House Passes $883 Billion Annual Defense Bill With Culture War Amendments

The final tally of the vote on the National Defense Authorization Act was 217–199 with six Democrats voting in favor and three Republicans voting against. The House of Representatives on June 14 passed its annual defense policy bill with GOP-approved culture war amendments that are certain to put the House on a collision course with

RFK Jr. Says US Should ‘Vastly Scale Back’ Its Military Budget

The independent presidential candidate vowed to cut military spending by 50 percent and reallocate that money to domestic programs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an outspoken critic of U.S. involvement in “forever wars,” reiterated his view that the nation should scale back its military presence abroad and shift its focus to domestic programs, during an address