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King Charles visits New York after Trump says UK monarch ‘agrees with me’ on Iran – US politics live

Pete** **Hegseth** will face tough questions from lawmakers about the Iran war on Wednesday during his first testimony

The Iran war now has a price tag ($25 billion), but still no end date

war in Iran has cost an estimated $25 billion so far, according to a Pentagon estimate. But Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth offered no indication of when the conflict might end during combative testimony

Pentagon chief Hegseth first public hearing on Iran war: Key takeaways

Pete Hegseth has faced his first public questioning from Congress on the [US-Israel war with Iran.](/news/liveblog/2026/4/29/iran-war-live-trump-says-tehran-wants-end-to-blockade-israel-kills-medics) Over hours of tense testimony

Amnesty calls for US strike on Yemen to be investigated as war crime

war crime. In a report released on Tuesday, the rights group said the strike on April 28, 2025, hit a [detention facility](/news/2025/4/28/at-least-8-killed-in-latest-us-air-attacks-on-yemens-capital-saana) in Saada in northwestern Yemen, killing at least 68 detainees and injuring

Weeks of silence over Iran school strike highly unusual, former US officials say

Pete Hegseth was asked by the BBC on 4 March about the strike and said: "All I can say is that we're investigating that. We of course never target civilian targets". The US Department