U.S. House Passes Record $886 Billion Military Spending Bill

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a record $886 billion annual military spending bill that authorizes the Pentagon’s programs in the 2024 fiscal year. The bill called the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was ratified on Friday by the majority Republican chamber. A small group of GOP hardliners imposed the amendments onto the Republican-only NDAA that contains many conservative “culture war” victories related to transgender and abortion issues in the military. If the Democrat-controlled Senate refuses that bill and passes its own version of it, the two chambers will have to reconcile the differences through a conference committee. Senate…