The Pentagon’s acting comptroller told lawmakers during a House Appropriations hearing Tuesday the Iran war has cost at least $29 billion so far, citing munitions, equipment replacement and ongoing operational costs.
Trending
If a breaking news event happens that requires immediate national or even international coverage and causes a need to interrupt regular non-news programming (or, in the case of network newscasts, their pause before a regular broadcast), a special graphic will usually appear indicating a break in current television or radio programming. This is sometimes referred to as a Newsflash or a Special Report. Before the advent of 24-hour cable news channels, this was a rare occurrence and was reserved for exceptionally serious events such as the assassination of John F. Kennedy or severe weather events such as landfalling hurricanes, when an alert crawl would normally be used on the lower third of the screen during regularly scheduled programs.
