Senators are struggling to strike a long-elusive compromise on US-Mexico border policy that Republicans insist is needed for assistance to Ukraine to pass Congress. Hardliners in the House gambled that they could leverage the assistance Ukraine says it desperately needs — as well as win a long-sought shift in US politics on immigration — to force Democrats’ hand on asylum restrictions and other Republican border priorities.

President Joe Biden’s nearly $106 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other needs is sitting idle in Congress.

Passing an aid package for Israel and Ukraine sits at the top of the Senate's to-do list ... Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has been adamant that President Joe Biden's $106 billion request for Israel and Ukraine funding, border enforcement, countering ...

"I intend to bring the President’s national security supplemental package to the floor as soon as the week of December 4th," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said.