US President Joe Biden signs a hard-fought bill into law that provides $95 billion in war aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, notching a rare bipartisan victory for the president as he seeks reelection and ending months of wrangling with Republicans in Congress.
“It gives vital support to America ‘s partners so they can defend themselves from threats to their sovereignty,” Biden says, adding that the flow of weapons to Ukraine would start in the next few hours.
The $95-billion package includes $17 billion in defense aid to Israel, and some $9 billion in humanitarian relief to people in Gaza as well as other war-torn regions. (The final decision on allocation is up to the White House, with analysts expecting roughly $2 billion will go to Gaza.)
Biden also signs a separate bill tied to the aid legislation that bans TikTok in the US if its owner, the Chinese tech firm ByteDance, fails to divest the popular short video app over the next nine months to a year.
The social media platform is particularly popular with left-leaning young Americans, a group crucial to Biden’s victory in November.
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