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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Iran war has cost about $37.5 billion so far.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth yesterday at the Capitol. (Matt McClain for The Post)
At a hearing in Congress yesterday: Hegseth was questioned by frustrated lawmakers about the strategy for the war. He defended a request for an additional $67 billion in funding.
The human cost is also rising: The four U.S. soldiers killed during hostilities in recent days were all assigned to air defense units, tasked with protecting bases from missiles and drones.
Two Republicans who denied the 2020 election results won primaries in Arizona.
Yesterday: Arizona voters gave President Donald Trump the candidates he wanted and sent a mixed message to the Democratic establishment. Find our key primary takeaways here.
In other election news: Republicans are heading into the fall campaign season with a big cash advantage, but the latest campaign finance reports show Democrats are catching up.
ICE is packing immigrants into small holding rooms across the country.
The Post created a visual reconstruction of a crowded ICE cell. (The Post)
Nowhere to move: ICE has more than quadrupled the average populations of 82 holding centers during Trump’s second term. There are no beds, showers or full-time medical staff.
Look inside: The Post created a reconstruction of a hold room when ICE crammed 86 people into one cell in New York, despite warnings about overcrowding. Find it here.
Why is he talking about this now? Netanyahu may visit New York this year for the United Nations General Assembly. An international court issued a warrant for his arrest in 2024.
Satellite imagery captures Tropical Storm Bertha churning over the eastern Gulf of Mexico early yesterday. (Ben Noll/The Post/NOAA)
What to expect: Bertha might make landfall in Louisiana today. It could cause slow-moving downpours from Tallahassee to New Orleans, but wildfire smoke may soon weaken it.
Another threat to be aware of: Thunderstorms hit parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Ohio Valley yesterday. Today, the risk of severe weather is expected to move farther south.
There’s an unexpected benefit of GLP-1s, especially for women.
It’s upward mobility: A woman’s weight affects her job and relationship prospects, studies show. Some women have seen the change for themselves, including this columnist.
GLP-1s are forcing scientists to rethink what a single drug can do: Find 13 surprising ways weight-loss drugs might benefit the body here, from proven links to theoretical ones.
A very creepy trailer before “The Odyssey” is terrorizing moviegoers.
Jessica Chastain, pictured here in 2017, stars in “Other Mommy.” (Gabriel Buoys/AFP/Getty Images)
If you’ve seen Christopher Nolan’s epic: You might have been shown a trailer for “Other Mommy,” starring Jessica Chastain. After an innocuous start, it has a big jump scare.
People are mad about it: Some say they didn’t sign up for a taste of horror before a non-horror movie. Universal Pictures released the trailer online — watch it if you dare.
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