Two political pollsters analyze the latest data on how Americans view the war in Iran and how it may affect their votes in the midterms. Republican strategist Kristen Soltis Anderson tells Dana Bash, “These questions around median swing voters wondering, is this a prudent decision?…It does present some significant political risks, even if for the moment, the risk to his own base splintering may be overstated.”
Sen. Mark Kelly slammed President Trump's Iran strikes, arguing that a random group of people "off the street" could do a better job handling the situation with Iran than the Trump administration. Kelly criticized Trump for not discussing the Iran strikes during the State of the Union address and said the president's actions are not helping Americans with their everyday lives.
Trump called Kurdish leaders in Iraq on Sunday to discuss possibly arming Kurds there and in Iran, testing the possibility of using the opposition forces to topple the regime in Tehran, sources said.
The US president says the son of assassinated supreme leader Ali Khamanei would be "unacceptable" to him, as an evacuation order in Lebanon sparks panic.
Marc Rowan, the billionaire investor, chief executive officer of Apollo Global Management, and owner of Duryea’s Lobster Deck on Fort Pond Bay in Montauk, is an appointed member of the executive boards of the Trump administration-led Board of Peace and the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza.
On January 3, 2026, the Trump administration bombed Venezuela and abducted President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, taking them to New York to face “narcoterrorism” charges. The escalation followed several months of U.S. military strikes on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific oceans under the pretenses of a “War on Drugs” that has killed more than 130 people (as of this writing on February 18); a military blockade; and the seizure of Venezuelan oil tankers, along with threats to take over the country’s oil industry.The following article is drawn from a season 4 bonus episode of PRA
Stephen Miller says there is ‘not a criminal justice solution,’ explicitly marking shift in U.S. policy
The House is preparing to vote Thursday on a war powers resolution to halt President Donald Trump's attack on Iran, a sign of unease in Congress over the rapidly widening conflict that is reordering U.S. priorities at home and abroad.
Idrees Kahloon: "Vance entered the White House as a man full of ideas—about a more modest place for the United States in world affairs; a new, worker-friendly version of Republican economics; and aggressive, Teddy Roosevelt–style regulation of Big Business. Yet Iran is just the latest example of
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said U.S. ground troops in Iran are "not part of the plan" at present.
From voters to senior Republicans, Americans are lukewarm about this campaign — can the president prove them wrong?
The “Peace President” has always found a way to win—now he’s betting the world’s safety.
