Johnson, a hard-line conservative, voted against security assistance for Ukraine in September, but since becoming House speaker has been more receptive to funding the country's military, warning that Russian President Vladimir Putin cannot be allowed to prevail.

House Speaker Mike Johnson told fellow Republicans on Tuesday that sweeping changes to U.S. border policy would be their “hill to die on” in negotiations over President Joe Biden’s nearly $106 billion package for the wars in Ukraine and Israel and other security needs.

A classified briefing on the war in Ukraine has fallen apart as some Republicans walked out in protest over the lack of immigration policies included in the supplemental aid package.

The GOP’s demands could imperil any legislation that emerges from the Senate, where a bipartisan group is trying to find agreement on a pared-down set of border policy proposals.

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson told fellow Republicans on Tuesday that sweeping changes to US border policy would be their “hill to die on” in negotiations that have already

The clock is ticking for lawmakers to pass the White House's aid plan for Ukraine and Israel. House Speaker Mike Johnson is among the Republicans demanding that any national security package begins with securing the southern border.

Republican U.S. congressional leaders insisted on Tuesday that any new aid for Ukraine be combined with major changes in immigration policy, threatening to derail President Joe Biden's request for billions of dollars for Kyiv's fight against Russia.