GOP blocks Democratic effort to combat Pentagon renaming of USNS Harvey Milk 

Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked an effort by Democrats to oppose the Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's order to strip Harvey Milk’s name from a Navy oil ship.

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Thursday attempted to pass a resolution via unanimous consent that objected to the Pentagon’s directive to rename the ship, but was blocked by Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.). 

Milk, a gay rights activist, was a Navy lieutenant who served during the Korean War and in 1977 became the first openly...