Defense bill battle, Jared Kushner testimony, actors & writers unite

A culture war fight took center stage last night in a House vote for a normally bipartisan defense policy bill, after Republicans wedged in amendments on access to abortion services and transgender care for troops, and also an amendment that would end diversity rules at the Pentagon. Plus, sources tell CNN that Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner testified before the 2020 election interference grand jury. And, actors join writers on the picket line in the first joint strike since 1960, bringing the Hollywood machine to a grinding halt. Also this morning: The Secret Service closes its White House cocaine probe with no suspect, the World Health Organisation warns that widely used artificial sweetener aspartame could cause cancer, and Barbie is pretty in pink, but is she still profitable?

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