Israeli strikes sent smoke over central Beirut, just yards from government buildings, and triggered air‑defense systems across Tehran. Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khame

The war in Iran is tearing through the Pentagon’s budget at nearly $1 billion a day, but lawmakers are in no rush to approve more money for the Trump administration’s expanding Middle East conflict. Top Republicans say the White House hasn’t made the case that it’s facing any financial difficulties with the war,

Iran’s secretive new supreme leader on Thursday vowed to keep up attacks on Gulf Arab countries and use the effective closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz as leverage against the United States and Israel.

Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day. The war in Iran is causing a global fuel crisis as the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical energy pathways, remains effectively closed to tankers.

US President Donald Trump threatened Iran with further attacks after the Islamic Republic’s new leader signaled defiance, suggesting there will be no letup in a war that’s upending energy flows and global markets.

Iran’s secretive new leader issued his first public statements Thursday, resolving to keep fighting, promising more pain for Gulf Arab states and threatening to open “other fronts” in a war that has already disrupted world energy supplies,

Gas prices will remain high for the rest of the year, a new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration warns. The forecast expects the Iran war to end soon, but for the impact to last.

President Donald Trump sought to assure ⁠Americans ⁠on Wednesday that rising gas prices because ⁠of the Iran war are a temporary phenomenon, as he traveled to Kentucky and Ohio to ​refocus on domestic issues with fellow Republicans urging him to address rising concerns among Americans over the cost of living.