US President Joe Biden bypassed Congress for a second time this month to approve another emergency arms sale to Israel amid its ongoing war in the besieged Gaza Strip, his administration announced yesterday.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken notified Congress that an emergency exists, requiring him to circumvent the traditional congressional notification period for foreign military sales to approve the immediate sale of an estimated US$147.5 million worth of M107 155mm artillery shells and related equipment...