Senate again fails to pass homeland security funding as department shutdown nears one month – as it happened

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US defense officials told senators on the armed services committee that the cost of the war on Iran totaled more than $11.3bn in the first six days alone, according to multiple reports.

The New York Times was first to break the news about the conflict's price tag, citing three people familiar with the closed-door briefing on Tuesday.