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Trump’s $88B Iran war bill collides with Senate opposition

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The Pentagon’s massive funding request to pay some of the costs of the Iran war is going to be a hard sell for Senate Democrats, and a key issue buried deep in the multibillion-dollar request could divide Republicans.
Congress received the nearly $88 billion package Wednesday afternoon after months of speculation about whether it would ever come, and exactly how much it would cost. The current price tag is drastically lower than earlier estimates, which project the package could reach as high as $200 billion.
But after roughly four months and a tenuous peace deal in place, Democrats appear unwilling to support the funding that would replenish munitions, despite sweeteners that appear geared toward attracting their support.
CLOSED-DOOR OUTBURST TURNS INTO VICTORY FOR TRUMP’S IRAN NEGOTIATIONS
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, speaks at a news conference following Senate Democrat policy luncheons at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on June 23, 2026. (Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg)
«It seems designed to repel Democratic votes,» Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said. «They’re clearly not trying to pass this.»
Those sweeteners, which include $11 billion in aid for farmers and $1.4 billion to fight the Ebola outbreak in Africa, didn’t sway Murphy, who charged that the farm assistance in particular was a «war cost.»
The package isn’t getting any love from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., either, who accused President Donald Trump of «asking taxpayers to clean up his messes.»
«After dragging America into a reckless war, he now wants Congress to hand him tens of billions more to paper over the damage — while families are still paying higher prices,» Schumer said on X. «We should be lowering costs for the American people, not writing another blank check for Trump.»
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., wasn’t surprised that Senate Democrats appeared ready to bat down the package, which will need at least 60 votes to pass in the Senate, arguing that «they haven’t supported anything this year, or last year.»
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«It’s literally true. I mean, including stuff that they negotiated,» Hawley said. «FISA, they negotiated, which I didn’t like when they negotiated, but still, you know, they negotiated and said, ‘No,’ they negotiated all the appropriations bills then said, ‘No.’ I mean, so, you know, I’d be shocked if they did support it.»
The bulk of the request is geared toward the Pentagon and includes $67 billion for the War Department, including $21 billion to replenish missile stockpiles depleted during the Iran offensive, known as Operation Epic Fury, $17 billion for military operations, $2.4 billion for drones and $5.1 billion for cybersecurity and autonomy.
Another $12 billion of the War Department funding would go toward classified programs. The request also includes $2 billion for the Coast Guard and $800 million for the National Guard.
The administration is also seeking $672 million for the removal of Iranian nuclear materials, inspections and verification efforts, and other counterproliferation activities.
According to the proposal, the funding would support the removal of Iranian nuclear materials, including uranium hexafluoride (UF6), uranium in various forms and research reactor fuel, including highly enriched uranium.
The proposal would also fund potential U.S. verification activities in Iran, subject to site access, support inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency, strengthen nuclear-smuggling detection efforts and expand Nuclear Emergency Support Team operations across the Middle East.
The funding comes as U.S. and Iranian negotiators work to translate the recent memorandum of understanding (MOU) into a more detailed agreement governing Iran’s nuclear program and stockpile of enriched uranium.
While the memorandum established downblending as the minimum acceptable method for handling Iran’s enriched uranium, negotiators have not publicly disclosed whether the material would ultimately remain in Iran, be transferred to another country or be destroyed.
TRUMP SEEKS $672M TO STOP IRANIAN NUKES AS NEGOTIATORS WEIGH FATE OF URANIUM STOCKPILE

The price of ethanol-free gasoline is shown on a gas pump at an Exxon gas station in Austin on May 5, 2026. The Trump administration will waive higher-ethanol E15 gasoline from U.S. volatility requirements this summer, expanding sales and benefiting corn farmers and biofuels producers. (Kaylee Greenlee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
While Democrats shake their fists at the supplemental spending package, one provision tucked into the legislation could also give Republicans heartburn.
Among the farm aid provisions is a policy to permanently extend the sale of gasoline with a blend of ethanol, a liquid biofuel made from corn, known as E15.
The E15 issue showed a rare rift in Senate Republican leadership, one that ripples through the Senate GOP based on geography and differing state economies than on a personal leve.
«Promising a year-round E15 mandate is a check the president can’t cash,» a Republican source said.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., backs it, particularly for the benefits it could give candidates running for election or re-election in states where corn crops are king.
But his second-in-command, Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., bucked the House’s year-round E15 bill when it passed last month and has argued that allowing a mandate on the fuel blend would hurt small refiners and undo strides for energy production made in Trump’s flagship legislation, the «big, beautiful bill.»
«America’s small refiners are unsung heroes of affordable American energy. Washington D.C., often overlooks them. Working families depend on them,» Barrasso said on the Senate floor earlier this week. «I represent several small refineries in Wyoming. The refineries employ thousands of people.»
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«They make gasoline prices more affordable,» he continued. «They strengthen our nation’s energy security. Proposed new mandates on small refineries would harm them and the people who work for them.»
Since the House bill passed, Thune said he has continued to have conversations to find a «path forward» on the issue.
«We’re working with the stakeholder community and our members on both sides to figure out if that’s something we can execute on and get done,» Thune said.
Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., a proponent of the provision, argued that he viewed it as an «incentive,» but acknowledged there was a chance it could be amended out of the broader supplemental package.
«I mean it makes a better deal, and I don’t know why they would want to take it out,» Rounds said.
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Por qué se produjeron los terremotos en Venezuela y qué podemos esperar ahora

¿Por qué a un terremoto fuerte le siguió inmediatamente otro?
¿Por qué fueron tan destructivos estos terremotos?
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Salió a caminar por la playa 10 minutos antes de los terremotos y vio cómo se caía el edificio en el que vivía en La Guaira

Carlos Ancheta llegó de hacer las compras, se duchó rápido y salió a caminar un rato por la playa.
Había ido a pasar el feriado de San Juan, una de las celebraciones culturales y religiosas más importantes de Venezuela, en su departamento de un edificio de 12 pisos en la urbanización Los Corales, en la ciudad de La Guaira, una de las zonas más afectadas por los dos fuertes terremotos de 7,2 y 7,5 grados que golpearon el miércoles Caracas y sus alrededores.
Poco después, el primer sismo lo tumbó sobre la costa.
“Me dieron ganas de caminar en la arena. Tengo la playa enfrente. Caminé un rato y a los 10 minutos sentí el primer temblor. Ahí ví cómo se caía mi edificio, se desvanecía junto a otros cinco edificios a mi alrededor y eso levantó una nube de polvo como de 50 metros que llegó hasta la playa”, contó Ancheta en diálogo telefónico con TN.
Ancheta es fotógrafo y trabaja además como administrador de departamentos en Caracas. Vive en el barrio caraqueño de Altamira, uno de los más golpeados por los sismos, pero pasa todos los fines de semana y feriados en La Guaira, convertida hoy en zona de desastre.
“El segundo terremoto fue muy fuerte. Me caí en la arena. Se me cayeron el teléfono y los lentes”, señaló.
Su edificio colapsó. “Hay solo siete departamentos con vecinos que viven en forma permanente. Rescataron a dos mujeres de los pisos tres y siete. Otro había salido dos horas antes y hoy se reportó en el chat vecinal. De siete departamentos ocupados, en tres todos sobrevivieron. Falta saber qué pasó con los vecinos de los otros cuatro”, comentó. Así quedó uno de los edificios colapsados en La Guaira (Foto: Cortesía/Carlos Ancheta)
Ancheta volvió a Caracas horas más tarde. En el camino vio “muchas zonas sin luz”. Varios edificios del este de Caracas se derrumbaron. Cuando finalmente llegó a su casa, su departamento estaba inundado y “todo regado” (desordenado).
“Se rompieron los dos tanques de agua del edificio. Pero al menos está estable. Me fui a dormir a uno de los departamentos que cuido”, dijo.
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Ahora, “la gente está en shock, quedó muy asustada. Está en la calle, cerca de los edificios que cayeron, moviendo escombros. La gente está como ida, triste”, sostuvo.
No es la primera tragedia que golpea a La Guaira, capital del municipio Vargas.
El 15 de diciembre de 1999 la ciudad fue arrasada por una serie de deslaves después de varios días de intensas lluvias que hicieron colapsar las montañas linderas. Nunca se tuvo certeza de una cifra exacta de muertos. Se habla de miles de víctimas. Pueblos costeros fueron arrasados por el lodo. Fue la peor tragedia de la ciudad, al menos hasta ahora.
“Parece una escena post-apocalíptica”
Génesis Méndez tiene 26 años y vive en la urbanización Los Palos Grandes, otro de los barrios más golpeados por los sismos en Caracas.
“Hoy se siente todo muy extraño. Parece una escena post-apocalíptica. La gente está buscando donde dormir porque les da miedo quedarse en los edificios en caso de réplica. También están comprando comida, intentando que sean cosas no perecederas», dijo a TN vía WhatsApp desde Caracas. Rescatistas buscan sobrevivientes en Caracas (Foto: REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria)
La capital, según coinciden los testimonios, es una ciudad en shock. Miles de personas deambulan por las calles. Muchos buscan a sus seres queridos.
“Siguen sacando gente de los edificios que se derrumbaron en Altamira y Los Palos Grandes. Cada tanto pasa una ambulancia”, contó.
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Esos dos barrios fueron los más golpeados en el terremoto de 1967, que causó unos 2000 muertos.
“La gente aún está muy agitada y conmocionada, a cada rato están pasando por los grupos de WhatsApp listas de personas en los hospitales, desaparecidas, fallecidas”, comentó Méndez.
“Pensé que iba a morir”
Yenily Almeida vive en el epicentro de la zona sísmica, en Los Palos Grandes.
“No estamos preparados para una situación de emergencia. Ni siquiera se hacen simulacros. Yo vivo en un piso 12. Habíamos llegado a la casa después del mercado y no sabíamos qué hacer”, contó en diálogo con TN.
Según dijo, “fue tan fuerte (el terremoto) que el edificio se bamboleaba. Se caían pedazos de la escalera. Mi pareja se quedó atrapado en el ascensor. Finalmente logramos salir a la calle”. Un hombre observa la destrucción en una zona de caracas (Foto: AP)
“Yo bajaba la escalera y pensaba ´esta es probablemente la ultima vez en mi vida que voy a bajar estas escaleras. Aquí me voy a morir. Este edificio se me va a caer encima y me voy a morir´. Eso era lo que yo pensaba. ¿Qué mas voy pensar si pedazos del edificio se me iban cayendo en frente de mi», afirmó.
Al llegar a la calle, Yenily se dio cuenta que la situación era más grave de lo que imaginaba.
Leé también: Terremoto en Venezuela: cómo buscar sobrevivientes desde la Argentina con una aplicación
“Era una cosa dantesca. Dos edificios cercanos se derrumbaron por completo, otros sufrieron daños severos, perdieron paredes completas. Por la noche la gente alumbraba con la luz de sus celulares entre los escombros” mientras buscaban sobrevivientes, señaló.
Con el correr de las horas, decidió que lo mejor sería no volver a su edificio. Durmió en la casa de un amigo, en una zona que no sufrió tantos daños. “Es una casa, no un edificio. Estoy más tranquila ahí. En mi edificio hay paredes desquebrajadas. No me siento segura”, indicó.
Yenily espera ahora que Protección Civil audite los daños del edificio para saber si podrá volver a su departamento. “Pero hasta ahora no vino nadie. Hay frustración. ¿Qué hacemos? No hay un protocolo. No nos sentimos atentidos. Los venezolanos estamos sufriendo», concluyó.
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Chinese drone monopoly put on notice amid concerns over CCP spying: ‘Strategic mistake’

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Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., who serves on crucial subcommittees of the House Armed Services Committee, is leading a charge to phase out Chinese-manufactured drones from use in U.S. law enforcement.
«Here in the United States, we’ve allowed China to dominate much of the global drone market while American agencies continue relying on systems built by companies tied to the Chinese Communist Party,» Harrigan said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
«That’s a strategic mistake,» he continued.
The bill, titled the American Drone Manufacturing Dominance Act of 2026, would offer domestic law enforcement an off-ramp for whatever Chinese-made drones they might be currently using. It also furthers legislative ways in which Republicans have sought to step away from Chinese manufacturing and supply in sensitive areas. It also makes federal grant funding conditional on not acquiring any foreign-made drones after Jan. 1, 2027.
SEN WICKER: ENDING CHINA’S DRONE DOMINANCE WITH A MADE-IN-AMERICA REVIVAL
Rep.-elect Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., poses for a photo on the House steps of the Capitol after freshman members of Congress took their class photo on Nov. 15, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc)
In its current form, the bill sets aside $1.5 billion in federal funding, funded through Trump’s Section 301 tariffs, to accelerate the removal of Chinese-made drones and would subsidize a domestic drone manufacturing base with defense applications.
Harrigan said drones have become a clear security issue in light of their use in overseas conflicts and their growing sophistication.
«One of the clearest lessons from Ukraine is that drones are no longer a niche capability; they’re a foundational part of modern warfare,» Harrigan said.
Almost all major U.S. cities have implemented restrictions on the use of drones. In Washington, D.C., for instance, drones are completely banned from use due to the federal Special Flight Rules Area (SFRA) that governs highly restricted airspace.
Even so, their use has climbed in recent years — especially in border security, where their fast-moving capabilities have allowed border agents to monitor wide swaths of land.
BORDER ON THE BRINK AS CARTEL DRONES FORCE US TO ACT AFTER YEARS OF PARALYSIS

A drone hovers in the sky during practice day at the National Drone Racing Championships on Governors Island, Aug. 5, 2016 in New York City. More than 100 pilots are vying for fifty thousand dollars in prize money. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
In 2020, an internal memorandum authored by then U.S. Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott signaled CBP’s intent to significantly expand their use.
«These unmanned technologies will achieve levels of detection, response and interdiction efficiencies not realized by current CBP technological capabilities,» the memorandum states.
Local law enforcement also uses drones, but is reliant on Chinese manufacturers like Da Jiang Innovations (DJI). In Texas, for instance, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Texas, for instance. The Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) said that of the 966 drones registered to police and sheriff’s departments in the Lone Star State in 2024, 879 were produced by DJI.
Harrigan believes drone use isn’t going away. But even as their use expands, he believes lawmakers should prioritize American safety through U.S. manufacturing.
I’M A DRONE CEO. OUR SKIES ARE DANGEROUSLY EXPOSED — HERE’S THE SOLUTION

Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., conducts a news conference at the Republican National Committee after a House Republican Conference meeting on March 25, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call Inc)
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«If drones are going to play a central role in national security, public safety, and critical infrastructure, America needs to be able to build them here at home,» Harrigan said.
It’s unclear when Harrigan’s bill would reach the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives for consideration.
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