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Iran responded to President Trump’s Wednesday evening address with a barrage of attacks on Israel and other Gulf states, showcasing its defiance amid alleged ceasefire negotiations. “The centers you think you have targeted are insignificant, and our strategic military productions take place in locations of which you have no knowledge and will never reach,” Lt....

Gas is nearly $6 a gallon in California but it's $3.27 in Oklahoma. Here's why prices vary so much by state.

A grandiose and ultimately reckless vision of American “energy dominance” that helped propel Washington into war.

NewsNation’s Brian Entin spoke with the insider under the condition of anonymity to protect their identity to avoid losing their job. 

Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪  Trump defends Iran operation ▪ GOP backs DHS funding plan ▪ NATO withdrawal floated ▪ Surgeon general confirmation stalled  President Trump took his case on the Iran war directly to the American people from the White House for the first time since the U.S. offensive...

Europe is in Trump’s crosshairs, but it is also at a crossroads.

Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.) is leading in the Republican primary for Kentucky’s U.S. Senate seat, according to new polling data published Thursday. The Emerson College Polling/FOX56 survey found that 28 percent of likely GOP Kentucky voters support the sitting lawmaker in the primary contest.  Barr is up against Attorney General Daniel Cameron and businessman Nate...

President Trump is ramping up his war on mail-in voting with a new attempt to reshape how elections are run ahead of this year’s high-stakes midterms. Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order to limit mail-in ballots, mandating the creation of a list of eligible voters in each state and restricting absentee ballots to voters...

President Trump’s approval numbers have slipped in recent weeks, hovering near the lowest levels of his second term, as Americans — including his conservative base — grow increasingly wary of a prolonged war in Iran that could portend trouble for the U.S. economy. Recent polling from YouGov and The Economist has Trump’s approval rating down...

President Trump delivered a primetime address about the war on Iran on Wednesday evening, more than a month after hostilities commenced. Trump’s decision to launch the war, in conjunction with Israel, has come to look more and more risky. The conflict has been unpopular since its inception. Soaring gas prices and turbulence on the financial...

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) joined Democratic lawmakers in supporting the U.S.’s membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), after President Trump said he was considering withdrawing from the alliance. “NATO is the most successful military alliance in history. It has underpinned the security of the United States for more than 70 years,” McConnell said...

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) slammed President Trump’s Wednesday evening speech about his administration’s ongoing military operations against Iran. “I wanted so much for President Trump to put America First,” Greene wrote in a post on X. “That’s what I believed he would do. All I heard from his speech tonight was WAR WAR...

President Trump said the U.S. war in Iran was nearing its end during a primetime address to the nation on Wednesday, but details about the operation’s path forward remain vague as his poll numbers slump and gas prices rise. In a televised address from the Cross Hall at the White House that lasted less than...

A grand jury in a Manhattan federal court on Wednesday charged a friend of former New York City Mayor Eric Adams for his alleged involvement in a fraud scheme that cost medical insurance programs tens of millions of dollars. Zhan Petrosyants, who goes by "Johnny," was taken into federal custody on Tuesday evening and appeared...