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questioning the US defense secretary](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/29/pete-hegseth-denies-iran-war-is-a-quagmire-as-estimated-us-cost-so-far-hits-25bn), Pete Hegseth, over the war’s rising costs and [strategy](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/24/trump-iran-war-no-strategy), Iran
strategy and costs – US politics live **US economic growth likely accelerated in the first quarter on a rebound in government spending after a crippling government shutdown, but the pickup is expected to be short-lived
questioned this week whether the US would actually come to its allies' aid militarily in case of an attack, as envisaged in Article 5 of Nato's founding treaty. Nato reckons Russia would be ready
Pete Hegseth](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/pete-hegseth) has denied that the [US-Israel war on Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/us-israel-war-on-iran) is “a quagmire” and claimed critics of the operation posed a greater threat to the US than Iran
Pete Hegseth claimed Iran’s new supreme leader had been wounded in US-Israeli strikes. An April 11, a Reuters news agency report that quoted three people close to the supreme leader’s inner circle