House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) leadership was put to the test when Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz initiated a motion for McCarthy to vacate his leadership position.
Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu stated on Tuesday that the Russian military is sufficiently staffed for its operation in Ukraine, mainly because of the vast influx of volunteers.
Suspicions have been raised by Russian legislator, Irina Yarovaya, regarding the possible connection between U.S. bio-laboratories in Ukraine and mysterious, hard-to-treat infections reported in the Ukrainian military.
The United States government has suspended the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) and Foreign Military Financing (FMF) contracting initiatives.
"Hopefully the successful effort to strip Ukraine funding from the CR is the first of many victories by the antiwar fiscal conservatives over the military-industrial complex and its politicians, lobbyists, and propagandists."