Defense secretary has asked Senate appropriations committee for nearly $88bn more to continue effortThe US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth told the Senate on Tuesday that the US-Israel war on Iran had cost $37.5bn so far, as he faced lawmakers furious over the conflict’s soaring price tag and the deaths last week of three American service […]
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WATCH: Trump says U.S. would have to 'take care' of potential Houthi blockade of Red Sea – PBS
WATCH: Trump says U.S. would have to ‘take care’ of potential Houthi blockade of Red Sea PBSsource
US identifies soldier killed during controlled detonation of Iranian drone – Scripps News
US identifies soldier killed during controlled detonation of Iranian drone Scripps Newssource
Pete Hegseth testifies to lawmakers over Iran war funding – BBC
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the latest estimate puts the cost of the Iran war to the Pentagon at about $37.5bn (£28bn) so farHegseth updated lawmakers who are overseeing a request from his department for $87.6bn in additional fundingThe money will be used to "reinforce peace through strength", Hegseth saidThe most senior Democrat on […]
2 married couples from Honduras were among 5 adults who drowned in an Ohio river – NBC News
news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timePOWELL, Ohio — The skies were mostly clear and weeks of sweltering heat had finally broken as 33-year-old Jose Mario Pineda Dias and his 28-year-old wife, Marina Suyapa Regalado, set out with their two children for some leisurely fishing in an Ohio river. A second Honduran couple […]