HOUSE PASSES DEFENSE FUNDING: After wrangling over border wall funding and dozens of amendments, the House has passed a $658 billion, spending cap-busting bill to fund President Trump’s Defense Department in 2018. The department would get $584 billion for its base operations and another $74 billion for its war fund, called Overseas Contingency Operations, under the defense appropriations legislation. It’s the third congressional budget bill, including both the House and Senate versions of the National Defense Authorization Act, to flout federal spending limits for the coming year and aim for big increases in ships, aircraft and troops.

BIGGER BUILDUP THAN TRUMP’S PLAN: The House bill boosts spending and procurement above the budget request Trump submitted in May. Following on the proposed NDAAs, it is another sign defense hawks in Congress are pushing hard to reverse what they considered anemic military spending during the Obama administration. Here’s how the House appropriations bill passed Thursday compares to the other defense proposals so far on a couple of big-ticket procurement items and end strength: