Trump’s $1.5 Trillion Defense Plan Draws Rare Republican Pushback

(Bloomberg) -- Key congressional Republicans are poised to break with Donald Trump on his proposed 44% raise for the Pentagon, a rare act of defiance that signals the president’s weakening grip on Washington as the midterm elections near and he quickly approaches the back half of his second term.Most Read from BloombergUAE Quits OPEC as War Upends Oil Markets and Gulf Tensions RiseNorth Korea Confirms Suicide Rule for Soldiers Ukraine CapturesTrump Being ‘Humiliated’ in Iran Talks, German Leader