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Former Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger tore into President Donald Trump over his handling of the war with Iran on Saturday, accusing the president of buying his way out of the conflict and walking away with almost nothing for it.

"Trump lies constantly and he is desperate for the Iran war to be over," Kinzinger wrote in a post on X that accompanied a video. "So desperate that he's giving Iran 20 times the money Obama did, and getting nothing in return, except an open strait that Iran will charge a 'maintenance fee' to all ships. Well done, bozo."

President Donald Trump announced Saturday that a deal to end the U.S. war against Iran would be signed Sunday – a timeline Iranian media described as his "strange insistence" – and onlookers think they know why.

“Is this idiot trying to settle this foreign policy debacle Sunday, just so he can announce it on his birthday tomorrow during the UFC fight?” asked Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) in a social media post on X.

President Donald Trump shocked onlookers Saturday after issuing a vague threat directed toward Iran, one that observers widely interpreted as a threat to use nuclear weapons if ongoing peace negotiations between Washington and Tehran collapse.

“Hopefully, this process will all work out quickly, easily, and smoothly. If it doesn’t, we have the ultimate alternative, hopefully never to be used again!” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.

A group of Democratic members of the US Congress on Friday condemned President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers’ attempts to influence the results of Colombia’s upcoming presidential runoff, calling it an “insult” to the Colombian people’s sovereignty.

“We see actions by US President Donald Trump and other members of Congress to endorse, advocate for, or otherwise tip the scales to a particular candidate as detrimental to the democratic rights of the Colombian people,” said the lawmakers, led by Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.). “The future of Colombia must be decided by the Colombian people—not American politicians with their own agenda.”

President Donald Trump took to social media Saturday to champion the peace deal being negotiated between Washington and Tehran – claiming it was on track to be finalized Sunday – while warning that if talks collapse, the U.S. may resort to an "ultimate alternative."

“The Deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow, and immediately after it is signed, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN TO ALL. Our relationship with Iran is a much different and better one than previous Administrations have had,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's “quest” to help his 26-year-old son-in-law in his bid for Congress has left one prominent podcaster “utterly disgusted,” Republicans “grumbling” and senior White House officials “irritated,” the Daily Mail reported on Saturday.

Duffy’s son-in-law, Michael Alfonso, is running to represent the very same Wisconsin congressional district Duffy once held from 2011 to 2019, and has boosted Alfonso “in his personal capacity,” a Transportation spokesperson told the Daily Mail. Alfonso has also received an endorsement by President Donald Trump.

Rep. Barry Moore (R-AL), who’s been endorsed by President Donald Trump in his bid for U.S. Senate, was accused Saturday by an ex-senior staffer of "intentionally misleading” voters for years regarding his military service, The Daily Mail reported.

Moore’s campaign told The Daily Mail that he had served in the U.S. military for “more than six years,” and his wife, Heather Moore, said recently that her husband had served eight years, according to a local Alabama media outlet, The Daily Mail reported.

CBS' firing of Stephen Colbert has seen the Late Show time slot nosedive in ratings — and it's taking the network with it.

Since CBS handed Byron Allen the 11:35 p.m. slot formerly occupied by Colbert's The Late Show — with Allen Media footing all production costs under a "time buy" arrangement — Nielsen data reviewed by Status show nearly two-thirds of the audience Colbert was drawing toward the end of his run has fled.

A Trump White House plan to give political appointees more power over federal grant money has sparked alarm among scientists, public health organizations, environmental groups, and others who fear that the proposal amounts to an attempt to subordinate critical funds to the whims of the president and his far-right allies.

More than 300 organizations signed a joint letter on Friday calling on White House budget director Russell Vought, the proposed rule’s architect, to extend the public comment period that’s set to end on July 13, warning that the “scope and impact of [the Office of Management and Budget’s] rule is vast.”

President Donald Trump was widely mocked Saturday after video emerged of workers tearing down his name from the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. – an operation carried out in the dead of night and behind a large tarp.

After a judge ruled that the Kennedy Center could not be renamed outside of an act of Congress, workers began setting up scaffolding to remove Trump’s name from the historic building on Friday. It wouldn’t be until 3:10 a.m. early Saturday morning, however, that workers actually began tearing down the president’s name, and behind a large tarp “seemingly to block views of Trump’s name disappearing from the venue,” USA Today reported.