Johnson sent shockwaves around Capitol Hill when he decided to oust Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio — a staunch NATO supporter who has aggressively pushed for U.S. aid to Ukraine — as chair of the House Intelligence Committee and replace him with Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., a conservative who voted against the most recent Ukraine aid package.

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for White House budget director is declining to commit to doling out congressionally approved funds, specifically U.S. military aid to Ukraine.

In choosing Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) to chair the House Intelligence Committee, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has tapped a veteran conservative with “America First” leanings to steer one of the

speaks during a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington ... on the road at the front line near Chasiv Yar town, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Jan. 10, 2025. (Oleg Petrasiuk/Ukraine’s 24th Mechanised Brigade via ...

The House Freedom Caucus has been in a cold war with now-former Intelligence Chair Mike Turner. Speaker Mike Johnson ended it officially on Thursday — and it seems clear that hardliners won.

President Donald Trump sought to maintain his inaugural momentum on his second day in office, defending the pardons for Capitol Hill riot defendants, planning a purge of DEI programmes and announcing an artificial intelligence infrastructure deal.

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is in danger of failing to make a clean break with Ukraine and could be sucked deeper into Vladimir Putin’s war — just as Richard Nixon was stung in his attempts to pull out of Vietnam — Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon warned in a wide-ranging interview with POLITICO.