Hard-right NDAA passes House, signaling Trump-aligned defense push

House Republicans narrowly approved a $1.15 trillion National Defense Authorization Act along party lines, advancing a hard-right agenda that would rename the Pentagon the Department of War, curb gender-affirming care, ease firearms on bases, and attach the SAVE America Act; Democrats won some provisions, but Senate prospects are uncertain amid partisan fights over Trump-era defense priorities, the Iran war, and NATO troop levels.