During a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Biden called the Republicans' delay in providing aid to Ukraine criminal negligence.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with a bipartisan U. S. Congressional delegation led by Mike Turner to discuss Ukraine's defense needs and thank the United States for its support.
Ukraine's ambassador to the US said that Ukraine is running out of equipment such as missiles and interceptors, but she hopes that US lawmakers will break the deadlock and provide more aid.
Nordic and Baltic lawmakers expressed concern over delays in providing military assistance to Ukraine and called for a clearer American strategy to counter Russian aggression.
Despite the delay, there were hopes that the aid package for Ukraine and Israel in the Senate would eventually move forward.
The Senate failed to approve a $118 billion bipartisan package that would have tightened immigration laws and helped Ukraine fight Russian invasion and supported Israel in its war against Hamas.
The United States continues to supply Ukraine with military equipment purchased under the USAI program and will do so for years under long-term contracts, the Pentagon says.
The U. S. House of Representatives rejected a Republican bill that would have allocated $17.6 billion in aid to Israel alone, as Democrats wanted to vote on a broader Senate package that included aid to Ukraine, humanitarian aid, and border security funding.
The President of the European Council called on the U. S. House of Representatives to urgently approve $60 billion in aid for Ukraine's financial stability and emphasized that assistance to Ukraine supports European security.
The Ukraine-Israel funding bill remains at risk of failure due to Republican infighting in the US.
The Biden administration intends to veto a Republican-backed bill that would allocate $14 billion in aid to Israel alone, excluding Ukraine from the package.
The Senate is debating a bill that would strengthen border security while providing military aid to Ukraine and Israel, but it faces opposition from Republican leaders and some progressive Democrats.
The U. S. Senate may vote on February 7 on the omnibus funding bill for Ukraine, which includes international aid and migration reform, introduced on Sunday.
U. S. House Speaker Mike Johnson criticized the Senate's bipartisan border deal that included funding for Ukraine, saying the bill would be "dead on arrival" in the House.
President Biden received about 97% of the vote in the South Carolina Democratic primary, securing more delegates as he seeks to win the nomination.
The White House opposes a House bill to provide $17. 6 billion in additional aid to Israel without allocating new funds for Ukraine.
A group of U. S. congressmen has submitted a bill to allocate $17.6 billion to Israel separately from funding for Ukraine.
Next week, the US Senate will vote on a bipartisan bill that would provide more aid to Ukraine and Israel and strengthen border security.
At the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D. C., U.S. President Joe Biden spoke about the continued U.S. support for Ukraine against Russian aggression and working for peace in the world.
The US government claims to have prevented a large-scale cyberattack involving China by neutralizing the Volt Typhoon network, which allegedly targeted US civilian infrastructure and had ties to China.
Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson told the leaders of the Baltic parliaments that the bill on additional US aid for Ukraine and border policy reforms will be divided, and the final decision will depend on the proposals of the Senate negotiators.
NATO Secretary General and Speaker of the House of Representatives agree on the importance of sending a clear message to Putin that he is not winning the war in Ukraine.
Stoltenberg thanked the United States for its support of Ukraine and emphasized that this support remains crucial for Ukraine's survival and the stability of Europe.
Nancy Pelosi has called on the FBI to investigate whether some pro-Palestinian protests in the US have links to Russia or Russian funding. She believes that Putin may be behind some of the protests calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.