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The president seemed to be spinning out after his public approval rating slumped to a second-term low amid ongoing criticism of the conflict.
President Donald Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to provide federal funds for a wide range of energy projects, as his administration faces pressure to help curb rising oil, gasoline and electricity costs.
Trump’s approval rating has plummeted over the last few weeks as his war on Iran continues without an immediate end date in sight. An NBC News poll found that 63 percent of Americans disapprove of the president’s overall performance, with 50 percent saying they strongly disapprove.
Kevin Warsh is taking another step toward his decade-long goal of winning the top job at the Federal Reserve by appearing at a hearing before the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday.
Less than 48 hours after President Trump said Iran has "agreed to everything," he threatened the whole country would get "blown up" without a deal soon.
Senior administration officials told The Wall Street Journal that the commander-in-chief threw an hours-long tantrum during the fraught rescue operation of two downed airmen in Iran earlier this month, and that his aides had to banish him from the room as they were briefed.
In her post "The Politics of Blasphemy," Mary Trump says the president's faith adviser is casting him as a Christ-like martyr.
The Trump administration opened a refund portal Monday for $166 billion in tariff payments—but businesses say new levies already threaten to swallow the windfall.