Sailors on a record-long carrier deployment are running short of food and supplies while the White House says they have not been out long enough — bad news for military families and a sign the Iran war is straining the Navy.

• The USS Abraham Lincoln has been at sea over 250 days with no port stop in more than 200, breaking the previous US carrier record.
• Families report missing care packages, poor food, and sailors in mental health crisis, with at least one jumping off the ship; the Navy denies the worst accounts.
• Trump said the deployment "has not been nearly long enough" and separately said he will never apologize for high gas prices.
• The crew has flown 10,000 sorties and dropped over a million pounds of bombs, costing an enormous amount to sustain.
• The war's stated goals — reopening Hormuz, denuclearizing Iran, changing its government — look further away now than before it started.

Outlook: The Lincoln is finally heading home, and once the crew reaches port expect a wave of first-hand accounts that make the political fight worse.