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Journalists on both sides of the Atlantic have been trying to make sense of internecine political struggles this week. 

Republicans in the US Senate voted down a bipartisan security and border reform package that they had helped negotiate, after insisting that it be linked to military aid for Ukraine and Israel. Joe Biden blamed Donald Trump for sinking the bill, accusing his election rival of "weaponising" the border crisis to boost his campaign for re-election.

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Harriet Marsden is a writer for The Week, mostly covering UK and global news and politics. Before joining the site, she was a freelance journalist for seven years, specialising in social affairs, gender equality and culture. She worked for The Guardian, The Times and The Independent, and regularly contributed articles to The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, The New Statesman, Tortoise Media and Metro, as well as appearing on BBC Radio London, Times Radio and “Woman’s Hour”. She has a master’s in international journalism from City University, London, and was awarded the "journalist-at-large" fellowship by the Local Trust charity in 2021.