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• The new Speaker aims to complete the appropriations process in the next 23 days, which will test his ability to maintain the fragile unity of House Republicans.
• He is a policy-oriented constitutionalist considered by his peers as a principled conservative.

Washington DC, Oct. 25 (DP.net).– Mike Johnson is a four-term conservative who represents Louisiana's fourth congressional district, which includes nearly 760,000 residents. Johnson won the congressional seat with the largest margin of victory in his region in more than 50 years. He previously served in the Louisiana Legislature from February 2015 to January 2017.

With two decades of previous experience in Constitutional law, he serves on the House Judiciary Committee and on the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. 

Johnson is widely viewed as a policy-oriented and principled conservative. He is a vocal opponent of gay marriage and a supporter of bans on abortion. He typically votes in line with his Republican colleagues and has a 92% rating from the American Conservative Union and 90% from Heritage Action.

• It is widely expected that Israel’s ground assault on Gaza will begin in the near future.

Tel Aviv, Oct. 14.– Israel’s war against Hamas has entered its eighth day, a week after the merciless assault by Hamas that left over 1,300 Israelis slain and at least 3,300 wounded. In the Gaza Strip, where 2,215 Palestinians have reportedly been killed since the war began, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad are holding hostage more than 150 soldiers and civilians, including foreign nationals.

The U.S. is leading international efforts to organize humanitarian aid to Gaza and the evacuation of the wounded. Israel continues airstrikes as well as trading sporadic fire with Hezbollah forces in the country’s north. 

The shock from Hamas' assault is beginning to dissipate, but the purpose of Israel's action remains murky, whether it's neutralizing the terror group's military capabilities or toppling the regime – which would require occupying Gaza.

Tel Aviv, Oct.11.– On the fourth day of the war, one can hope that some change is taking shape, stemming partly from a change in Israel’s approach. The shock and paralysis that took hold after the surprise attack by Hamas and its horrific results are apparently beginning to abate.

At the EU-CELAC summit, the president of Chile criticized that the joint declaration is blocked because "some do not want to say that it is the war against Ukraine", in reference to Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua, which maintain the blockade due to their support for Moscow.

Russia attacked the port of Odesa after refusing to extend the agreement for the export of grain from Ukraine ← click here

Brussels, Jul.18.– The president of Chile, Gabriel Boric, dedicated a few words to the governments that do not condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine in his speech at the European Union-CELAC summit.

“I understand that the joint declaration is blocked today because some do not want to say that it is the war against Ukraine. Dear colleagues, today it is Ukraine but tomorrow it could be any of us," said the Chilean head of state.