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The president's populist-style attack on defense industry executives is part of a larger Pentagon strategy to transform the role of suppliers.

The Pentagon spy agency has backed away from its original appointment of Joe Francescon as NSA deputy director in August.

The procedural vote is a rare critique of Trump's authority in the first test of GOP loyalty since last weekend's capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

"We will rebuild it in a very profitable way," he said in an interview with The New York Times.

The president offered few details in his post on Truth Social, other than to say the money would pay for his "Dream Military."

"This is a topic that should be dropped," said Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker.

A closed-door Senate briefing with national security leaders about the capture of Nicolás Maduro did little to sway the entrenched positions of each party.

His betrayals were blamed for the deaths of Western agents.

From Venezuela to Greenland, Trump is exerting his global influence.

The capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro underscored the administration's pivot toward the Western Hemisphere, further unraveling decades of bipartisan consensus that prioritized Beijing as America's top global threat.