Despite a multi-million dollar renovation, the Washington DC landmark has peeling paint and algae. Trump claims vandals are partly to blame.

Iran is both testing Trump’s ability to control Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and showing it intends to preserve its regional power through proxy groups. While Trump and Vance have harshly criticized Israel, the president sent his own message back to Tehran on Sunday, warning he’d hit it “very hard” if it didn’t rein in Hezbollah.