PoliticsHouse Speaker Faces Pressure on Ukraine Aid VoteBy Mara WhitfieldPublished April 17, 2026 at 3:00 pm EDT · 5 min readThe Speaker found herself boxed in Thursday.UkraineCongressForeign AidMara WhitfieldSenior political correspondent covering Congress and the White House for over a decade.@marawhitfieldMore from PoliticsPoliticsSenate Passes Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill in Late-Night VoteMara Whitfield · 2d agoPoliticsSupreme Court Appears Divided on State Social Media LawsMara Whitfield · 3d agoPoliticsBorder State Governors Meet in Phoenix to Coordinate PolicyEthan Brooks · 3d ago