The bill authorizes $15.5 billion for the U.S. Pacific Deterrence Initiative to counter China and $300 million in military assistance to Taiwan.

President Biden on Monday evening signed the $895 billion Defense authorization bill, despite a provision included in the massive package that restricts transgender care. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed in the Senate 85-14,

President Joe Biden signed the $895 billion National Defense Authorization bill into law even though it included a package that limited transgender care.

Congressional Democrats voted to pass the National Defense Authorization Act despite its inclusion of a provision restricting gender-affirming care for minors.

President Joe Biden has signed the annual defense authorization bill into law despite his objections to language banning transgender health care for military children