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DEVELOPING · 26 OCT → 31 OCT 2026 · 6 EDITIONS · 53 OUTLETS

U.S. military and household costs rise during Iran war

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 26 53 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Oct 28 Oct 12:19 UTC · U.S. military and household costs mount during Iran war 29 Oct 00:14 UTC · U.S. Iran war costs top $47 billion as fuel prices burden consumers 29 Oct 18:18 UTC · U.S. military and household costs rise during Iran war

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 3 HEADLINES

  1. 28 Oct, 12:19 UTC

    U.S. military and household costs mount during Iran war

  2. 29 Oct, 00:14 UTC

    U.S. Iran war costs top $47 billion as fuel prices burden consumers

  3. 29 Oct, 18:18 UTC

    U.S. military and household costs rise during Iran war

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Nothing ran from the first third of the coverage to the last.

Entered the story later

  • $47 billion · from 28 Oct 01:00, 10 outlets
  • $47.1 billion · from 28 Oct 17:45, 4 outlets
  • Donald Trump · from 27 Oct 18:16, 3 outlets
  • $47 billion so far · from 28 Oct 02:35, 3 outlets
  • $29 billion replace expended · from 28 Oct 02:35, 2 outlets
  • $6 billion would be · from 28 Oct 02:35, 2 outlets
  • $37.5 billion cost · from 28 Oct 02:35, 2 outlets
  • Pete Hegseth · from 28 Oct 02:35, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • new-vehicle sales: 81% (1 from 27 Oct 18:16) → 57% (1 from 27 Oct 18:16) → 7.3% (1 from 27 Oct 18:16)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.