NPR News: 06-24-2026 5PM EDT

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. A day after the Senate passed a resolution aimed at limiting President Trump's military action against Iran, the Pentagon is asking Congress for another eighty billion dollars to pay for operations in the region. NPR's Quil Lawrence reports.

Quil Lawrence0:16

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is lobbying senators to provide eighty billion dollars, mostly to pay for months of war and the thousands of cruise missiles, drones, and interceptors expended after the US and Israel launched a war against Iran. This comes as the White House is asking for a record one point five trillion dollars for this year's regular defense appropriation. While defense hawks on Capitol Hill agree that the US must urgently replenish its global stockpile of munitions, the Iran war and the current ceasefire agreement are not popular. And senators from both parties may balk at such staggering expenses when the American voting public still feels the pinch of higher prices at the gas pump and the grocery store. Quil Lawrence, NPR News.

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President Trump held a tense meeting with Senate Republicans today after he abruptly canceled the signing ceremony for a bipartisan housing bill.

Donald Trump· Soundbite1:08

I think we had a really great meeting, and, uh, we're very proud of the party. Uh, we like our leader. We like everybody really in the room. I don't like a few people, but that's okay. I think you know who they are.

Ryland Barton· Host1:20

Republicans had touted the bill as a major election year achievement, but Trump said he won't sign it unless Congress passes his stalled election security bill, which he calls the