President Donald Trump’s decisions to start and end the Iran war will eventually be judged for their global impact, but the effect on domestic politics should come much sooner. Republicans are trying to defend their congressional majorities in an election year. The question is whether Trump’s Iran deal will make that task easier or harder. […]

President Donald Trump said early Wednesday morning that Bill Pulte would remain as acting director of national intelligence amid the legislative stall involving the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Trump blasted “Dumocrats” for playing political games involving FISA and his political appointments and accused them of “breaking a deal.” The […]

Vice President JD Vance is becoming the face of a fragile deal to wind down the war in Iran, an assignment that could help or hurt his 2028 aspirations depending on how the public receives his messaging blitz. The vice president has been the White House’s top messenger since late last week, when President Donald […]

Former President Barack Obama‘s reemergence is looming over President Donald Trump‘s peace deal with Iran as the incumbent tries to sell his deal to an increasingly skeptical public after the nearly four-month war. Obama’s return to the headlines as he prepares to open his presidential library in Chicago on Friday has heightened comparisons between his […]