Controversy grows over House Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to add IRS cuts to Israel aid package

WASHINGTON — The Senate and the White House pushed back hard on Tuesday against new Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to fund only aid for Israel — and include unrelated cuts to the Internal Revenue Service. Both Democrats and Republicans in the upper chamber said they would move ahead with a supplemental aid plan that would include billions in much-needed aid for embattled Ukraine alongside assistance for the Jewish state as it battles Hamas. “Make no mistake, we need to address all of these priorities as part of one package — because the reality is these issues are all connected, ...