House votes to override Donald Trump’s veto of defence bill

President Donald Trump’s veto of the US defence bill has been overridden by the House of Representatives (Patrick Semansky/AP)

The Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives has voted to override Donald Trump’s presidential veto of a defence policy bill.

House members voted 322-87 to cancel the veto, well above the two-thirds needed to override. If approved by two-thirds of the Senate, the override would be the first of Mr Trump’s presidency.