U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with the press on the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 24, 2026.
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The White Home on Wednesday requested Congress for $87.6 billion in supplemental spending to pay for the Iran battle and a number of different issues together with help to U.S. farmers, and Ebola response.
White Home Workplace of Administration and Finances Director Russell Vought made the request in a letter to Home Speaker Mike Johnson.
“I urge the Congress to take motion on these necessary and pressing requests as quickly as potential,” Vought wrote.
The request contains $21 billion for the Protection Division to “assist vital capabilities, munitions procurement, and strengthen the U.S. industrial base,” $1.4 billion for Ebola response and $768 million for the Power Division for nuclear and different vitality safety.
Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth in March had mentioned the Pentagon could request $200 billion to fund the battle that started Feb. 28.
The request might put susceptible Republicans in a troublesome place months out from the 2026 midterm elections in the event that they’re compelled to vote on further funds for an unpopular battle. And the request met with speedy opposition from congressional Democrats. Congress would wish to applicable cash to fulfil the White Home’s request.
“President Trump launched a reckless and dear battle with Iran — with out authorization from Congress or the assist of the American individuals — that he ought to by no means have began, and now, as a substitute of doing something to assist households get by, he’s asking taxpayers to select up the tab and provides him billions extra to wage wars abroad,” Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the highest Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee, mentioned in a press release.
“And he’s making this request for extra funding because the Pentagon already has a historic annual funds and sits on over $100 billion in unspent funding Republicans offered of their Huge Ugly Invoice,” Murray mentioned, referring to the 2025 GOP tax and spending bundle referred to as the One Huge Stunning Invoice.
Vought’s letter additionally requests $10 billion for farmers, who’ve struggled within the final yr and a half partly due to Trump’s commerce insurance policies, $500 million for restoration and building tasks in Washington, and $1 billion to renovate of Penn Station in New York Metropolis.
—Emily Wilkins contributed to this report.
