Trump Requests $87.6bn From Congress for Iran War

The White House has asked Congress for $87.6 billion in emergency spending, the bulk of it to cover costs of the ongoing US military campaign against Iran. The request arrives in a hostile climate: Congress voted just the day before to rebuke Trump's war powers, and a lunch between Trump and Republican lawmakers reportedly descended into a shouting match. Trump has separately pressured NATO allies — singling out the UK — for failing to contribute meaningfully to the Iran effort.