Biden condemns Trump’s Nato comments as ‘dumb, shameful, dangerous and un-American’ – as it happened

This blog is now closed. You can read our full reports on Biden's remarks and the Senate foreign aid bill below:

• Joe Biden calls Trump's Nato remarks dumb', shameful' and dangerous'
• US Senate approves $95bn aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

Three Democrats (or strictly two, and one independent aligned with Democrats) voted no on the Senate passage of the national security bill: Peter Welch of Vermont, Bernie Sanders, also of Vermont (and the independent in question) and Jeff Merkley of Oregon.

They each cited the same reason for their vote: military aid to Israel.

The Republican refrain goes something like this: Democrats know Joe Biden can't win in November and they - it's always they' - are going to replace him on top of the ticket.

Anyone around politics has heard it - and the assured predictions have reached a crescendo following the release of the special counsel [Hur]'s report ...