- The Pentagon reports the war with Iran has cost $25 billion so far.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the $1.45 trillion defense budget and justified the Iran war as necessary despite prior claims of dismantling Iran’s nuclear program.
- Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell he
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