{
  "id": 12440,
  "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/07/21/pete-hegseth-donald-trump-defense-iran-war-37-5-billion",
  "title": "‘Without these funds, we face critical shortfalls’: Hegseth on additional defense spending following $37.5B Iran War price tag",
  "summary": "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testified at a Senate hearing that Donald Trump's proposed $1.5 trillion defense budget would be a necessary investment.",
  "authors": "The Associated Press, Lisa Mascaro",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "military-security,finance-investment",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-07-21T21:16:28.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-22T05:10:49.469Z",
  "source_slug": "x-fortune-ai",
  "source_name": "Fortune AI",
  "source_homepage": "https://fortune.com/section/artificial-intelligence/",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/12440",
  "original_url": "https://fortune.com/2026/07/21/pete-hegseth-donald-trump-defense-iran-war-37-5-billion",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}