in the School Success Plan is “developed to outline the school’s goals toward continuous improvement, but would not be considered Board (District) policy” which the spokesperson called an “important distinction.”
Decker told Fox News Digital that other parents she has spoken to “can’t believe” the situation when told about it and every parent “just wants their child to be treated equally.”
“Any time a parent or a grandparent advocates for a child, I know that their sincere hope is that that child is just treated equally,” Decker said. “And that’s not what’s happening when someone is a priority. If someone is more of a priority than someone else’s child has to be less of a priority. And I don’t think that’s the way most of America wants to move forward with education.”
“I think everybody wants us to just be completely color-blind and look at children as simply being children. My son is in the 17th percentile in the state for reading, and there are children who are performing at a higher level than him that are more of a priority only because of their skin color. And I don’t think most parents want anything like that to ever happen in any educational setting ever.”
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