On the 88th day of the ongoing conflict with Iran, President Donald Trump expressed optimism about nearing a peace agreement. However, Iran criticized recent U.S. airstrikes, labeling them as evidence of “bad faith and unreliability” amid ongoing negotiations. In a related development, Lebanon’s state media reported another Israeli strike resulting in the deaths of 12 individuals. Iran has made it clear that any potential peace agreement should include a cessation of violence in regions such as Lebanon and Gaza.
Back in Washington, President Trump’s schedule includes a medical examination, while political battles over redistricting persist. The Congressional Black Caucus is actively encouraging corporations to intervene to protect voting rights, challenging the retreat seen during Trump’s second term. Meanwhile, in Texas, Ken Paxton, who is supported by Trump despite various scandals, is leading against Senator John Cornyn in the GOP primary runoff.
In other developments:
The Congressional Black Caucus is urging major U.S. corporations to take a stand against Republican-driven redistricting plans that threaten to dismantle majority-Black congressional districts.
The Congressional Black Caucus is calling on major U.S. corporations to oppose Republican-led redistricting efforts that seek to eliminate majority-Black U.S. House districts.
Their letter sent Tuesday urges more than 250 companies to condemn “coordinated efforts to silence Black voices at the ballot box.” Some had cosigned their own message to Congress five years ago urging lawmakers to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, a Democratic proposal to restore and update the Voting Rights Act.
That 2021 coalition, Business for Voting Rights, included Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Tesla, Salesforce, Target, PayPal, Intel and Starbucks.
“Corporations that have profited from Black consumers, relied on Black workers, and amassed wealth in part from Black communities cannot look away while Black political power is dismantled in plain sight,” the caucus chair, Rep. Yvette Clarke, said in an interview.
Trump arrives at Walter Reed military hospital for his latest physical
The White House said Trump would participate in a greeting with service members and hospital staff before he spends hours being examined by a team of doctors.
It is the Republican president’s fourth publicly disclosed medical exam since he returned to office in January 2025, and it comes as the nearly 80-year-old Trump tries to project strength going into November elections that will test his sway with voters.
The White House says the visit is an annual preventive medical and dental checkup. Trump was last at Walter Reed in October and also had a physical there in April 2025.
Last July, the White House said he’d been diagnosed with a condition common in older adults that causes blood to pool in his veins, causing the swollen ankles seen in some photos of Trump.
The White House also has blamed handshaking for visible bruising on Trump’s hands.
Presidents aren’t required to disclose health information
There’s no law requiring these disclosures and the degree of transparency varies.
Presidents for decades have released medical test results to try to reassure the public that they are up to the high-pressure job.
But the president signs off on what is released, which raises questions about what isn’t being shared.
Trump’s past medical reports have been criticized for offering scant detail and including statistics that some medical experts eyed with skepticism.
It will be several hours before the White House releases any information about Tuesday’s exam.
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