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Trump's approval rating hits second-term low as Americans sour on the economy and Iran war

(NBC) President Donald Trump’s job approval rating has sunk to a new low as Americans express growing concerns about rising costs and the war with Iran, according to an NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey. Overall, 37% of adults approve of Trump’s performance as president, while 63% disapprove — including 50% who said they disapprove strongly — putting his job rating at the lowest point of his second term in NBC News Decision Desk polling. Two-thirds of respondents also disapproved of Trump’s handling of inflation and the Iran conflict.

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Trump believed coming across as 'unstable and insulting' in controversial posts could 'bring the Iranians to the table'

Sunday 19 April 2026 05:44 EDT President Trump reportedly adopted a strategy of intentionally acting unstable and insulting towards Iran, in the hopes that it would push the U.S. adversary to negotiate an end to the war. The unorthodox tactics were reportedly behind a string of controversial posts the president made this month about the vital Strait of Hormuz, administration officials told The Wall Street Journal. In one post, on April 5, the president ordered Iran to “open the F***in’ Strai ...

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Tucker Carlson's Kid Quits JD Vance's Team Amid Pundit's Growing Feud With Trump

Apr 18th, 2026, 3:16 pm Tucker Carlson’s son Buckley Carlson has left his job as deputy press secretary for Vice President JD Vance, Politico reported on Saturday. The younger Carlson is launching his own political consulting firm after leaving the White House, senior national correspondent Adam Wren reported. An official tied to Vance told Wren “Buckley first informed the VP’s office of his intention to depart in December, but stayed on for several months to ensure a smooth transition.” Hi ...

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Walz in Spain rips 'feeble-minded' Trump, Vance over Iran war

04/18/26 4:10 PM ET Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) issued sharp criticism against President Trump over his administration’s military operations against Iran at the inaugural Global Progressive Mobilization conference in Barcelona on Saturday. “Back in the United States, we’re seeing an alarming consolidation of power,” Walz told the crowd. “A massive paramilitary force terrorizing our communities … a methodical weakening of our free press, of the independent judiciary, of fair elections and all ...

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Jon Ossoff calls out 'Mar-a-Lago mafia' amid presidential bid rumors

Sat 18 Apr 2026 18.13 EDT Last modified on Sat 18 Apr 2026 18.14 EDT At a campaign rally in Augusta, Georgia, on Saturday, the Democratic senator Jon Ossoff mocked Donald Trump’s rosy predictions on Iran and tore into what he called the unprecedented corruption of the president’s family. While Ossoff is running for re-election in November, he trained most of his fire on the president, and the vice-president, amid mounting speculation that the Democrat could launch a bid for his party’s nomina ...

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Trump Justice Department exodus hinders prosecutions, ex-officials say

Updated April 19, 2026, 3:05 a.m. ET Since President Donald Trump re-took the Oval Office, the Justice Department has been plagued by accusations that it wasn't transparent about its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and that it has become a weapon for Trump to target his political opponents and critics. A third major theme at the department in the past 15 months has gotten much less attention, but is no less dramatic: the exodus of thousands of lawyers, including many who had ...

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Trump officials push Theodore Roosevelt for Pro Football Hall of Fame

Trump officials push Theodore Roosevelt for Pro Football Hall of Fame "I think we're going to see Theodore Roosevelt inducted," Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said at an event on Thursday. April 18, 2026 at 2:12 p.m. EDT Today at 2:12 p.m. EDT 3 min President Donald Trump joined NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser last year to announce plans to host the 2027 NFL Draft in Washington. (Annabelle Gordon/For The Washington Post) By Dan Diamond The Trump admi ...

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Trump to join public Bible reading as Pope Leo clash simmers

04/18/26 11:41 AM ET President Trump on Friday announced that he will attend a marathon reading of the Bible amid his feud with Pope Leo XIV. The group Christians Engaged listed Trump one of many participants in the “America Reads the Bible” event, which starts Saturday evening and runs for a week. The president said in a statement that he applauds “every citizen participating in the America Reads the Bible initiative. Together, we will honor Holy Scripture, renew our faith, usher in a histo ...

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Scoop: Trump convenes Iran situation room meeting amid renewed Hormuz crisis

4h President Trump convened a White House Situation Room meeting on Saturday morning to discuss the renewed crisis around the Strait of Hormuz and negotiations with Iran, according to two U.S. officials. Why it matters: The situation with Iran is at a critical point, with the ceasefire expected to expire in three days, and no final date set for a new meeting between U.S. and Iranian negotiators. Iran's Saturday announcement about the renewed closure of the Strait, as well as multiple att ...

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'Ignorance and cruelty': former USAID official details devastation inflicted by Doge cuts

Sat 18 Apr 2026 08.00 EDT Last modified on Sat 18 Apr 2026 08.01 EDT Nicholas Enrich was working in Kenya in 2003 when the then US president George W Bush signed a landmark $15bn, five-year commitment to combat HIV, the largest international health commitment by any nation to fight a single disease. It was the peak of the epidemic, and for the young American government aid worker “it clicked that my government was ready to join the fight against HIV and I was excited to be a part of that”, he ...

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Trump believed coming across as 'unstable and insulting' in controversial posts could 'bring the Iranians to the table'

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Jon Ossoff calls out 'Mar-a-Lago mafia' amid presidential bid rumors

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Walz in Spain rips 'feeble-minded' Trump, Vance over Iran war

8 hrs ago - 04/18/26 4:10 PM ET Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) issued sharp criticism against President Trump over his administration’s military operations against Iran at the inaugural Global Progressive Mobilization conference in Barcelona on Saturday. ... (The Hill)

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Justice Department adds former Trump lawyer to investigation of Trump critic John Brennan

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Trump to join public Bible reading as Pope Leo clash simmers

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