“Absent decisive leadership at the White House, Congress must stand in the breach defending our allies and our sovereignty,” said Rep. Chip Roy, of Texas.
Biden departs on Tuesday evening for five days in France that will include D-Day celebrations in Normandy, where U.S. and allied forces stormed French beaches in an attack that helped defeat Nazi Germany in World War II, as well as a high-profile speech and a formal state visit with President Emmanuel Macron.
Palestinian medics say Israeli shelling and air strikes killed at least 19 people in central and south Gaza on Tuesday, as the US President Joe Biden suggests Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is dragging out the Gaza war for political reasons.