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Outcry after $1.15tn defense bill passes in the House – US politics live
By Vivian Ho

Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran without first seeking congressional approval has sparked further controversy over the National Defense Authorization Act

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jul/23/us-house-defense-spending-bill-donald-trump-iran-rubio-latest-news-updates

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Outcry after $1.15tn defense bill passes in the House – US politics live https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jul/23/us-house-defense-spending-bill-donald-trump-iran-rubio-latest-news-updates #UsNews #WorldNews #UsDefenceSpending #Iran #DonaldTrump

Nato braces for difficult summit as Trump puts pressure on spending https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/07/nato-braces-for-difficult-summit-as-trump-puts-pressure-on-spending #Nato #DonaldTrump #WorldNews #MarkRutte #DefencePolicy #Military #TaxAndSpending #UsForeignPolicy #Europe #Ukraine #Turkey #UsDefenceSpending

New York Times sues Pentagon again over ‘utterly unreasonable’ press restrictions https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/18/new-york-times-pentagon-press-restrictions-lawsuit #UsNews #UsPolitics #UsDefenceSpending #DonaldTrump #NewYorkTimes #PressFreedom #Newspapers #Media #NewspapersMagazines #UsPressAndPublishing

Nato seeks to ‘understand the details’ of US decision to withdraw troops from Germany https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/02/nato-us-withdraw-troops-germany-defence #Nato #Germany #DonaldTrump #FriedrichMerz #Europe #UsisraelWarOnIran #WorldNews #UsNews #Iran #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #Israel #UsDefenceSpending

Hegseth faces further grilling over Iran war strategy and costs – US politics live https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/apr/30/donald-trump-pete-hegseth-iran-war-oil-king-charles-latest-news-updates #UsNews #WorldNews #UsDefenceSpending #PeteHegseth #UsisraelWarOnIran #Iran #DonaldTrump #KingCharlesIii #QueenCamilla #UsEconomy #UsVotingRights

Trump wants $1.5tn for the Pentagon – and cuts to healthcare and housing | Steven Greenhouse https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/21/trump-military-pentagon-budget #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrump #UsMilitary #UsPolitics #UsNews #PeteHegseth #UsDefenceSpending #UsHealthcare #UsisraelWarOnIran #UsCongress

Don’t bet that the Pentagon – or Anthropic – is acting in the public interest | Bruce Schneier and Nathan E Sanders https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/03/anthropic-openai-pentagon-ethics #AiArtificialIntelligence #TrumpAdministration #Technology #UsNews #Openai #UsPolitics #UsDefenceSpending #PeteHegseth

Germany calls on France to increase defence spending https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/16/germany-calls-on-france-to-increase-defence-spending-merz-macron #Germany #France #EmmanuelMacron #FriedrichMerz #UsDefenceSpending #UsMilitary #Europe #WorldNews

Congress passes $901bn defense bill that includes support for Ukraine and Europe https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/17/defense-bill-congress-ukraine-europe #Trumpadministration #USdefencespending #DonaldTrump #USCongress #USpolitics #USSenate #Law(US) #USnews

Global race to secure critical minerals for weapons threatens climate, warns report https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/04/critical-minerals-military-us-pentagon-climate-crisis #Artificialintelligence(AI) #USdefencespending #Climatecrisis #Defencepolicy #DonaldTrump #Worldnews #USnews #UKnews

US only has 25% of all Patriot missile interceptors needed for Pentagon’s military plans https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/08/us-pentagon-military-plans-patriot-missile-interceptor #Trumpadministration #VolodymyrZelenskyy #BenjaminNetanyahu #USdefencespending #USforeignpolicy #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Worldnews #Ukraine #USnews #Europe

Pete Hegseth calls on Asia to boost military spending in face of ‘imminent’ threat from China https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/31/pete-hegseth-calls-on-asia-to-boost-military-spending-in-face-of-imminent-threat-from-china-us-defence-secretary #Trumpadministration #USdefencespending #USforeignpolicy #PeteHegseth #AsiaPacific #Singapore #Worldnews #Taiwan

Trump proposes cutting $163bn in non-defense funds and boosting military https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/03/trump-budget-cuts-health-education-military #Trumpadministration #USdefencespending #DonaldTrump #USeconomy #USnews

Who are the US federal workers at risk of losing their jobs and what do they do? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/07/who-are-federal-employees-trump-firing #Trumpadministration #USdefencespending #WashingtonDC #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #USmilitary #ElonMusk #USnews

Pentagon lays off 5,400 civilian workers, with tens of thousands more firings due https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/21/pentagon-layoffs-civilian-workers #Trumpadministration #USdefencespending #USpolitics #USmilitary #Worldnews #USnews

Vance to meet Zelenskyy as European leaders call for unity over Ukraine https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/14/vance-zelenskyy-europe-ukraine #Trumpadministration #USnationalsecurity #VolodymyrZelenskyy #USdefencespending #USforeignpolicy #EuropeanUnion #VladimirPutin #DonaldTrump #PeteHegseth #USpolitics #MarcoRubio #Worldnews #JDVance #Ukraine #Germany #Russia #Europe #USnews #Nato

Trump hints Musk ‘Doge’ team has free rein with Pentagon next in line for cuts https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/07/trump-elon-musk-doge-agency #Trumpadministration #USdefencespending #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Technology #USmilitary #Worldnews #ElonMusk #USnews

Trump makes defense, Doge and Latin America envoy picks for administration https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/22/trump-administration-picks-defense-doge-latin-america #Trumpadministration #USdefencespending #USforeignpolicy #DonaldTrump #Republicans #USpolitics #ElonMusk #USnews

US Senate passes defense bill that raises troop pay and strips trans care for kids of military https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/18/senate-defense-spending-bill #HouseofRepresentatives #USdefencespending #LGBTQ+rights #Republicans #USpolitics #USCongress #USmilitary #Democrats #USSenate #JoeBiden #USnews #China

If Trump wins the election, Nato can expect more turbulence ahead https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/29/if-trump-wins-the-election-nato-can-expect-more-turbulence-ahead #USdefencespending #USelections2024 #Defencepolicy #DonaldTrump #Worldnews #Ukraine #Europe #Russia #Nato