Speaker Mike Johnson meets with Biden about Ukraine and Israel aid package
Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson had a "productive meeting" with President Joe Biden on Thursday, Johnson told reporters afterward. Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson had a "productive meeting" with President Joe Biden on Thursday, Johnson told reporters afterward. Johnson, a Louisiana lawmaker elevated to his role just one day ago, headed to the White House for a briefing "on the need for [Biden's] national security supplemental request," a White House official said, referring to a sweeping, approximately $105 billion package the president sent to Congress last seeking some $60 billion in Military assistance for Ukraine and $14 billion for Israel amid their respective wars. Johnson was joined at the meeting by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who called it "candid" but added that "no decisions have been made." The new speaker previously voted against Ukraine aid alongside some other House Republicans who argue...