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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Ukraine aid hangs in the balance amid congressional infighting

    House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing pressure from Democrats and foreign leaders to pass more aid, while hard-right members of his own party threaten his speakership.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 8, 2024 • 1 min read

    House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing pressure from Democrats and foreign leaders to pass more aid, while hard-right members of his own party threaten his speakership.

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    In ‘Música,’ Rudy Mancuso shows beauty and complexity of synesthesia
    1. 0:00Ukraine aid hangs in the balance amid congressional infightingYou’re reading this
    2. 10:38Another Trump lawyer faces disbarment after 2020 election schemes
    3. 20:00HBO’s ‘Curb’ concludes with copious callbacks to ‘Seinfeld’ finale
    4. 36:43Hearing the music in everything: Rudy Mancuso on ‘Música,’ synesthesia
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