The US Senate on Thursday voted on the annual defence policy bill worth $858 billion which will now be sent to President Joe Biden for his signature. It allocates $817 billion specifically to the Department of Defense and exceeds Biden's Pentagon budget by $45 billion, but it isn't clear how many initiatives will be funded.

US Senate passes $858bn defence bill; repeals vaccine mandate for troops

US has agreed to give at least $800 million in additional security assistance to Ukraine next year under a defence policy bill unveiled on Tuesday. The $858 billion bill also aims to boost Taiwan with billions in aid over the next several years.

US authorises $800 million additional funds for Ukraine in defence bill

US lawmakers late on Tuesday declined to add an extension to an annual defence bill of a looming deadline that would impose a new safety standard for modern cockpit alerts for two new versions of Boeing's best-selling 737 MAX aircraft.

US lawmakers decline to add Boeing 737 MAX exemption in defence bill

The United States government has been buying location data of its citizens collected through smartphones, a new report has revealed. The memo, obtained by The New York Times sheds light on how an intelligence agency - the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) procured US citizen's location data through brokers.

US Defense Intelligence Agency admits it bought people's location data: Report

US President Donald Trump suffered a stinging rebuke in the Senate in his last days in office with the Congress voting overwhelmingly to override his veto of a sweeping defence bill.

US Congress deals Trump a blow, overrides veto of defence bill

US President Donald Trump has vetoed a broad defence funding bill sent to him by Congress. The outgoing president took the decision on Wednesday, complaining that it helps Russia and China and objecting to provisions to rename military bases.

Donald Trump vetoes sweeping US defence bill

China's Huawei has filed a legal motion seeking to declare a US defence law unconstitutional, in the telecom equipment maker's latest bid to fight sanctions from Washington that threaten to push it out of global markets.

Huawei challenges US defence bill as sanctions fight ramps up

The bill conditions nearly half of US funding to Pakistan on certification that it is taking demonstrable steps against the Haqqani Network

Obama signs $618 billion defence bill, boosts security cooperation with India

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