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Joseph Clark

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Joseph Clark covered Congress and national security for The Washington Times.

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In this image released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office on Sunday, May 1, 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, awards the Order of Princess Olga, the third grade, to U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 30, 2022. Pelosi, second in line to the presidency after the vice president, is the highest-ranking American leader to visit Ukraine since the start of the war, and her visit marks a major show of continuing support for the country's struggle against Russia. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Pelosi leads congressional delegation in unannounced visit to Kyiv

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has become the most senior U.S. lawmaker to meet face-to-face with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his war-torn country since the Russian invasion after leading a congressional delegation in an unannounced visit to Kyiv over the weekend.

May 1, 2022
A wheat warehouse in Luky village, in western Ukraine, is shown in this March 25, 2022, file photo. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File) **FILE**

Ukraine accuses Russia of seizing grain

Ukrainian officials on Saturday accused Russian forces of seizing grain in contested regions of Ukraine as fears of a looming food security crisis linger amid the ongoing war.

April 30, 2022
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference, Friday, April 29, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Pelosi slams McCarthy over lawmaker safety, GOP opposition to House metal detectors

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday slammed Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for attacking her decision to place metal detectors outside of the House floor despite leaked audio revealing that he feared some of his Republican colleagues would incite violence in the wake of the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

April 29, 2022
House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, questions Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday April 28, 2022, to review the U.S. Department of State's foreign policy priorities and fiscal year 2023 budget request. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Congress extends WWII-era lend-lease program to Ukraine

The House on Thursday gave final passage on a measure that would establish a "lend-lease" military aid program to Ukraine modeled on the program the Roosevelt administration used to bolster allies before the U.S. entered World War II.

April 28, 2022
In this photo taken from video distributed by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, Intercontinental ballistic missiles are launched by the Vladimir Monomakh nuclear submarine of the Russian navy from the Sera of Okhotsk, Russia, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020. The U.S. Navy nixed funding for the nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile (SLCM-N) in its budget request for the 2023 fiscal year as a result of the Pentagon’s five-year Nuclear Posture Review, creating what the head of U.S. Strategic Command Adm. Charles Richard called “a deterrence and assurance gap.” (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File) **FILE**

Russia’s nuclear threats put Navy nuke in spotlight

Russia's nuclear saber-rattling amid the war in Ukraine has raised concern in Washington as lawmakers grapple with President Biden's cancellation of the Navy's sea-launched nuclear cruise missile.

April 28, 2022