{"id":17571,"date":"2026-06-24T21:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T21:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=17571"},"modified":"2026-06-24T21:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T21:32:07","slug":"white-house-asks-congress-for-87-6b-for-iran-war-aid-to-us-farmers-and-responding-to-ebola-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=17571","title":{"rendered":"White House asks Congress for $87.6B for Iran war, aid to US farmers and responding to Ebola crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>By LISA MASCARO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The White House has formally requested $87.6 billion mostly to replenish the Pentagon after the U.S. war against Iran, submitting the request to Congress at a politically difficult time as a majority of\u00a0lawmakers have objected\u00a0to any further military action.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=17569\">California lawmakers consider a bill to fast-track adoptions for abused animals<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Office of Management and Budget sent the supplemental spending request Wednesday. It arrived just hours after President Donald Trump assailed Republican senators\u00a0during a private lunch\u00a0\u2014 engaging in a shouting match with one \u2014 over their votes to approve a war powers resolution that would halt further hostilities.<\/p>\n<p>The request is mostly for Operation Epic Fury, but it also includes a range of other items including aid to American farmers, help for the Ebola crisis in Africa and other needs closer to home, including restoration projects in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=17567\">New report says San Andreas Fault stress at 1,000-year high<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI urge the Congress to take action on these important and urgent requests as soon as possible,\u201d said OMB Director Russ Vought in a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson. The administration said it is requesting $67 billion for the Department of Defense for what it said were urgent needs related to the war against Iran, including \u201cfunding for military personnel and readiness expenses, operational costs to rebuild stocks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=17565\">New-home sales unexpectedly fall, with West down 27%<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House has formally requested $87.6 billion mostly to replenish the Pentagon after the U.S. war against Iran, submitting the request to Congress at a politically difficult time as a majority of lawmakers have objected to any further military action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-based-on-facts-either-observed-and-verified-directly-by-the-reporter-or-reported-and-verified-from-knowledgeable-sources","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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