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NYTIMES (Megan Mineiro) - Pentagon Puts Iran War Cost at $29 Billion as Hegseth Deflects on Funding

The estimate from the Defense Department’s top budget official was $4 billion higher than two weeks ago. Secretary Pete Hegseth declined to say when the administration would request extra money for the Iran conflict.

ABCNEWS - US household debt ticks up to new all-time high as inflation continues to rise

U.S. household debt, including mortgages, credit cards, auto loans and student loans, reached an all-time high of $18.8 trillion in the first three months of the year.

NPR (Terry Gross) - She spent a year using AI to do almost everything. Here's what she learned

Tech writer Joanna Stern used AI to read medical results, respond to texts and serve as her therapist. She says her emotional connection to it was unsettling. Her new book is I Am Not a Robot.

NYTIMES (John Yoon) - California Gubernatorial Candidate Steve Hilton Mocked for Calling Del Taco Order a ‘Street Taco’

Steve Hilton, a Republican front-runner for governor, posted a video of his Del Taco order. Social media users accused him of misunderstanding the state’s Mexican food culture.

NYTIMES (Reid J. Epstein and Nick Corasaniti) - Jen Kiggans, Virginia Republican, Faces Uproar Over Radio Host’s Racist Remark About Jeffries

Representative Jen Kiggans, a Republican in a tough re-election fight, faced criticism after she agreed with comments by a local radio host that included a racist line about Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic minority leader.

WASHINGTONPOST (Katie Mettler, Jeremy Roebuck) - Justice Dept. charges shipping company in deadly Key Bridge collapse

Prosecutors accused the Singapore-based company and subsidiaries of fostering unsafe conditions that caused the Dali cargo ship to crash into the Baltimore bridge in 2024.