Breaking news: Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, pro-Trump electors and other allies have been indicted on felony charges related to their alleged efforts to subvert Joe Biden’s 2020 victory in Arizona. wapo.st/3y1PvWs

Analysis by Paul Kane: Senate Minority Leader McConnell worked with Senate Majority Leader Schumer to keep the aid package together, particularly funds for Ukraine and Israel, knowing Ukraine had huge Democratic support and Israel had massive GOP support. wapo.st/49QzKz1

Tomorrow at 11 a.m.:

The reporting and video cited here raises again a discrepancy in the Abbey Gate attack: While U.S. military investigators say there was no complex attack, numerous rank-and-file Marines who were there say they took and returned gunfire after the explosion.

Senate passes Ukraine, Israel aid bill after months-long debate

via Liz Goodwin

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*Nods in Yellow Line*

Welcome to #Florida …where pilots have to check under their plane for gators! This was spotted recently at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa. 🐊👀 @WINKNews

No construction yet by the Army on the aid bridge for #Gaza says Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder

MOSCOW (AP) — Moscow court rejects Evan Gershkovich's appeal, keeping him jailed on espionage charges until at least June 30.

UK announces $620 million in new military aid for Ukraine and plan to up own defense spending apnews.com/article/poland…

hm. 'A new Defence Innovation Agency will be set up to develop weapons, modelled on the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa).' telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/…

Russian forces appear to be aiming to make a wide penetration of Ukrainian lines northwest of Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, but their ability to do so will likely be blunted by the arrival of US and other Western aid to the frontline. 🧵(1/9)

Biden, who since Russia’s all-out invasion in 2022 had vowed to stand with Ukraine for “as long as it takes,” had begun shifting his wording to promise support for “as long as we can.” Now he can for a little while longer. nytimes.com/2024/04/22/us/…

'Drink more, tweet less.'

Israel has yet to provide supporting evidence of its claims that employees of the UN relief agency UNRWA are members of terrorist organisations, an independent review led by the former French foreign minister Catherine Colonna has said.

The Colonna report, which was commissioned

*panic setting in*

The House approved a $95 billion package of foreign aid bills that would provide funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, among other priorities.

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Ukraine weapons package ‘ready to go’ once aid bill clears Congress washingtonpost.com/national-secur…