US Congress passes budget including $14bn for Ukraine

The US Congress has passed a huge omnibus 2022 spending bill including almost $14bn in humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine.

Lawmakers had been facing the latest in a series of shutdown showdowns, with government funding due to expire at midnight on Friday into Saturday, meaning thousands of workers would have been sent home without pay.

With the deadline fast approaching, senators in the legislative body’s upper chamber followed their House of Representatives colleagues, who approved the $1.5 trillion package on Wednesday.