In late June 2026, the White House sent Congress a request for an $87.6 billion emergency spending package. That request came with a single line item that dwarfs almost everything else in it — $67.1 billion earmarked for the Department of Defense, driven overwhelmingly by the cost of the ongoing war with Iran. The Iran conflict has already cost over $100 billion — and the department says it needs even more supplemental funding to keep the operation going.

Eighteen U.S. service members have died in the Iran war since it began on February 28, 2026, across five separate incidents. Here's who they were — and how the administration has responded to their deaths.

Pete Hegseth told Congress the Iran war has cost $37.5 billion. Independent estimates put the real number closer to triple that — and this is already the fourth official figure, each one higher than the last.

Most Americans watch gas station signs to gauge how conflict overseas hits their wallets. But there's a far bigger threat to household budgets quietly building in the background: diesel. It's the fuel that keeps tractors running in the fields, trucks rolling down highways, and construction crews building new homes. And its price has surged since the war with Iran began.