{"id":95089,"date":"2026-07-22T04:05:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T09:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95089"},"modified":"2026-07-22T04:05:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T09:05:57","slug":"news-and-analysis-7-22-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95089","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 7\/22\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the Pentagon seeks billions more for the Iran war, some lawmakers are frustrated its inability to provide straight answers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/hegseth-says-iran-war-has-cost-37-5b-so-far-and-pentagon-needs-67b-to-restock-arms\">Hegseth Says Iran War Has Cost $37.5B So Far and Pentagon Needs $67B to Restock Arms<\/a> (PBS)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2026\/07\/21\/red-sea-blockade-threatens-new-front-us-iran-war\/\">Hegseth Faces Bipartisan Scrutiny as Iran War Escalates<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/watch-kennedy-presses-top-military-officials-for-straight-talk-on-fallout-if-u-s-leaves-iran-now\">WATCH: Kennedy Presses Top Military Officials for &#8216;Straight Talk&#8217; on Fallout if U.S. Leaves Iran Now<\/a> (PBS)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/5982033-emergency-funding-military-leaders-iran-war-senate-hearing\/\">5 Takeaways from Hegseth, Caine Hearing on Emergency Iran Funding 5 Takeaways from Hegseth, Caine Hearing on Emergency Iran Funding<\/a>\u00a0 (The Hill)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The &#8220;bailout for the farmers was necessitated by the war with Iran. They\u2019re trying to compensate them for higher fuel prices and higher fertilizer prices&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/5981858-massie-calls-iran-war-farm-supplemental-ironic\/\">Massie Says Money for Farmers in Iran War Supplemental Is \u2018Ironic\u2019<\/a> (The Hill)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Trump said Tuesday that the United States will soon target the area near Pickaxe Mountain \u2014 a fortified underground site near one of Iran&#8217;s primary nuclear enrichment facilities&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/watch-trump-says-u-s-will-hit-area-of-irans-pickaxe-mountain-very-heavily\">WATCH: Trump Says U.S. Will Hit Area of Iran&#8217;s Pickaxe Mountain &#8216;Very Heavily&#8217;<\/a> (PBS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The Houthis, who control northern and western Yemen including the coast at the mouth of the Red Sea, announced a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia on Monday&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/iran-tankers-war-us-9.7278658\">2 Tankers Carrying Saudi Oil Reverse Course in Red Sea After Houthi Threat, amid Widening U.S.-Iran War<\/a> (CBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;A barrage of U.S. strikes hasn\u2019t loosened Iran\u2019s grip on <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-iran-strait-of-hormuz-8df557699c900b29fb33172e6da7f3e9\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">the strait<\/a><\/span>, through which about one-fifth of the world\u2019s crude oil and natural gas was shipped before the war&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-hormuz-strait-war-july-21-2026-1664f6a4dad005a99771b2ad15213585\">US Military Completes 11th Night of Strikes on Iran as Attacks Overshadow Diplomacy<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/22\/palestine-weekly-ahead-of-elections-israel-doubles-down-on-attacks\">Palestine Weekly: Ahead of Elections, Israel Doubles Down on Attacks<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A former\u00a0U.S. policy in the Middle East suggests that &#8220;a case is building to reposition U.S. forces farther from Iran\u2019s reach&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/articles\/rising-u-s-casualties-in-the-iran-war-should-force-a-rethink-of-middle-east-bases\">Rising U.S. Casualties in the Iran War Should Force a Rethink of Middle East Basing<\/a> (CFR)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Pentagon seeks billions more for the Iran war, some lawmakers are frustrated its inability to provide straight answers: Hegseth Says Iran War Has Cost $37.5B So Far and Pentagon Needs $67B to Restock Arms (PBS) Hegseth Faces Bipartisan Scrutiny as Iran War Escalates (Washington Post) WATCH: Kennedy Presses Top Military Officials for &#8216;Straight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95089"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95091,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95089\/revisions\/95091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}