Pentagon quietly raises troop death toll after Pete Hegseth called report ‘a complete lie’

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Pentagon has quietly walked back its own numbers weeks after he publicly dismissed reporting that challenged them.The Washington Post reported Saturday that the Defense Department late Friday raised the official count of troops who have died during U.S. operations against Iran to 21, adding two deaths not caused by combat. Last month, the Post reported that six U.S. officials said the...