House Democrats rescue Mike Johnson to save $95bn aid bill for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

Republican House speaker now set to push forward legislation, which had stalled in the House amid protest from rightwing GOP

House Democrats came to the rescue of Mike Johnson, the Republican speaker, in a rare move for a committee that normally votes along party lines, in order to save the Ukraine aid legislation from rightwing rebels.

The dramatic action took place on Capitol Hill on Thursday night as, on Friday morning Antony Blinken, the secretary of state, warned that if US aid was further delayed for Ukraine “there is a real risk it will arrive too late” to help the grinding resistance to Russia’s invasion.