The U.S. is Now at War with Iran

The United States launched a huge joint military operation with Israel targeting Iran's nuclear program, reportedly killing Supreme Leader Khamenei, and Iran struck back hard. We break down how we got here, what it means, and why Trump was negotiating with Iran just days before the bombs dropped. Plus: Trump's State of the Union was full of whoppers; we fact-check the biggest ones. The Supreme Court struck down Trump's IEEPA tariffs in a 6-3 ruling, and Trump's response was... more tariffs. Bill Clinton testified before Congress about Epstein for six hours, while Republicans refuse to call the guy who actually partied with him. A leaked draft executive order would use a debunked China conspiracy theory to ban mail-in voting and hand Trump control over elections. The government is still partially shut down over whether ICE agents should wear body cameras. Trump banned Anthropic AI from all federal use — then the Pentagon signed a deal with OpenAI that includes the exact same safety rules Anthropic demanded. The Lancet calls RFK Jr.'s tenure "catastrophic" as measles cases top 1,000 in 2026 alone. An armed Cuban exile boat was shot up off the coast of Cuba. VP Vance froze $259 million in Medicaid payments to Minnesota. And Trump floated a third term. Again.