Speaker of the House Mike Johnson. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/AP

On Saturday, the US House of Representatives voted to pass a $95 billion foreign aid package to assist Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan, as well as a TikTok ban requiring the popular app’s Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest from the platform within up to a year or face a nationwide prohibition in the United States. The combined bills will now go to the Senate, where the package could be voted on as early as next week. President Joe Biden has showed support for the package.

A rule to bring the bills to the House floor passed on Friday with critical support from Democrats. It came as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) faced increased pressure—and........

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