Nearly 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of the US decision to take military action in Iran, as most say a long-term military conflict between the two nations is likely, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.

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Enten then explained that Trump’s net approval rating is at -22 points, which is lower than at this point in his first term when it was -17 points. Trump’s net approval is also lower than former President Joe Biden’s at this point in his presidency, when he had a -13 point net approval rating.

When President Donald Trump gives his State of the Union address Tuesday, he will face a public that increasingly questions his priorities and expresses broad doubts about whether his proposed policies are helping the nation,

It is no secret that Donald Trump keeps his eyes on polling numbers, but there is one that CNN highlighted this week that he will probably want to skip. But it also might benefit him to look at it heading into the mid-terms because it just isn’t pretty for the president.

Trump said Monday that his administration had “projected four to five weeks” for the conflict, but that “we have capability to go far longer than that."

The Trump administration has decided to drop its prolonged court fights against four law firms with ties to Democrats, after it had sought and failed to cut out the firms’ access to the federal government as part of an apparent retribution campaign by President Donald Trump.