{"id":"c45dceec-babc-40dd-bc88-a22bb87ed2bd","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/21/hegseth-says-iran-war-has-cost-37-5bn-in-latest-official-us-account?traffic_source=rss","domain":"aljazeera.com","outlet":{"name":"Al Jazeera","country":"QA","cred":4,"lean":-1,"curated":true},"title":"US defence chief Hegseth puts Iran war cost at $37.5bn so far","plainHeadline":"US defence chief Hegseth says the war with Iran has cost $37.5bn so far","rewrite":{"model":"gpt-5.4-nano","at":"2026-07-22T11:06:15.946Z"},"summary":["Pete Hegseth said the official US-Israel war cost with Iran totals $37.5bn so far.","He confirmed the $37.5bn figure during a Senate appropriations hearing on Tuesday.","The hearing covered a $1.5 trillion defense budget request, including nearly $70bn for Iran war.","Hegseth said the estimate includes some operations and maintenance costs through end of September.","The estimate is $8bn higher than the prior Trump figure of $29bn released in May."],"topics":["Politics","Energy"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-07-21T21:17:06.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-07-21T21:53:26.700Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/0b368abd-f77f-4de5-88ab-e32e95527f95"}