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Secretary of State Marco Rubio was revealed to be delivering a “rare briefing” on Tuesday to top Trump officials, and one guest reportedly in attendance has sparked a flurry of speculation as to whether President Donald Trump may authorize an attack on Iran.

That briefing, reportedly about Iran, is being delivered to the so-called “Gang of Eight,” a coalition of congressional leaders who are typically informed of sensitive intelligence matters and covert operations. However, according to Axios reporter Barak Ravid, a ninth Trump administration official will be joining the briefing, an individual whose attendance raised eyebrows among critics.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) accused Alison Steinberg, a correspondent for Lindell TV, of embarrassing herself during a confrontation at the U.S. Capitol.

In a video published on Tuesday, Steinberg noted that Omar had recently said that President Donald Trump's economy had failed.

President Donald Trump's bogus promise to send Navy hospital ships to Greenland didn't originate in the Pentagon or State Department —it came from a casual chat with a bricklayer, according to a report.

Jørgen Boassen, a 52-year-old Greenlandic construction worker and Trump supporter, spilled the tea to the Wall Street Journal, revealing he was the unlikely catalyst behind the president's weekend declaration.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt avoided addressing contradictory Trump administration statements about Iran's nuclear program Tuesday. Last June, Trump boasted that Operation Midnight Hammer "obliterated" Iran's nuclear facilities. Yet Special Envoy Steve Witkoff told Fox News Saturday that Iran was "probably a week away from having industrial-grade bomb-making material." When confronted with this contradiction, Leavitt backed Trump's claim while attacking the media for relying on anonymous sources rather than directly addressing Witkoff's remarks. Leavitt stated the operation was successful but acknowledged Iran could attempt to rebuild its nuclear program. She claimed Trump prioritizes diplomacy while criticizing media speculation about potential military action. Her comments come amid a massive U.S. military buildup near Iran, the largest since the 2003 Iraq invasion, with reports suggesting Trump is prepared to launch an attack.

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The FBI was delayed in responding to the Brown University mass shooting last December in large part due to a confusing order from FBI Director Kash Patel, a whistleblower and three inside sources recently told Congress, MS NOW reported on Tuesday.

The shooting, which left two students dead and nine others wounded, sparked a chaotic manhunt as the shooter managed to evade authorities for days until he was reportedly found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Retired Judge Thomas G. Moukawsher warned that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas broke from all his colleagues by arguing Congress can constitutionally delegate virtually all its powers to the president. Writing in Newsweek, Moukawsher expressed alarm at Thomas's position, which emerged during the Court's 6-3 tariff ruling against Trump, in which Thomas dissented. The majority, led by Chief Justice John Roberts, rejected Trump's claim to unilaterally impose tariffs without Congressional authorization. Moukawsher criticized the 164-page decision for not directly addressing whether Congress could constitutionally allow "presidential dictatorship." He emphasized that such delegation would "effectively eliminate Congress and undermine democracy itself." Justice Neil Gorsuch came closest to addressing the danger, asserting that legislative consensus produces wiser taxation policy than individual presidential judgment. Moukawsher expressed relief that Thomas stood alone in his extreme position.

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Some Republicans are fuming as Senate GOP leadership refuses to bend on the filibuster to pass President Donald Trump's long-sought voter ID legislation.

Trump and his House allies have pushed the SAVE America Act, which would require photo ID at the ballot box and proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote. Senate Republicans have publicly backed the policy but so far have refused to change the chamber's rules to lower the 60-vote threshold needed to pass legislation.

Ex-Trump administration official Sarah Matthews went hard at her former boss on Tuesday during an appearance on MS NOW, accusing President Donald Trump of being involved in a massive “cover-up” concerning Jeffrey Epstein and his past ties to the disgraced financier.

“This administration loves to claim that they're the most transparent administration in history, and that's obviously just a bunch of bologna,” Matthews said. “It's not true.”

An embattled House Republican doubled down Tuesday and refused to resign despite revelations that he had an affair with an aide who later died by setting herself on fire.

Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) was accused by Adrian Aviles, the estranged husband of congressional aide Regina Santos-Aviles, of having an affair with his wife. Aviles discovered the trysts in May 2024 through sexually explicit text messages between his wife and the married congressman.

Charlie Kirk Show host Andrew Kolvet argued that critics of FBI Director Kash Patel "don't love masculinity" after the government official used a taxpayer-funded jet to party at the Olympics.

After Patel was seen celebrating with the US Men's Hockey Team, Kolvet saluted what he called "proud, exuberant patriotism."

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) was confronted on CNN by new reporting that shows the Department of Justice removed records from the Jeffrey Epstein files related to a woman who accused President Donald Trump of sexually abusing her when she was a minor.

CNN's Manu Raju hosted Jordan, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, on Tuesday to discuss the president's upcoming State of the Union address, but he also confronted the Ohio Republican whether Trump should accept a request by some Epstein survivors to meet.

Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), who previously chaired the influential House Intelligence Committee, was revealed Tuesday to have pushed back against President Donald Trump’s White House makeover, albeit “quietly” in a letter recently obtained by a watchdog group, The Washington Post reported.

“The stark images of the East Wing demolished in mere days were disturbing to Americans who cherish preservation of our nation’s history,” Turner wrote in a letter last October to the congressional Historic Preservation Caucus — a letter obtained by the watchdog group Public Citizen and shared with the Post.