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President Trump is set to travel to Dover Air Force Base today for the dignified transfer of U.S. service members killed in Iranian strikes. The Pentagon yesterday identified the third service member who was killed in Jordan as Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, of Ozone Park, New York. The Defense Department earlier this week identified two other service members killed last week as 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas. The number of U.S. casualties killed during the Iran war is now 18. As the number of casualties rises, the president’s visit highlights mounting questions about when the war in Iran will end and what its aims are.

• 🎧 The public disapproves of U.S. citizens dying in what they potentially see as an unnecessary war, NPR’s Franco Ordoñez tells Up First. While the issue of reduced munitions may feel abstract to many, flag-draped coffins are not, Justin Logan from the Cato Institute tells Ordoñez. The death of the 19-year-old Gonzales in particular resonates deeply with people as it underscores the loss of young lives at the hands of this conflict, Logan adds. Politically, Trump is attempting to sell Americans on the idea that things are going well, but the war’s casualties tell a different story, Ordoñez says.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth yesterday requested $67 billion in supplemental funding for the Pentagon in an hours-long, at times contentious hearing with senators. He says this money would help replenish depleted equipment and munitions and accelerate project and equipment deliveries. Without the additional funding, service members’ pay could face shortfalls, Hegseth warns. As fighting intensifies, some lawmakers expressed frustration over being asked to approve funds for a war that Congress never authorized.

• 🎧 Senators from both parties had a lot of questions for Hegseth on key issues, including Iran’s nuclear program and missile capabilities and the future of the Strait of Hormuz, NPR’s Claudia Grisales says. Their skepticism highlights concerns about the war’s direction, especially as midterm elections are right around the corner. The war has created challenges for Republicans, but has provided Democrats with opportunities, Grisales says. Democratic Sen. Patty Murray says rising gasoline prices are linked to the recent escalation in fighting, a message Democrats will likely use to try to win back control of Congress.

Arizona Republicans chose U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs as their nominee for governor and state lawmaker Alexander Kolodin as the secretary of state nominee in yesterday’s primaries. Both candidates have openly opposed the 2020 presidential election results. Trump endorsed both candidates, and Turning Point, the political group founded in Arizona by the late Charlie Kirk, backed them.