Plus, some Republican lawmakers are pushing for legislation to end "weather modification," pushing a fringe theory that humans are controlling the weather into the mainstream.

Senate Democrats are imploring President Donald Trump's administration to step up its role in addressing suffering and starvation in Gaza.

"President Trump wants to alleviate suffering for the people of Gaza because he has a humanitarian heart. He announced a new aid plan today to help Gazans obtain crucial access to food – details are forthcoming," White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly said in a comment to ABC News.

Some of those kids are — that’s real starvation stuff. I see it, and you can’t fake that,” Trump said Monday about the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza, breaking with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Donald Trump's four-day long visit to Scotland will draw to a close later after a meeting with First Minister John Swinney. The two leaders are expected to discuss whisky tariffs and the middle east in a one-to-one, before the president opens a new course at his Aberdeenshire golf resort.

Asked about Gaza, the president expressed disappointment about not receiving sufficient thanks for the United States’ aid shipments.

Yesterday: Ghislaine Maxwell, an imprisoned Epstein associate, urged the Supreme Court to hear her appeal. And Trump offered a new explanation for why he fell out with Epstein. Whistleblower evidence suggests a Trump judicial nominee misled the Senate. Trump said the U.S. would set up “food centers” in Gaza.

CHINA TRADE TALKS: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, meanwhile, are meeting with Chinese officials in Stockholm for another round of trade talks ahead of an Aug. 12 deadline for steep tariffs on both U.S. and Chinese goods to go into effect.