Tehran

California Governor Gavin Newsom gives remarks at the Center for American Progress Ideas Conference at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 19, 2026.

‘DISGUSTING’

Newsom Tears Into Trump After ‘Deranged’ Offer

The president said sacrificing millions of innocent American lives would be a “small price” for winning the war he started with Iran.

Will Neal

US President Donald Trump participates in a midterm election rally for Oklahoma Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Mazzei at the Choctaw Event Center in Durant, Oklahoma, US, October 1, 2026.

Trump Comes Up With Bonkers New Excuse for His War

“They were doing drugs, but they were doing the nuclear,” according to Trump.

Ewan Palmer

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CNN Humiliates Trump With Brutal Montage of Receipts

The network used the president’s own words to highlight a contradiction in his messaging on Iran.

Wiktoria Gucia

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth

NUMBER CRUNCHING

Pentagon Pete's Money Troubles Exposed Amid $1.5T Budget Ask

News of budget trouble comes as the defense secretary has touted his “fiscally responsible” request of $1.5 trillion for next year.

Isabel van Brugen

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (not pictured) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 19, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

BOOMERANG BLUSTER

Trump’s Ultimatum Boomerangs as Enemy Issues New Threat

The president’s attempt to bully Iran into submission didn’t go as planned.

Erkki Forster

Laura Loomer, Donald Trump

Trump Called Laura Loomer Right After Launching War

The far-right provocateur told the president he’d done “a great job.”

Tom Latchem