President accuses predecessor of seeing Nato as a ‘protection racket’ and ‘bowing down’ to Putin in speech urging quick passage of foreign aid bill
US Senate approves $95bn aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
Three Democrats (or strictly two, and one independent aligned with Democrats) voted no on the Senate passage of the national security bill: Peter Welch of Vermont, Bernie Sanders, also of Vermont (and the independent in question) and Jeff Merkley of Oregon.
They each cited the same reason for their vote: military aid to Israel.
The Republican refrain goes something like this: Democrats know Joe Biden can’t win in November and they – it’s always ‘they’ – are going to replace him on top of the ticket.
Anyone around politics has heard it – and the assured predictions have reached a crescendo following the release of the special counsel [Hur]’s report …