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Article Title: Border Security Top Issue for Voters
Snippet of Article: "...the immigration crisis at the U.S. southern border is the top issue for American voters.
"It is all about the border," she said Tuesday on "Wake Up America." "The border is the number one issue, when I talk to folks, that they care about – why we have an open border crisis that is completely avoidable that is playing out in communities all around the country..."
Article Title: Mitch McConnell Betrays Mike Johnson on the Border
Snippet of Article: "Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who is now urging House Speaker Mike Johnson to surrender on the border lest Ukraine not continue to be the top priority. That's not the worst of it, though. McConnell went so far as to betray Johnson by calling Hakeem Jeffries, the top House Democrat, in an attempt to force through Ukraine aid as a separate vote. ...With Joe Biden in the White House, the only leverage Republicans have is foreign aid to Ukraine. If Johnson were to listen to McConnell and give that up, any hope for a viable (i.e. effective) compromise on border security and asylum reform would go up in smoke. ..."
Article Title: Over $1 Billion In Ukraine Military Aid Was Poorly Tracked—Creating Concerns Over ‘Risk Of Theft,’ Pentagon Says
Snippet of Article: "...according to a Defense Department report released Thursday, amid contested efforts by American lawmakers to provide additional funding for Ukraine’s war against Russia. ..."
Article Title: Ukraine funding depends on ‘transformative change’ to border security
Snippet of Article: "...In the letter, Johnson recalled an October meeting with administration officials including Young and national security adviser Jake Sullivan, during which the Speaker laid out preconditions for Republicans to support further aid to Ukraine.
“First, I explained that supplemental Ukraine funding is dependent upon enactment of transformative change to our nation’s border security laws,” Johnson wrote. ...Republicans say taking action on the border is necessary to unlock funding for Ukraine. ...“With regard to the U.S. border, the need to regain operational control has never been more urgent and the American people deserve immediate action,” Johnson wrote."
