McConnell hammers Hegseth over Pentagon funding plan, alienating allies

Senate Appropriations protection subcommittee Chair Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday pressed Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Trump administration’s tenuous plans to fund key components of the Pentagon’s $1.5 trillion price range request and for alienating U.S. allies amid a number of main world conflicts. McConnell objected to placing essential Pentagon applications — such because the Golden Dome […]