Good morning.You're reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day.President Trump is set to travel to Dover Air Force Base today for the dignified transfer of U.S.
service members killed in Iranian strikes.The Pentagon yesterday identified the third service member who was killed in Jordan as Sgt.
Angel S.Rampersad, 28, of Ozone Park, New York.
The Defense Department earlier this week identified two other service members killed last week as 1st Lt.Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Pvt.
Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas.The number of U.S.
casualties killed during the Iran war is now 18.As the number of casualties rises, the president's visit highlights mounting questions about when the war in Iran will end and what its aims are.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth yesterday requested $67 billion in supplemental funding for the Pentagon in an hours-long, at times contentious hearing with senators.
He says this money would help replenish depleted equipment and munitions and accelerate project and equipment deliveries.Without the additional funding, service members' pay could face shortfalls, Hegseth warns.
As fighting intensifies, some lawmakers expressed frustration over being asked to approve funds for a war that Congress never authorized.Arizona Republicans chose U.S.Rep.
Andy Biggs as their nominee for governor and state lawmaker Alexander Kolodin as the secretary of state nominee in yesterday's primaries.Both candidates have openly opposed the 2020 presidential election results.
Trump endorsed both candidates, and Turning Point, the political group founded in Arizona by the late Charlie Kirk, backed them.The House of Representatives yesterday voted to extend government funding past this year's midterms, through Dec.4.
Democratic leaders opposed the extension, saying it "fails to block funding for Donald Trump's violen...