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Mother of Travis King, soldier charged with desertion, says family plans to 'fight charges hard'

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The mother and stepfather of Travis King said that the charges against him do not align with the person they know. The mother of Travis King, a U.S. Army private charge d by the Army with desertion for crossing the Demilitarized Zone into North Korea this summer, said that her family plans "to fight the charges and fight the charges hard." In an exclusive interview with ABC News Tuesday, Claudine Gates and Dan Jovanovic, King's mother and stepfather, said the eight counts leveled against King last week that include desertion, possession of child pornography, assaulting fellow soldiers, and disobeying a superior officer shock them because they do not align with the "peaceful person" they know. "The actions that the Army is saying that he's doing is not Travis. He's not like that. He's a good boy," Gates said. Claudine Gates and Dan Jovanovic are speaking with ABC News' Linsey Davis in an interview airing in full on Wednesday n...

Speaker McCarthy plans to confront Zelenskyy on Ukraine funding

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he has questions for President Zelenskyy when he comes to Washington amid a GOP clash over further aid to the war-torn nation. The political clash on Capitol Hill over Ukraine aid will be front and center when President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with lawmakers in Washington later this week. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said he has questions for the Ukrainian president when asked if he plans to commit to another round of aid. "Is Zelenskyy elected to Congress? Is he our president? I don't think I have to commit anything and I think I have questions for him,” McCarthy told ABC News Senior Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott. “Where's the accountability on the money we've already spent? What is the plan for victory? I think that's what the American public wants to know," McCarthy added. MORE: Zelenskyy on how Russian invasion may end, gratitude for US aid and Putin's weakness Speaker of the House Kevin M...