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NPR (Tom Bowman) - DOD officials say Iran war has cost $25 billion so far during Congressional grilling

The Pentagon says that the cost of the war with Iran is estimated to be some $25 billion. Defense officials were appearing on the Hill for budget discussions.

NPR (Ari Daniel) - Long a dream, it's now real: a fast and accurate TB test that doesn't need phlegm

TB tests use phlegm — not the easiest thing to get or work with. It takes time for results. And there can be false negatives and positives. A new test is more accurate and takes less than half an hour.

NYTIMES (Ezra Klein and Annie Galvin) - What We Got Right — and Wrong — in ‘Abundance’

It’s been a big year for the abundance movement, but what has it really achieved? Ezra Klein talks with his “Abundance” co-author Derek Thompson and with Marc Dunkelman, the author of “Why Nothing Works.”

ABCNEWS - Supreme Court says anti-abortion pregnancy centers can fight subpoena for donor IDs

The Supreme Court unanimously sided with a group of New Jersey anti-abortion pregnancy centers embroiled in a dispute with the state's Democratic attorney general.

WASHINGTONPOST (Noah Robertson) - Hegseth clashes with Democrats over Iran war, dismissal of top military leaders

The defense secretary sought to rebut lawmakers’ criticism of the Trump administration’s handling of the conflict, which has cost about $25 billion so far.

AXIOS (Andrew Pantazi) - SCOTUS' voting rights decision deals big down-ballot blow

Statehouses, county commissions and city halls — not the halls of Washington — will absorb the heaviest blow from the Voting Rights Act's collapse. Why it matters: Most Voting Rights Act lawsuits have targeted local and state governments: the entities that decide what's taught in schools, who polices the streets and which neighborhoods get sidewalks. - Those suits typically fall under Section 2 of the Act, which lets minority voters challenge maps and election rules that weaken their voting power. The latest: The U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act with a Wednesday decision that essentially gives local and state bodies carte blanche to ignore minority voters as long as it serves some other purpose, like partisan…