The Senate is pushing past far-right objections to aiding Ukraine. But next steps are uncertain


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The U.S. Senate is plodding past far-right Republican opposition to helping Ukraine fight Russia, working through the weekend on a $95.3-billion military aid package for Kyiv, Israel and other allies that could be President Joe Biden’s last chance for now to deliver substantial American support. Senators are holding a late-night vote Friday as they spin through procedural objections from a core group of Republicans. More closely aligned with Donald Trump, the GOP’s presidential front-runner, the Republican senators aren’t putting a priority on stopping Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion, which is the largest ground war in Europe since World War II....