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The Pentagon declined to provide information to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office about the cost of the war in Iran, and last year the president fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which produces the monthly job numbers, baselessly calling the labor market data “rigged.”
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The Pentagon declined to provide the Congressional Budget Office with information on the cost of the war in Iran.
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News Article
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{
    "subject": "cost of the war in Iran",
    "organization": "The Pentagon",
    "recipient_organization": "Congressional Budget Office"
}
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Military Government US Politics
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Created
September 18, 2026 at 1:17 AM (4 weeks ago)
Last Updated
September 18, 2026 at 1:17 AM (4 weeks ago)

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Screenshot of https://nytimes.com/2026/09/16/business/trump-irs-tax-gap.html
Billions in Taxes Go Unpaid. Under Trump, the I.R.S. Won’t Say How Much.
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4 weeks ago
https://nytimes.com/2026/09/16/business/trump-irs-tax-gap.html

The Trump administration has delayed the publication of the annual IRS estimate of unpaid taxes, making it difficult to assess the fiscal cost of the decline in the agency's ability to audit the rich. This delay is part of a broader pattern of the administration stopping or changing federal data measurements.

Tax Policy IRS Trump Administration Tax Gap Government Transparency Audits Fiscal Policy
Screenshot of https://nytimes.com/2026/09/23/opinion/iran-war-midterms-trump-republicans.html
It’s been six months since President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attacked Iran. There are now street protests over fuel costs around the world. But the price of oil is down below $100 again, as it has been for much of the war. In America, we are dealing with higher gas prices and some additional inflation, but given the loud warnings of economic catastrophe we heard in the spring, the economic impact looks relatively modest. As with the tariffs, the war has hurt the economy, but you could also be forgiven for whistling into the fall thinking the panic back in March was a story of the boy who cried wolf.In politics, though, it’s a different story. There, the war has registered quite conspicuously, right from the start, and now hangs like perhaps the most obvious albatross among many around Trump’s neck. Only one-third of the country approves of Trump’s handling of the war, according to recent polling. But even worse is the effect Americans believe it has had on what they say is their most important issue — and what has become Trump’s worst one. Eight in 10 Americans say the war has raised the cost of living.
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2 weeks ago
https://nytimes.com/2026/09/23/opinion/iran-war-midterms-trump-republicans.html

Six months after the Iran war began, its economic impact is modest globally but significant domestically, particularly on fuel costs and inflation. Politically, the war is a major liability for Trump, negatively affecting his approval ratings and the Republican party's midterm election prospects.

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