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GOP Rep. Nancy Mace called the NDAA abortion measure an 'asshole move' then voted for it anyway
Mace has been outspoken against the GOP's push to restrict abortion access in the US and how it's h…
Madison Hall
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House passes nearly $770 billion annual National Defense Authorization Act
One provision included in the final version of the bill institutes changes to how the armed forces …
Erin Snodgrass
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Josh Hawley blasts GOP leaders after a measure compensating victims exposed to nuclear waste radiation was stripped from the latest defense bill: 'A betrayal'
Hawley called out GOP leaders for their "betrayal" of victims affected by nuclear waste radiation. …
John L. Dorman
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GOP-led Senate delivers first successful veto override of Trump's presidency in fight over defense bill during his final weeks in office
President Donald Trump described the move to override his veto as a "disgraceful act of cowardice,"…
John Haltiwanger
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Mitch McConnell has pitted himself against Trump during the president's final days in office
The lame duck battle between McConnell and Trump on stimulus checks has baffled Democrats, but they…
John Haltiwanger
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House lawmakers slap down Trump's veto of $740 billion defense bill, now heads to Senate for final showdown
The House vote to override Trump's veto sets up the scene for the first potential override by both …
David Choi
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'For God's sakes, get out of the way': Trump's former national security advisor urges him to fund the US military
John Bolton, Trump's former national security advisor, told Trump to "get out of the way" and said …
David Choi
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Trump vetoes $741 billion defense bill over his completely unrelated spat with social-media companies and against the wishes of top Republicans
The 2021 National Defense Authorization Act passed with a veto-proof majority in both chambers, enj…
Insider Inc.
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GOP-controlled Senate defies Trump and easily passes $741 billion defense bill despite the president's veto threat
Trump has threatened to veto the defense bill because it doesn't include a provision about his unre…
John Haltiwanger
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Mitch McConnell urges Senate to pass the $741 billion defense bill Trump has vowed to veto
Republicans, who have repeatedly bowed to pressure from the president on other matters, are largely…
John Haltiwanger
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'They are named for traitors': Democrats launch a last-ditch effort to rename US military bases that honor Confederate leaders
A Democratic lawmaker said US troops "should not have to serve on a base named for somebody who bel…
David Choi
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Trump urges House Republicans to vote against the $740 billion defense bill unless it revokes Section 230, an unrelated internet law that the president hates
The president's war against tech companies is jeopardizing a "must-pass" spending package that fund…
Oma Seddiq
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In latest $740 billion defense bill, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a progressive ally send a warning to one of the US's closest allies
Two progressive Democrats want to rein in the US and Colombia in their decades-long wars on drugs a…
Christopher Woody
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Trump is headed for a fight with Congress over renaming military bases that honor Confederate leaders
Trump has said bases named for Confederate leaders "have become part of a great American heritage a…
Christopher Woody
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Democrats fume that McConnell wants to block Biden's agenda so badly he's even holding up new defense spending: 'You can never say there's a bottom and they won't go lower'
Democrats want to raise the debt ceiling, avoid a government shutdown, and pass Biden's agenda all …
Ayelet Sheffey
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House Republicans vote to make it harder for troops to get abortions
Only two Republicans broke with their party in opposing the measure that would end travel reimburse…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Trump is threatening to veto $740 billion in military spending unless Congress revokes Section 230 — the internet law he hates
Section 230, which President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized, grants broad legal protections…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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US troops should 'only receive an honorable discharge' for refusing COVID vaccine, according to a GOP bill
A group of GOP senators are pushing to ensure a similar amendment to a major defense bill makes it …
Bryan Metzger
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As the US defense budget inches closer to $800 billion, critics say more money doesn't buy what the military really needs
Progressives already compromised on Biden's budget, but to have Republicans tack on $24 billion is …
Christopher Woody
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US president Obama recognizes India as ‘major defence partner’, conditions funding to Pakistan
Currently vacationing in Hawaii, Obama yesterday signed the National Defence Authorisation Act (NDA…