Republican unity cracks as Trump and Hegseth push record-high US defence budget

Pete Hegseth, the US Secretary of Defense — who renamed the department the Department of War — has until now relied on Republican congressional support. However, his push for an historically expensive defence budget is fracturing that loyalty, with growing numbers of Republican lawmakers withholding backing. The internal rift threatens to derail the Trump administration's ambitious military spending plans.

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