House appropriators have drafted a fiscal year 2027 defense spending bill that imposes a $1 billion across-the-board reduction tied to expected savings from artificial intelligence and business-process modernization, prompting concerns among senior Democrats that Congress is ceding effective control over how cuts are implemented. At the center of the dispute is a provision in the bill , which imposes a blanket $1 billion reduction to the Defense Department’s $1 trillion-plus topline, justified as reflecting expected savings from business...