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House approves $895B defense bill with military pay raise, ban on transgender care for minors
A massive $895 billion defense spending bill cleared the House of Representatives on Wednesday with provisions that would ban transgender medical treatments for minors and raise military pay.
Armed Services Committee approves Donald Trump's defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth
Hegseth, 44, is a combat veteran and former Fox News host. The committee voted along party lines to advance his nomination to ...
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GOP-led House votes to ban transgender athletes from women’s sports
The house passed the National Defense Authorization Act with many Democrats voting against the bill at odds with Republicans over the price tag and policy. The bill bans some transgender care ...
Republicans eye big defense spending boost in party-line bill
Congressional Republicans, sick of the annual push-pull with Democrats over defense and domestic spending priorities, are ...
This year’s debate over defense spending threatens to disrupt a tradition of bipartisan consensus-building over funding the military
But that record was threatened in the Republican-led House of Representatives on July 14, 2023, when members passed the US$886 billion bill by a 219-210 mostly party-line vote. Reflecting the current ...