A new Pentagon budget report revealed that Pete Hegseth's Department of Defense burned through $93 billion in September 2025 alone — the biggest single-month spend since 2008.

A report by watchdog group Open the Books found the department rushed to spend huge amounts of its budget before the fiscal year ended — a common “use-it-or-lose-it” practice where agencies risk losing unused funds.

But critics say many of the purchases went far beyond normal military needs.

Among the expenses highlighted were:

• $225 million on furniture, including $12,000 fruit basket stands and over $60,000 worth of Herman Miller recliners
• $98,329 Steinway grand piano for the Air Force chief of staff’s home
• $15.1 million on ribeye steaks in a single month
• $6.9 million on lobster tail and $2 million on Alaskan king crab
• $5.3 million on Apple devices like iPads
• $124,000 on ice cream machines
• $139,224 on doughnuts

In the final five days of September alone, the Pentagon spent $50.1 billion on grants and contracts — more than the entire annual military budgets of countries like Canada and Mexico combined.

The spending spree has sparked criticism as it comes amid a $1.8 trillion U.S. deficit and after millions of Americans lost food assistance during a government shutdown.

In November 2020, a life-saving mission in Los Angeles took a terrifying turn. A medical helicopter carrying a donor heart for an urgent transplant crash-landed on the rooftop helipad of Keck Hospital of USC. The aircraft flipped onto its side, creating a tense moment for everyone watching. Inside the helicopter were the pilot and two medical staff members who had been transporting the precious organ that could save someone’s life. Thankfully, despite the frightening crash, all three people managed to escape without serious injuries.

What could have been a tragedy quickly turned into a story of determination and hope. Hospital staff rushed into action to retrieve the donor heart from the helicopter and safely carry it inside. Doctors continued with the transplant surgery without delay, ensuring the patient still had a chance at life. The incredible teamwork and quick thinking of everyone involved proved how far people will go to save a life, even when everything seems to go wrong.

A White House reporter is being praised online after confronting Donald Trump during a press conference about the war with Iran.

Shawn McCreesh, a correspondent for The New York Times, challenged the president after Trump suggested that Iran may have bombed its own elementary school using a Tomahawk cruise missile.

McCreesh pushed back directly:

“You just suggested that Iran somehow got its hands on a Tomahawk and bombed its own elementary school… but you're the only person in your government saying this. Even your defense secretary wouldn't say that. Why are you the only person saying this?”

Trump replied: “Because I just don’t know enough about it.”

The exchange came as reporters pressed the administration about the deadly strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ school in Minab, southern Iran, where around 160 people — many of them children — were reported killed during the early wave of attacks in the conflict.

Open-source investigators and journalists have since analyzed geolocated video and satellite imagery from the scene. One widely circulated clip appears to show a Tomahawk cruise missile striking a compound next to the school.

Tomahawks are long-range precision cruise missiles developed and primarily used by the United States, typically launched from U.S. Navy destroyers or submarines and capable of traveling hundreds of miles before striking a target with high accuracy. Iran is not known to possess Tomahawk systems, which is why the president’s suggestion immediately drew scrutiny in the briefing room.

The exchange quickly spread online, with many praising McCreesh for directly challenging the claim during a live White House press briefing.

Mission Accomplished!

For years they showed off the luxury Dubai lifestyle. When danger came, many left behind the one thing that loved them unconditionally — their pets.

After Iranian missile strikes in early March 2026, expats rushed to leave Dubai, and hundreds of animals were abandoned. Shelters and rescuers say they were overwhelmed, calling the situation heartbreaking in one of the world’s wealthiest cities.