President Trump made some pretty big promises Tuesday night during a rally in Orlando. The event marked the official launch of his re-election campaign, and during his nearly 90-minute speech to supporters, Trump vowed that if he gets a second term, "We will come up with the cures to many, many problems, to many, many diseases, including cancer. We will eradicate AIDS in America, and we're very close." Trump also made several false claims, including that he passed the largest tax cut in history — it was the eighth largest, and smaller than two of former President Barack Obama's tax cuts, The Washington Post has noted — and that the unemployment rate has never been lower (it was 3.6 percent in May, but as low as 2.5 percent in 1953).

During his May trip to Baghdad, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shared a message with Iraqi leaders that he wanted to get back to Iran: if any attacks by the country or its proxies killed any U.S. troops, there would be military action, U.S. officials told The Washington Post. He has made a few private warnings, the officials said. Tensions are mounting between the U.S. and Iran, with the U.S. accusing Iran of attacking oil tankers in the Middle East and Iran saying it will soon violate the 2015 nuclear deal by having too much low-enriched uranium in its stockpile. On Monday, the Pentagon announced it will send 1,000 additional troops to the Middle East, and while at U.S. Central Command headquarters in Tampa on Tuesday, Pompeo said President Trump "does not want war," and the U.S. is in the region to "deter aggression."

Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on Tuesday raised concerns over President Trump's decision on Monday to deploy 1,000 U.S. troops to the Middle East. The letter asks him to clarify several aspects of the decision, including where, specifically, the troops will be deployed, what their mission is, and if they'll be used to apply pressure on Iran. They also asked Trump to relay to them what the "new, specific imminent threat from Iran is." Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Or.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chris Murphy (D-Ct.), and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) co-signed the letter. They emphasized that Congress has not authorized hostilities against Iran. The State Department said the troops were "for defensive purposes to address air, naval, and ground-based threats in the Middle East."

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan will not go forward with his confirmation process for the full, permanent position, President Trump tweeted on Tuesday. Army Secretary Mark Esper will step into the temporary role. Reports published by USA Today and The Washington Post reveal a history of alleged domestic abuse in Shanahan's family. The FBI has investigated a violent 2010 dispute between Shanahan and his then-wife, Kimberley, in preparation for what would have been Shanahan's confirmation hearing. Additionally, in 2011, Shanahan's oldest son, William, who was then 17, assaulted his mother with a baseball bat. Kimberley required surgery as a result of the incident. Shanahan reportedly defended his son, writing in a memo that he acted in self-defense. He told the Post, however, that he never believed William's violent act was justified.

Federal authorities seized 33,000 pounds of cocaine Tuesday from a ship at Packer Marine Terminal in Philadelphia, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said. This was one of the biggest drug busts in U.S. history, with the cocaine having a street value of more than $1 billion. The U.S. attorney's office said several crew members were arrested and will face federal charges. The drugs were found on a vessel called the MSC Gayane, The Associated Press reports, which made stops in the Bahamas, Panama, Peru, and Colombia. The ship's owner, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co., said in a statement it "takes this matter very seriously and is grateful to the authorities for identifying any suspected abuse of its services."