Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth clashed with Senator Dick Durbin during a tense Senate hearing over the Pentagon's Iran war funding request, unanswered questions about $75 billion in unobligated defence funds, and the role of former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. Hegseth defended the administration's military spending while insisting the unused funds were part of a broader military rebuilding plan, not the Iran conflict. Watch the full exchange, key moments, and the heated debate over U.S. defence spending, war costs, and Pentagon accountability.

As public opinion on Trump’s Iran war collapses, senators express growing frustration at shifting White House rationales, missing strategy.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday requested an additional $67 billion for the war, despite taking an apparent victory lap earlier this year.