Trump Threatens New Attacks, Says Iran Ceasefire On ‘Life Support’
President Donald Trump stated that the ceasefire arrangement with Iran is “on life support,” just days after he rejected a proposal from the country to halt the war.
Trump, questioned about the state of the truce, spoke to reporters inside the Oval Office and delivered some brutally honest words about the state of affairs.
“It’s unbelievably weak,” Trump said. “I would call it the weakest right now, after reading that piece of garbage they sent us. I didn’t even finish reading it. I said, ‘I’m not going to waste my time reading it.’ The ceasefire is on life support.”
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, issued a statement in which he lauded the Iranian people for their “heroic action” in the face of two “terrorist global armies.”
The message, purportedly from Khamenei, was disseminated by Iranian state media outlets to commemorate the second anniversary of the death of Ebrahim Raisi, the nation’s former President, who was killed in a helicopter accident in May 2024.
The statement stated that the Iranian nation is currently engaged in a unique historical resistance against two “terrorist global armies” through valiant actions.
After his father, who had ruled Iran for 36 years, was killed in a U.S. or Israeli airstrike on Feb. 28, the first day of the conflict, Khamenei was appointed as the new supreme leader of Iran.
Since that time, no one has directly observed or communicated with the junior Khamenei. According to U.S. officials, he is believed to be alive; however, he sustained grievous injuries during the same strike that claimed his father’s life.
Presenters on Iranian state media have read out numerous statements attributed to the new supreme leader during the conflict.
According to Iran’s state news outlets, Pakistani Interior Minister and Senator Syed Mohsin Reza Naqvi arrived in Tehran on Wednesday to participate in meetings as Islamabad continues to advocate for a peace agreement to conclude the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran.
Although the reports did not specify which Iranian officials Naqvi would encounter in Tehran, diplomatic sources informed CBS News that his visit, which was the second in less than a week, was part of Pakistan’s heightened efforts to facilitate a peace agreement amid the increasing tension between the United States and Iran.
“Pakistan has doubled its efforts to find a solution,” a senior Pakistani diplomat told CBS News, adding that Islamabad understood frustrations, “but restarting war would be a total disaster for everyone.”
President Trump said Monday that he had called off plans to launch new strikes on Iran at the request of several Persian Gulf allies, which he said had informed him “serious negotiations are now taking place” toward a deal to end the war.
On Tuesday, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said the country’s ambassador-designate to Iran, Imran Ahmed Siddiqui, met with Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar ahead of Siddiqui’s departure to Tehran to take up his post.
Dar “highlighted Pakistan’s constructive and responsible role in promoting regional peace, dialogue, and stability, and expressed confidence that the Ambassador-designate would make a valuable contribution towards further strengthening the enduring partnership between the two brotherly countries,” the ministry said in its statement.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned that any renewed U.S. or Israeli attacks would be met with retaliation “beyond the region.”
In a statement, the IRGC said it still had not brought “all the capacities” of the country “into action.”
“But if aggression against Iran is repeated, the regional war that had been warned of will this time spread beyond the region, and our crushing blows will bring you to ruin in places you cannot even imagine,” the statement said.
“We are men of war, and you will witness our power on the battlefield,” the IRGC added, “not in hollow statements or on social media pages.”
President Trump told reporters on Tuesday that he had been just “an hour away” from ordering new strikes on Iran Monday evening, but that he decided against it after a request from several Persian Gulf allies, who he said were voicing optimism that a peace deal could be reached.
Trump warned, however, that if an agreement isn’t made, he could order a major wave of new strikes “on a moment’s notice.”
Trump Admin Says It Uncovered $10 Billion Obamacare Fraud Scheme
The Trump administration says it has uncovered what it describes as a massive fraud scheme within the Affordable Care Act.
Members of Trump’s administration allege that roughly $10 billion in taxpayer money was improperly paid out between 2021 and 2024 because of weakened enrollment safeguards under former President Joe Biden.
According to a Department of Health and Human Services report, officials have already removed nearly three million fraudulent or improper Obamacare enrollments and estimate another 2.6 million questionable enrollments remain.
Administration officials say the findings are part of a broader government-wide effort to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse across federal programs.
The report traces the alleged problems to changes made during the Biden administration that expanded enrollment opportunities while relaxing income verification and eligibility checks.
At the start of Biden’s presidency, approximately 10 million people were enrolled through the Affordable Care Act exchanges. By 2024, enrollment had surged to roughly 22 million.
Federal investigators now believe millions of those enrollments were improper, fraudulent, or created without the knowledge of the individuals involved.
“By our estimate, improper, phantom, and fraudulent enrollment peaked at 5.6 million people in 2025,” the report states.
“We estimate 2.6 million improper and phantom enrollments remain, including over 1 million enrollments without a Social Security number.”
According to the report, several different forms of abuse contributed to the alleged fraud.
Officials say some applicants intentionally understated their income to qualify for larger taxpayer-funded subsidies.
Others allegedly received premium assistance despite failing to meet eligibility requirements.
Investigators also identified what they describe as “phantom enrollments,” in which insurance brokers allegedly enrolled people in Obamacare plans without their knowledge to collect federal commissions.
The report argues that reduced verification requirements made those practices significantly easier to carry out.
Since taking office, the Trump administration says it has restored stricter income verification requirements, ended several special enrollment periods, increased screening for duplicate Medicaid enrollment, and launched investigations into brokers suspected of creating phantom policies.
Officials also say they have strengthened oversight of agents participating in the federal marketplace.
As a result of those efforts, nearly three million enrollments have already been removed from the Affordable Care Act exchanges.
Even after those removals, approximately 19.2 million people remain enrolled.
The administration says its goal is not to reduce legitimate coverage but to ensure taxpayer dollars are being spent only on individuals who actually qualify.
“Preserving the fiscal and programmatic integrity of the ACA Exchanges is key to safeguarding taxpayer-funded resources for those that truly need them,” the report states.
“The federal government paying brokers to enroll individuals without their knowledge is not.”
The report also says the administration will continue pursuing additional enforcement actions against brokers and others accused of exploiting the program.
“The Trump Administration continues to aggressively root out fraud, waste, abuse, and corruption by promulgating new regulations to improve program integrity, investigating suspected improper or fraudulent enrollment, and taking action against agents and brokers committing fraud.”
The findings are likely to reignite debate over the Affordable Care Act and how aggressively eligibility rules should be enforced.
Supporters of the administration argue the report demonstrates that stricter oversight is necessary to protect taxpayers and preserve benefits for those legally entitled to receive them.
Critics of previous verification rollbacks have long warned that loosening enrollment safeguards could increase improper payments and fraud, while supporters of the Biden-era policies argued the changes made healthcare more accessible to eligible Americans, Fox News reported exclusively.
The administration says its investigations remain ongoing, with an estimated 2.6 million additional enrollments still under review as officials continue auditing the federal health insurance exchanges.
Trump has been pushing to replace Obamacare for over a decade, and this may give Republicans enough motivation to actually do something.
