Senate Dems block defense bill in protest of Iran war - POLITICO

The move is a blow to Republicans who had sought to deliver on Trump’s record-shattering defense budget ambitions — using a bill that is one of the few measures that reliably becomes law each year. But Democrats had long signaled that they won’t support the Pentagon legislation without guardrails on Trump, most notably on the Iran war...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/14/senate-dems-block-defense-bill-protest-iran-war-00997134

House GOP endorses Trump's Department of War renaming - POLITICO

The move by the House Armed Services Committee injects another partisan wedge issue into an already fraught defense bill...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/05/house-republicans-war-department-ndaa-00951582

 

House passes defense bill, forcing Pentagon's hand on boat strike videos - POLITICO

The must-pass legislation also restricts the Trump administration from significantly reducing U.S. troop levels in Europe…

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/10/house-passes-ndaa-boat-strike-videos-00685641 

 

Congress to withhold Pentagon travel funds until it sees boat strike videos - POLITICO

Lawmakers quietly stuck the requirement into their must-pass annual defense policy bill...

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/08/ndaa-boat-strikes-congress-hegseth-without-funds-00680679 

 

White House backing push to attach Senate housing package to must-pass defense bill - Live Updates - POLITICO

The ROAD package, backed by Senate Banking Chair Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and ranking member Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), includes an array of legislation aimed at boosting housing supply. The Banking panel approved the measure unanimously in July...

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/12/03/congress/white-house-backing-push-attach-senate-housing-package-defense-bill-00674916 

 

House Passes Defense Bill That Strips Health Care From Military Families’ Trans Kids | HuffPost Latest News

"We are doing it because of ignorant, bigoted reasons against the trans community," said the Washington Democrat. "The medical profession has no dispute that in some instances, this treatment is crucial to the health and well-being of our children, and we are now denying that to the children of servicemembers. I think that is problematic."…

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-trans-health-care-defense-bill_n_675a0d36e4b02802b83c42c5

Senate Passes Defense Bill, Steering Clear of Far-Right Policy Dictates - The New York Times

Proposals that Republicans pushed through the House to ban transgender health care, diversity training officers and drag shows were also jettisoned from the final bill… 

The House is expected to vote on the legislation on Thursday under fast-track procedures that offer opponents fewer chances to scuttle it, but which will require a two-thirds majority for passage. Leaders expect that it will pass with support from a coalition of Republicans and Democrats…

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/13/us/senate-defense-bill.html

Democrats call for removal of anti-LGBTQ provisions in annual defense bill | The Hill

More than 150 House Democrats are calling for the removal of provisions in the House-passed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that target LGBTQ rights, arguing in a letter sent Thursday to House and Senate Armed Services Committee leadership that such measures "threaten the recruitment, retention, and readiness of our Armed Forces."…

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4216572-democrats-call-for-removal-of-anti-lgbtq-provisions-in-annual-defense-bill/

White House issues veto threat of House GOP defense bill | The Hill

The administration "strongly opposes" the House version of the bill, according to the statement. It outlined that when Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) negotiated a debt limit deal in May, the agreement "held spending for non-defense programs roughly flat with FY 2023 levels, a compromise that protected vital programs Americans rely on from draconian cuts House Republicans proposed." 

This bill, the statement said, cuts domestic spending below the agreement and the White accused Republicans of "wasting time with partisan bills." 

…The deal from May also protected Biden's top legislative accomplishments, like the Inflation Reduction Act, the PACT Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the infrastructure law. But, the House defense appropriations bill includes provisions that would repeal parts of the Inflation Reduction Act, according to the statement.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4198582-white-house-issues-veto-threat-of-house-gop-defense-bill/

Brooks and Capehart on Biden's accomplishments at NATO summit, GOP defense policy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW33LnSD04Y

The Pro-Trump Riot Renews Concerns About Extremism in the Military – Mother Jones

... House Democrats also attempted to force DoD to study the possibility of screening for white nationalist beliefs among recruits, but the Republican-controlled Senate scrubbed the requirement from a version of the annual defense policy bill that cleared the House...

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/01/the-pro-trump-riot-renews-concerns-about-extremism-in-the-military/