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US war in Iran has cost $25 billion so far

The United States' war in Iran has ​cost $25 billion so far, a senior Pentagon official said on Wednesday, providing the first official estimate of the military's ‌price tag for…

USA · 6 Nov 2024 Barriers broken and history made in several congressional races With their victories, several candidates are set to be firsts. New Jersey Rep. Andy Kim, a Democrat, won his race to become… USA · 6 Nov 2024 UPDATED: Republicans take Senate Republicans won control of the U.S. Senate with victories in West Virginia and Ohio , ensuring that Donald Trump's party will control… USA · 21 Mar 2024 US Congress releases $1.1 trillion spending package to avert shutdown By David Morgan and Makini Brice WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) - After days of delay, U.S. congressional leaders unveiled a $1.1 trillion… USA · 26 Feb 2024 US government shutdown: What would close, what would stay open? By Andy Sullivan Feb 26 (Reuters) - Significant swaths of the U.S. government would have to suspend operations as soon as March… USA · 1 Oct 2023 US Congress passes stopgap bill to avert government shutdown By David Morgan, Moira Warburton and Makini Brice WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress passed a stopgap funding bill late on Saturday… USA · 27 Sep 2023 Shutdown countdown: US Congress has four days to fund government By Moira Warburton and David Morgan WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - The fourth partial shutdown of the U.S. government in a decade… Brazil · 8 Jan 2023 UPDATE – Bolsonaro supporters invade Brazil’s Congress, Supreme Court in Brasilia BRASILIA, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Supporters of Brazil's former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday invaded the Supreme Court, the Congress building… USA · 13 Dec 2022 U.S. Congress creeps toward deadline to pass $1.5 trillion funding bill WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress faces a Friday deadline to fund the federal government, as Democrats and Republicans bicker over the… USA · 2 Oct 2021 Biden says he’ll ‘work like hell’ to pass infrastructure, social spending bills WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Saturday he was going to "work like hell" to get both…