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By JON MICHAEL RAASCH, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT
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The White House is demanding nearly $90 billion in funds for its war against Iran and other pet projects.
The Trump administration has formally requested $87.6 billion from Congress primarily to refill the Pentagon‘s weapon stockpiles amid the four-month-long war with Iran.
Approximately $67 billion is earmarked for the Department of War, while $2 billion is requested for the Coast Guard’s work relating to Operation Epic Fury.
The FBI and the Department of Energy are also receiving funds related to the Iran war, totaling $40 million and $95.5 million, respectively.
The Pentagon’s request includes $21 billion to replenish munitions, though the memo does not specifically state which weapons the department needs.There is no request for funds to rebuild US bases that were damaged as part of the Iran war.
Though the request does include $300 million for the Department of State to repair and restore facilities, such as embassies, in Bahrain, the UAE, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia.
In early May, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth testified before Congress that the war had only cost $29 billion, though many critics thought that number was low.
A little over a month later, the administration says the cost is now roughly $70 billion, despite the ceasefire being active for months.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and the Trump administration are asking for roughly $70 billion in funding from Congress for the Iran war. Hegseth testified in early May that the war had cost $29 billion, though critics believed that estimate was low
US and Israel have launched thousands of missiles in its war against Iran. Now the Pentagon is seeking at least $21 billion in funds to replenish munitions
A US Navy vessel fires a Tomahawk missile at land targets in Iran on March 21, 2026
The US has run through its vast stockpiles of bespoke munitions, like Patriot, THAAD, Tomahawk and SM3 missiles used to attack Iran and defend US and allied nations against incoming fire.
While the number of missiles in the US stockpile is a closely guarded secret, Trump has called on weapon manufacturers to step up production while the US faces not only a need for interceptors in the Middle East but in the Pacific as well.
The lofty supplemental spending package has provoked outrage among Democrats.
‘For months, the administration has failed to answer basic questions about its aims and justification for the Iran war and failed to provide the most basic information about its costs,’ Senator Patty Murray wrote in a statement.
‘This request is not merely meant to pay for the presidents disastrous war, but an attempt to secure tens of billions of additional dollars for unrelated Pentagon priorities.’
Top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, similarly wrote: ‘Democrats will not support tens of billions of dollars for Trumps aimless war, which the House and Senate have both voted to end.’
The funding request comes the same week that the Senate passed a resolution to curtail Trump’s ability to wage wars abroad.
Though the move is largely seen as symbolic because the President is granted sweeping war powers in the Constitution, it does serve as a rebuke against the administration.
Many lawmakers in both parties have complained for months about not receiving enough information from the White House about the war and the negotiations to end it.
Outside of the Iran war funding, the White House requested over $11 billion to pay US farmers economic assistance, $1.4 billion for the Ebola outbreak, $1 billion to modernize New York’s Penn Station and $500 million ‘to complete restoration and construction projects in and around Washington, D.C.’