Speaking at the U.N. General Assembly in New York Tuesday, President Trump called for the annihilation of Iran. After his threat, Trump told reporters that U.S. officials had a “very good” three-hour meeting with Iranian leaders. Iranian state media confirmed that Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly earlier on Tuesday. Ahead of the meeting, Iran again stated its conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, which include immediately lifting the naval blockade, releasing all frozen Iranian assets and ending the war on all fronts, including Lebanon. This is President Trump speaking at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump: “But I have a big decision to make: Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before, maybe one of the greatest in the Middle East or even the world, or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again?”

Fighting in Yemen has reportedly left up to 169 people dead, as the Iran-backed Houthis clash with Saudi-supported government troops over key areas along the Red Sea coast, driving thousands from their homes. More than 3,000 people have fled Yemen by boat across the Red Sea to Djibouti as the fighting has displaced more than 130,000 people this month, according to the U.N. Refugee Agency. This is a displaced Yemeni woman in Djibouti.

Goumaa Saleh: “Ten years ago, we came here for safety because of the war back home. Thank God we stayed for some years. Peace came to our country, and we went back, hoping we would live in peace. But now we have been forced across the Red Sea again. So, we don’t have any peace.”

Ahead of his trip to the U.N. General Assembly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted a video on social media blasting New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who had called for Netanyahu’s arrest for war crimes in Gaza.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “Shame on you, Mr. Mamdani. Shame on you for supporting the Hamas terrorist monsters who butchered our people. Shame on you for inciting riots against New York Jews. I’m coming to the U.N. I’m going to tell the truth about our heroic soldiers, and I’m going to tell the truth about you.”

Mamdani has not expressed support for Hamas. And while he has repeatedly pledged to enforce a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court to arrest Netanyahu, Mamdani recently clarified that he does not have the authority to do so. This is the mayor responding to Netanyahu’s video.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani: “What we do know to actually be the truth when it comes to the prime minister is that he is the subject of an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity, and as the prime minister, he’s the architect of a horrific genocide against Palestinians, and that just a few days ago, his military killed an 11-year-old boy in what is deemed to be a safe zone.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to address the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday.

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva used his address at the U.N. General Assembly to warn against attempts to interfere in Brazil’s upcoming election scheduled for October 4. According to the polls, Lula is currently in a statistical tie with right-wing candidate Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who is the son of former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro. Lula’s comments come as the U.S. imposed two new rounds of tariffs on Brazilian goods back in July, exerting economic pressure ahead of elections. This is Lula speaking at the UNGA on Tuesday.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: “Democracy is once again under threat. We witness once more foreign interference in electoral processes. … The geography proximity to the world’s greatest military power is inescapable, especially in the context of renewed hegemonic temptations. Brazil does not fit in anyone’s backyard.”

Republican Senator John Curtis of Utah is calling for an investigation into President Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. Curtis wrote a letter to a Senate panel calling for a probe into businesses owned by Don Jr. and payments made by Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev for Don Jr.'s wedding celebrations in the Bahamas this year. In 2010, Kremlev changed his last name to Kremlev, which means the Kremlin's man.

In the letter, Senator Curtis wrote, “These reports raise legitimate questions about foreign access to members of a sitting president’s family and whether ​such relationships can create actual or perceived ​expectations of favorable treatment. They also ⁠may create expectations of a returned favor that … could even create national security vulnerabilities.”

Last week, President Trump told a reporter that Don Jr. had paid back the Russian oligarch.

ProPublica is reporting that the FBI had been investigating Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins’s role in an alleged bribery scheme, but the investigation abruptly ended after President Trump won reelection. The allegations surround Martin Kao, the former CEO of naval technology manufacturer Navatek, who allegedly donated money to lawmakers in exchange for them funneling defense contracts to his company. ProPublica described Collins as the most important lawmaker who was named in the alleged scheme. ProPublica reports Kao provided a $150,000 contribution to Collins’s super PAC through a shell company shortly after meeting with the PAC’s top official. Collins chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee and allegedly steered millions in military contracts to Navatek. According to ProPublica, Collins allegedly met with Kao in person and made clear she expected him to pay her back in exchange for the contracts his company was getting. Kao reportedly told the FBI that Collins said in a meeting, “You’ve seen me deliver.”

The Justice Department is backing President Trump’s ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House. In a court filing, Trump’s DOJ called the news outlets’ access a “privilege,” not a right, and cited national security concerns. CNN, MS NOW and Politico have sued the Trump administration, claiming that their First Amendment rights have been violated by Trump’s ban. A hearing is scheduled for today.

A federal judge in Colorado has ordered the Trump administration to return a Honduran immigrant deported to the Central African Republic back to the United States. Brayan Omar Sánchez Servellón was deported a month ago as part of President Trump’s secretive third-country agreements with dozens of nations. Since Trump returned to office, an estimated 25,000 immigrants have been deported to third countries they have no ties to.

This comes as ICE has reportedly stopped disclosing the locations of thousands of jailed immigrants who face final orders of removal, making it much harder for attorneys and family members to track them down.

In Texas, a federal judge has granted an emergency request to temporarily block the deportation of Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, who is being held in an ICE jail with a bullet still lodged in his back. The 28-year-old Venezuelan asylum seeker was delivering food for DoorDash Sunday when he was shot in the torso by an ICE agent. Pérez has been transferred between ICE detention and the hospital multiple times and has lost movement on his left side. He was returned to an ICE jail in Pearsall, about 135 miles south of Austin, on Tuesday, according to Pérez’s lawyer. Texas Congressmembers Greg Casar and Joaquin Castro are reportedly planning to visit Pérez today.

A grand jury declined to bring charges in the case of Nolan Wells, an 18-year-old Black college athlete whose body was found in July on a barrier island in Mississippi. Wells vanished after taking a boat to the island with a group of white friends over the July Fourth holiday. His body was recovered several days later. His family and advocates continue to demand for a full investigation and the release of the state medical examiner’s autopsy report. Kristen Clarke, general counsel of the NAACP, said in a statement, “The results of the grand jury investigation leave Nolan’s family and the public with far more questions than answers. Make no mistake, we will continue to stand with Nolan’s family and use every tool available in the quest to uncover the full truth surrounding his tragic death.”

At least six major hospitals in the U.S. reached formal agreements with President Trump’s Justice Department to stop providing gender-affirming care to transgender youth. That’s according to The New York Times, which reports the hospitals include NYU Langone Health in New York, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Connecticut Children’s Hospital. Many of the deals hadn’t been made public until now and also include thousands of dollars in payments from the hospitals to the federal government. Raquel Willis, executive director of the Gender Liberation Movement, told the Times, “It’s devastating to watch, one by one, health care institutions that once cared for trans youth turn their backs on them.”

In labor news, DoorDash has agreed to pay $131.5 million in a historic settlement reached with New York City that will impact more than 260,000 workers who were underpaid or not paid by the food delivery app. This is the largest worker settlement in New York City history and the largest settlement involving food delivery workers in the United States. Most of the delivery workers are immigrants.