US Senate blocks international aid to push for stronger domestic border policy

US President Joe Biden (Evan Vucci/AP)

Senate Republicans have blocked the advance of tens of billions of dollars in aid for Ukraine and Israel on Wednesday, with President Joe Biden calling the move “stunning” and dangerous.

US Congress failed to pass a 110 billion dollar (£88 billion) package of wartime funding for Ukraine and Israel as well as other national security priorities, a move Senate Republicans had threatened to do all week.