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Republican-led Senate defies Trump, overrides defence bill veto

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The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate on Friday overturned President Donald Trump's veto, for the first time in his nearly four years in office, pushing through a bill on defence spending against his strong objections 20 days before he leaves office.

The Senate voted 81-13 to override Trump's veto two days before a new U.S. Congress is sworn into office on Sunday. Trump, who leaves office on Jan. 20, has had eight previous vetoes upheld.

Meeting in a rare New Year's Day session, the Senate secured the two-thirds majority needed to override the veto with bipartisan support.

The Republican-led Senate, following the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives on Monday, passed the measure without his support.

The $740 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) determines everything from how many ships are bought to soldiers' pay and how to address geopolitical threats, but Trump refused to sign it into law because it did not repeal certain legal protections for social media platforms and did include a provision stripping the names of Confederate generals from military bases.

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