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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday warned that strikes on Iranian oil depots causing “black rain” could lead to respiratory problems as toxic pollutants disperse through the air. “Black rain,” also referred to as “acidic rain,” falling over Tehran “is indeed a danger” to the city’s inhabitants, WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier told reporters in…

Solar installations in the U.S. decreased by 14 percent last year, a new report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie found. The report, released Monday, found that the solar industry installed 43.2 gigawatts direct current (GWdc) of capacity in 2025, down from above 49 GWdc the year prior.  Since President Trump…

Former CIA Director John Brennan expressed concerns on Monday about the long-term implications of President Trump’s ongoing military operations in the Middle East. The president and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have not ruled out putting boots on the ground in Iran, though Trump told the New York Post on Monday that the administration was “nowhere…

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) on Monday criticized Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) for his defense of the U.S. military operation in Iran, saying that he does “NOT” tell President Trump how to oversee the conflict. “There are some in the Senate that advocate for war everywhere,” Luna wrote on the social platform X. “Lindsey Graham…

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Monday suggested a mutual defense agreement with Saudi Arabia amid the ongoing U.S. operation in Iran. “Finally, to my friends in Saudi Arabia: I’ve been your biggest champion. I think the crown prince has taken Saudi Arabia in a completely different direction, in a good way,” Graham told Fox News’s…

President Trump has appointed Erika Kirk, the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, to the Air Force Academy’s Board of Visitors, having her replace her late husband. Consisting of 16 members, the Board of Visitors is responsible for making recommendations to the Defense Secretary for changes at the Air Force Academy. The board provides an…

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) sued the Trump administration on Tuesday, alleging that several agencies failed to adequately respond to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests pertaining to any plans to deploy federal agents at election sites.   The lawsuit alleges that the DNC sent close to a dozen FOIA requests to the Justice Department (DOJ), Department of Homeland Security (DHS)…

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is blasting conservative pundit Tucker Carlson over the commentator’s criticism of President Trump’s foreign policy and military operations in the Middle East. “The Democrats and the press are trying to undermine President Trump, they’re trying to undermine the U.S. military, and they’re trying to bolster Iran and the Ayatollahs. Do you…

A drone company that names President Trump’s sons among its top investors shared plans to merge with a golf course operator on Monday.  In a press release, Aureus Greenway Holdings Inc. (AGH) announced a reverse merger agreement with American drone company Powerus to form Powerus Corporation. AGH owns and operates two public golf country clubs…

Democrats have a good chance of regaining control of the House and Senate in the 2026 midterms, which could clip Trump’s wings and put the brakes on his agenda.

Former acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chad Wolf will testify before the Senate Budget Committee on Tuesday morning about sanctuary cities. President Trump earlier this year announced his administration’s plans to strip federal funding from sanctuary cities and states — or areas that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement to protect residents against…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said attacks on Iran would ramp up on Tuesday and that the U.S. is “winning” the battle. “Today will be, yet again, our most intense day of strikes inside Iran. The most fighters, the most bombers, the most strikes. Intelligence more refined and better than ever,” Hegseth said at a briefing…

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council secretary on Tuesday threatened President Trump after the president warned Iran against stopping oil from passing through the Strait of Hormuz. “The sacrificial nation of Iran doesn’t fear your empty threats,” secretary Ali Larijani wrote on social platform X in a post translated by The Associated Press. “Even those bigger…

A firearm was discharged at a U.S. consulate in Toronto, local police said on social media early Tuesday morning. In a post on the social platform X, the Toronto Police Service said there were reports that someone discharged a firearm at 5:29 a.m. EDT at the American consulate. Police responded to the reports, according to the…

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday granted expanded approval to Wellcovorin for the ultra-rare disease cerebral folate deficiency (CFD) in both children and adults, the same prescription drug that the Trump administration touted from the Oval Office as a potential treatment for symptoms of autism last year. Senior administration officials announced that Wellcovorin,…

Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper said late Monday that any U.S. military mission to secure Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium would be “very perilous.” President Trump has reportedly expressed serious interest in deploying a small contingent of U.S. troops inside Iran to secure some 900 pounds of the nuclear material at a later stage…

President Trump on Monday described Vice President JD Vance as being “maybe less enthusiastic” at the start of the U.S. war in Iran. “We get along very well on this,” Trump told reporters in Miami when asked if there were any divides with Vance on the war. “He was, I would say, philosophically a little…

Americans are bracing for expected economic impacts of the Trump administration’s military operations in the Middle East, with a majority in a new poll expressing pessimistic views about the future of gas prices.  In the Reuters/Ipsos survey, released Monday, 67 percent of respondents said they anticipate gas prices to surge even higher in the U.S….

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Dan Caine will speak with the media Tuesday morning as tensions with Iran persist following U.S. strikes on the Middle Eastern nation earlier this month. The Pentagon and President Trump have given conflicting accounts on how long the U.S. conflict with Iran will last in…

It’s a complete betrayal, said the “Late Night” host.

Over a dozen candidates are vying to replace former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), the President Trump loyalist turned critic, in a Tuesday special election. Trump has endorsed Republican Clay Fuller, a district attorney for the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit, in the heated race where all candidates, regardless of party, are running on one ballot.…
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“All the boys have them,” a Trump administration source told The Wall Street Journal. Another called it “hysterical.”

The president made the boast to GOP lawmakers at an event at one of his Florida clubs.

The “Late Show” audience erupted at the joke. 

The late night host tore into the president for turning a dignified transfer into a “merchandising opportunity.”