President Trump and his Cabinet officials are offering mixed messages on gas prices as Americans grow increasingly uneasy over the Iran war’s economic impact. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNN on Sunday that gas prices may not drop back below $3 a gallon until next year. “That could happen later this year, that might not happen until next year,”...
President Trump has seen his approval rating dip the most among young adults in a new poll from NBC News. In the NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by Survey Monkey and released on Sunday, 76 percent of Americans under 30 disapproved of the president's job performance while 24 percent of voters in that age...
(Inside California Politics) — Former California State Controller Betty Yee, a favorite of Democratic Party insiders who never broke through with the public, is dropping out of the race for governor. Yee announced Monday morning she would suspend her campaign, citing lagging poll numbers and the short time remaining before the primary. She said the...
A group of Senate Democrats led by Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) are pressing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about cuts to offices that limit risk to civilian casualties and their impact during the U.S.’s recent strikes against Iran. The 11 senators asked Hegseth about the execution of the military strikes inside Iran...
President Trump told Bloomberg on Monday that he is “highly unlikely” to extend the ceasefire with Iran if Wednesday evening comes and goes without a peace deal. During a phone interview with White House correspondent Jeff Mason, Trump said that the truce ends on “Wednesday evening Washington time.” The president initially announced the ceasefire on...
The Department of Labor sees a change in command as Lori Chavez-DeRemer leaves the Trump administration. Keith Sonderling has been tapped as the acting secretary.