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Jul 21, 2026 - World

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Jul 21, 2026 - World

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Jul 21, 2026 - World

The cost of President Donald Trump's war with Iran, where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been blowing through armament stockpiles despite warnings, has the Pentagon close to running out of money, according to a report Tuesday.The Pentagon is hemorrhaging funds at an alarming rate. Critical defense budget lines are set to evaporate within weeks as the escalating conflict with Iran consumes resources at unprecedented speed, lawmakers and Pentagon officials told the Washington Post.The financial crisis is already forcing the military to make devastating choices. Training exercises and maintenance programs essential to military readiness are being slashed or eliminated entirely, according to the report which also noted that equipment maintenance budgets are being "cannibalized" to cover operational shortfalls.Hegseth has publicly dismissed concerns about depleting munitions supplies, claiming during a CBS interview last month that U.S. stockpiles remain "great, and they're only getting stronger." His public bravado starkly contrasts with private Pentagon assessments."In private, Pentagon officials have expressed far greater anxiety, according to current and former officials, arguing that the military desperately needs more money to restock munitions needed to deter U.S. adversaries like Russia and China," the Post reported.The collapsed Iran ceasefire threatens to worsen the crisis. After four U.S. service members died during intensive combat operations, the conflict appears set to escalate with no end in sight.The White House has requested $67 billion in emergency funding from Congress, but lawmakers remain deadlocked over how to proceed. The House is recessing for a month Thursday, pushing any fiscal resolution weeks away at minimum.The Navy and Air Force are particularly stressed. Both services have deployed extensive assets to the Middle East, and portions of their 2026 budgets covering operations are projected to run dry by month's end.

Jul 21, 2026 - World

The United Nations refugee agency says it is “extremely saddened” after nearly 150 people died or went missing off Mauritania last week

Jul 21, 2026 - World

President Donald Trump is not only losing his war with Iran, he is also losing the hearts and minds of prominent Fox News personalities who are reading the writing on the wall that voters are taking his failure seriously, Morning Joe's hosts said Tuesday.The hosts of the MSNOW show shared clips from their conservative network counterpart, where longtime commentator Britt Hume was nothing but gloom and doom about a war that one White House insider told Politico is nothing less than a “quagmire.”“Some of the things that he might need to do to get the Strait [of Hormuz] open, for example, and perhaps even to accomplish other ends in dealing with Tehran, may be militarily feasible,” Hume told Fox host Bret Baier. “But politically they're very difficult. I mean, we're seeing some casualties now. So I think the president's in kind of a tough spot here in that sense.”He then added, “And he promised to keep us out of endless wars or unsatisfactory wars and now he's in one and it's not at all clear how it's going to end.”That was followed by a clip of a grim-faced Laura Graham, who put the president — and Republicans — on notice.“With the midterm elections a little more than 100 days away, the clock is ticking for President Trump to get out of this war before voters head to the polls,” she told viewers.“It’s making a lot of Republicans nervous. It’s already, as we know, unpopular,” she continued. “According to the new Washington Post/Ipsos poll, 69 percent of Americans disapprove of the handling of this conflict. Republicans cannot let this become an endless distraction, especially if they want to win in November.”Returning to “Morning Joe,” co-host Joe Scarborough observed, “That's some Fox News analysis of the political cost for Donald Trump and the Republican Party: the ongoing war in Iran. Fascinating, if you listen to them talking about politics.”“And it's, of course, something that the Iranians always depend on,” he added. “They depend on Americans being strapped down to elections coming up that create false deadlines, that put us in a weak place to negotiate.” - YouTube youtu.be