During his testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated that the war with Iran has cost the U.S. approximately $37.5 billion so far. Appearing alongside Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, Hegseth defended the administration's "peace through strength" strategy while requesting a $87.6 billion supplemental funding package to replenish critical military stockpiles and cover ongoing conflict operations.

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Former FBI Special Agent in Charge Jody Weis reacted to the ⁠NYC incendiary device attack by stating that the case underscores a deeply concerning trend of homegrown radicalization. Weis noted that while U.S. counterterrorism was once heavily focused on external threats like ISIS, the current landscape reveals that dangerous radicalization is "happening within our own country".

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The Pentagon confirmed that nearly 100 U.S. service members have been injured in the Iran war since July 7, 2026. According to Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell, 96% of the affected troops have already returned to active duty, as the vast majority of the documented injuries were minor concussions resulting from Iranian airstrikes.

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Canadian officials and political leaders have forcefully pushed back against U.S. President Donald Trump's demands for "damages" and threats of new tariffs over drifting wildfire smoke, calling the claims detached from reality. After Trump accused Canada of "willful negligence" in its forest management, Canadian leadership defended their wildfire response and reminded the U.S. of the reciprocal nature of cross-border environmental disasters.

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani does not have the legal authority to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Legal experts and defense attorneys note that despite Mamdani's active consultations with the city's Law Department over an ⁠International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant, local government actions are completely blocked by federal and international law.

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China has officially challenged SpaceX’s reusability monopoly by successfully recovering its new Long March-10B rocket booster via an innovative sea-based net system. Developed by the ⁠China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the orbital-class booster completed its maiden flight from Hainan Island and executed a controlled vertical descent into a massive, cable-suspended net on a floating marine barge. This milestone makes China only the second entity in the world—after the United States—to successfully retrieve an orbital rocket booster.

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Acting Attorney General and U.S. Attorney General nominee Todd Blanche faced intense backlash from Jeffrey Epstein's survivors following a rushed, 30-minute Department of Justice meeting, with victims accusing him of evading responsibility and gaslighting them.

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Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) strongly criticized Donald Trump's military actions in Iran, warning that the administration's lacks a coherent strategy and is creating "perpetual global chaos".

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Former Pentagon official Elizabeth Dent described the deaths of two U.S. service members in Jordan as "horrible" and "tragic," warning on ⁠Yahoo News that U.S. threats on Iran are "very likely" to materialize following the incident.
Dent noted that the strategic objective of the ongoing conflict has changed "pretty frequently". The two American military personnel were killed in action on Friday during a hostile barrage of Iranian ballistic missiles and drones launched at a U.S. military base in Jordan, representing the first U.S. combat fatalities since fighting intensified.


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Federal investigators are reportedly probing nonprofits linked to California first lady Jennifer Siebel Newsom, putting renewed scrutiny on two organizations that conservative watchdogs and media reports have criticized over alleged conflicts of interest tied to their proximity to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s political orbit.Newsom has accused President Donald Trump’s Justice Department of launching a politically motivated "fishing expedition" against him and his wife, but the DOJ has not publicly confirmed any probe. The reported inquiries have revived questions about The Representation Project and California Partners Project, two nonprofits connected to Siebel Newsom that have received donations from corporations, tribes and other entities with interests before California state government.

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