🇺🇸⚡️ — Democrats are preparing to challenge several of President Trump's major defense initiatives following their midterm election victories, including his proposed fleet of nuclear-armed “Trump-class” battleships and plans to formally rename the Defense Department as the Department of War, WSJ reports. Democrats intend to scrutinize the projects within Trump's proposed $1.5 trillion defense budget, arguing that the military should prioritize a combination of advanced, survivable systems and cheaper, replaceable capabilities instead. They also plan to remove provisions from the annual defense policy bill that would officially adopt the Department of War name, which the administration has used since Trump's September 2025 executive order.