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height:50px;background-size: 90px;opacity:1;display:block} #main-navigation a.nav-link.nav-home.tnt-section-home .tnt-svg { display: none;} #main-navigation .sticky-nav .user-controls { display: none !important;} .affix #main-navigation .user-controls { display: none!important;} .affix #main-navigation .sticky-nav .user-controls { display: block!important;} @media (min-width: 992px) { #masthead-col-one{width:43%} #masthead-col-two{width: 24%} #masthead-col-three{width: 33%} #site-header .site-logo-container img { max-width: 455px !important; max-height: 120px !important; width: 455px;} #site-navbar-container .site-logo-container a img.img-responsive {max-height: 35px;margin-right: 10px} .affix #main-navigation {min-height: 35px !important} .affix .navbar-default .navbar-nav > li > a{padding-top: 10px;padding-bottom: 10px} .affix .navbar-toggle.hamburger-desktop {padding-top: 15px;padding-bottom: 15px} .weather-gif img{/*margin:-2px -10px -3px auto;border-left: 10px solid #fff;border-right: 10px solid #fff*/width:auto} .weather-gif {margin-bottom:20px} #site-header {padding-top: 0;padding-bottom: 0;} } .weather-radars .weather-text{font-family: 'Gotham Bold',sans-serif;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: -.01ch;font-size: 16px;margin-top: 10px;margin-bottom: 25px} /*.wx-map-container-defaults.weather-radar-container { height: 650px!important; padding-bottom:10px; } */ /* Rewire */ @media screen and (min-width: 768px) { .card.summary.has-image.image-right > .card-container > .card-body { margin: 0; padding: 0;} } .block-title-inner a { color: #222;} .card-headline a, .card .headline-list a { color: #222;/* font-family: 'PT Serif', 'Times New Roman', serif;*/ font-weight: 600;} .card .card-image .photo { margin: 0 0 10px;} .panel { box-shadow: none;} .btn, .pagination, .photo-carousel .photo-carousel-control, #main-body-container .more-button .block-links.pos-bottom a { border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 2px 2px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.05), 0 3px 1px -2px 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screen and (max-width: 991px) { .list-popular.bold > li h3, .list-popular.bold > li h4, .list-popular.bold > li h5 { line-height: 1.5em;} } .btn-primary { color: #fff; background-color: #001392; border-color: #001392;} .btn-primary:hover { color: #fff; background-color: #001392; border-color:#001392; opacity: .8;} .site-search-full-mobile .form-control {border: 1px solid #ccc;} .site-search-full-mobile .btn { border-radius: 0; box-shadow: none;} .navbar-toggle { border-radius: 0;} /* Footer */ #site-footer-container {border-top: 3px double rgba(0,0,0,0.2);} #site-footer-container .footer-logo img {max-width:210px} div#site-copyright-container {padding-bottom: 110px;} #site-copyright .col-md-5{text-align:right} #site-footer .bullet-nav { list-style: none; padding: 0;} #site-footer li { font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 6px;} #site-footer .list-inline { margin-left: 0;} #site-copyright { padding-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; border-top: solid 1px rgba(0,0,0,.2);} #site-footer .block-title * {font-family: 'Gotham Bold',sans-serif;font-weight: normal} #site-footer .bullet-nav {font-family: 'Gotham',sans-serif;font-weight: normal} @media screen and (max-width: 991px) { #site-footer .block-title {margin-top:15px} #site-copyright .col-md-5, #site-copyright .col-md-7{text-align:center} } /* Grid */ @media (min-width: 992px) { .grid-sidebar .main-content.col-lg-8.col-md-7, .grid-boxy .main-content.col-lg-8.col-md-7 { width: calc(100% - 330px);} .grid-sidebar .main-sidebar.col-lg-4.col-md-5, .grid-boxy .main-sidebar.col-lg-4.col-md-5 { width: inherit; min-width: 330px; max-width: 330px;} } /* Classifieds */ .search-form-container .card-headline h1 { margin: 0 0 15px 0; font-size: 24px !important; line-height: 24px !important; font-weight: 300;} /* Article */ header.asset-header { text-align: center; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; border-bottom: 3px double rgba(0,0,0,0.4);} .asset .asset-header h1 { /*font-family: 'PT Serif', serif; */font-weight: 700;} @media screen and (min-width: 768px) { .asset .asset-header h1 { font-size: 60px;} } .asset .asset-header .hammer, .asset .asset-header .kicker, .asset .asset-header .subhead, .asset .asset-header .meta, .asset .asset-header h1 { margin-right: 0;} .asset .share-container.headline-right { display: none;} .asset .asset-content ol, .asset .asset-content p, .asset .asset-content ul { /*font-family: 'PT Serif', serif;*/} .asset .asset-body p { font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px;} .article-share-nav{background: #000 !important} .article-share-nav .social-share-link:hover *{color: #fff !important} /*.asset #asset-content p:first-of-type:first-letter { font-size: 65px; font-weight: 700; float: left; margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 15px;}*/ /*e-Edition */ @media screen and (min-width: 768px) { .eedition-latest .card-img-lg .card.has-image > .card-container > .card-body { margin-left: 33%; padding-left: 40px;} .eedition-latest .card-img-lg .card .card-container > .card-image { width: 33%;} } .eedition-grid .card .card-image .photo.layout-vertical img, .eedition-latest .card .card-image .photo.layout-vertical img { max-height: none;} .eedition-latest .card .card-container>.card-image, .eedition-grid .card .card-container>.card-image { z-index: 1; border: 1px solid #bbb; margin-bottom: 1em; max-width: 320px; overflow: visible;} .eedition-latest .card-image:before, .eedition-grid .card-image:before { content: ''; position: absolute; width: 10px; height: calc(100% + 5px); top: 5px; left: 100%; box-shadow: inset 0 -2px 0 2px white, inset 0 -6px 0 6px #bbb; border-radius: 0 0 10px 10px; border: 2px solid #bbbbbb; border-top: 0; background: white; z-index: 1; transform: skewY(45deg);} .eedition-latest .card-image:after, .eedition-grid .card-image:after { content: ''; position: absolute; width: calc(100% + 10px); top: 100%; left: 0; border-radius: 0 0 0 10px; border-bottom: 10px solid #ffffff; background: white; z-index: -1; box-shadow: 0 2px 0 0 #bbbbbb;} .eedition-latest .card-image .media-preview, .eedition-grid .card-image .media-preview { position: relative; z-index: 5; max-height: 300px; overflow: hidden;} .eedition-grid .card .card-image .photo.layout-vertical img, .eedition-latest .card .card-image .photo.layout-vertical img { max-height: none;} /* Ad-Owl */ #main-page-container #adowl-your-ad-details .block-title:before { content: initial; display: initial; position: initial; vertical-align: initial; width: initial; top: initial%; z-index: initial; border-top: initial; border-bottom: initial; height: initial;} #main-page-container #adowl-your-ad-details .block-title { border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.4); padding-bottom: 5px;} /* Custom Classes */ .div-lines article.card, .bottom-line article.card { border-bottom: solid 1px rgba(0,0,0,.1);} .div-lines article.card:last-of-type { border-bottom-width: 0px;} .div-lines.more-button article.card:last-of-type { border-bottom-width: 1px;} #main-body-container .more-button .block-links.pos-bottom { text-align: center; margin-bottom: 20px; border-width: 0px; padding: 0;} #main-body-container .more-button .block-links.pos-bottom a { display: inline-block; border: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.2); padding: 8px 16px; font-weight: normal;font-family: 'Gotham Bold'} #main-body-container .more-button .block-links.pos-bottom a:hover { text-decoration: none; background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.05);} #main-body-container .more-button .block-links.pos-bottom a::after { content: ' \00BB';font-size: 15px} #main-body-container .more-button .block-links.pos-bottom li {display: block;padding: 0;} #main-body-container .more-button .block-links.pos-bottom li a{display: block} #main-body-container .more-button .block-links.pos-bottom li a {background: linear-gradient(to right, #0261B1 50%, #efefef 50%) !important;background-size: 200% 100% !important;background-position: right bottom !important;transition: all 0.3s ease;box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05) 0px 6px 24px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 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    <span>Iran war has cost $45.1 billion, Pentagon tells Congress</span>
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                                <p><strong>(CNN) —</strong> The US war with Iran has cost $45.1 billion, the Pentagon informed Congress on Friday, according to two sources familiar with the matter.</p><p>The department told lawmakers that war costs were $43.6 billion as of September 3 plus an additional $1.5 billion for extra fuel, the sources added.</p><p>The estimate is not a full accounting of the war’s cost, however.</p><div id="tncms-region-article_instory_top" class="tncms-region hidden-print"></div><p>It does not include an assessment of the cost to repair damaged bases or buildings and did not provide Congress with detailed breakdowns of indirect costs of military operations as lawmakers have asked for, one source said.</p><p>The $45.1 billion cost estimate from the Pentagon surpasses the <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/15/politics/cbo-releases-iran-war-cost-estimate">$38 billion price tag</a> the Congressional Budget Office projected the war cost through August 1, and comes after the Pentagon estimated <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/21/world/live-news/iran-war-trump?t=1784619440188">$37.5 billion</a> as the bill for the war in July.</p><div id="tncms-region-article_instory_middle" class="tncms-region hidden-print"></div><p>The estimate from the budget office also did not include the cost to repair US facilities damaged during the war, with most of the price tag coming from munitions expenditures, <a href="https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62756">the office</a> said. The CBO estimated the war will continue to cost the US approximately $2 billion to $3 billion per month past August 1, with higher costs estimated during periods of escalated fighting.</p><p>The office also told Congress that the war is expected to increase inflation for the first quarter of 2027, raising costs at a time Americans are <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/11/economy/cpi-inflation-august">growing more concerned about the economy</a>.</p><p>The-CNN-Wire</p><p>™ &amp; © 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.</p><div id="tncms-region-article_instory_bottom" class="tncms-region hidden-print"></div>
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