WASHINGTON — House Democrats unsuccessfully attempted to pass a resolution to halt Donald Trump’s war with Iran on Thursday — a response to the president’s shocking threat two days earlier to annihilate “a whole civilization.

The eventual ask of Congress is likely to fall to between $80 billion and $100 billion, officials said, less than half the amount of an earlier proposal to offset costs of the conflict.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The comment was reminiscent of Vladimir Putin’s insistence that the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which he launched four years ago, was a “special military operation.” That, too ...

The military campaign has killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sunk at least 10 Iranian warships and struck more than 1,000 targets.