Overriding Trump’s veto - UK tampon tax scrapped - Visa ban extended

The Senate voted 81 to 13 to approve the $741 billion National Defense Authorization Act, achieving the two-thirds majority required to defeat the veto. The House overrode the veto on Monday by a vote of 322-87. Trump vetoed the measure on Dec. 23 after lawmakers refused to include his request to add a provision repealing an internet liability law known as Section 230 that protects social media companies.
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The process of overriding the veto took days in the Senate after Senator Bernie Sanders led an objection to a speedy vote unless Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., would allow a vote on the CASH Act to raise stimulus payments to $2,000. Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, attempted to pass the House bill raising the stimulus payments by unanimous consent on Friday, but Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., objected. The Senate then adjourned later in the day Friday, effectively killing the effort to increase stimulus check payments to $2,000.
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As a result [of the veto], the legislation will become law. The military legislation affirms a 3 percent pay raise for American troops and includes a provision led by [Senator Elizabeth Warren] to rename U.S. military bases and property honoring Confederate soldiers within three years. The last president to never have a veto overridden by Congress was Lyndon Johnson in the 1960s, according to Senate archives.