Today’s Facts 01-02-2026

Trump and top Iranian officials are exchanging threats online.

Trump warned if Iran continues to kill peaceful protesters the US will come to their rescue, "We are locked and loaded and ready to go.”

Trump is closing NASA’s largest research library today which contains unique books, documents, and journals. Some items will be stored, and the rest will be thrown out.

Tesla sales fell for the second year and is now outsold by Chinese BYD.

US employees have filed a suit against the ban on gender-affirming care.

Trump says he underwent a CT scan, not an MRI.

A CT scan is faster than an MRI and is often used in emergencies. It is not a cognitive test and does not measure brain function or thinking.

Trump says he takes about 4x the recommended low dose of aspirin.

Trump says he is not sleeping in recent meetings but that he is blinking.

Trump’s $400 million ballroom needs to get approvals from two boards that oversee federal construction.

Climate change driven by human behavior made 2025 one of the hottest years on record.

The fatal Swiss bar fire was started by sparklers on champagne bottles.

Gen Z and Millennials are taking up knitting as a hobby and a way to step away from screens in a trend called granny-core.

Cost estimates are near $1 billion to retrofit the luxury jet Qatar gave Trump due to security, communications, and defense systems required for a presidential aircraft.

The Pentagon recently transferred $934 million from its budget for a nuclear missile program to an unnamed classified project.

MTV has ended its 24-hour music-only channels.

Flu vaccines are available and effective in fighting the new “super flu” rapidly spreading worldwide.

Betty Boop, Nancy Drew, and the Marx Brothers Animal Crackers are now officially in the public domain, with copyrights expiring for many works.

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