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A set of focus groups featuring 2024 Trump voters showed them largely sticking with the president, but they also showed discontent around the economy and immigration.

President Donald Trump says he believes the 2026 midterm elections will center on “pricing” as Republicans head into a critical period with control of Congress on the line.

President Donald Trump has said the 2026 midterm elections will be “about pricing,” showing how he is reframing his economic messaging after calling Democrats’ focus on affordability a “dead” issue. “I think it’s going to be about the success of our country.

The Republican's numbers are weak in the states he carried in 2024, pointing to big trouble next November if nothing changes.

The president faces the inevitable waning of power in a second term, but he also will begin the year with an erosion in political support.

President Donald Trump is spending the end of the year trying to cash in huge foreign policy bets on which thousands of lives may depend and that will define his attempt to wield decisive power far beyond American shores.

With the wind at his back after a new inflation report, President Trump is predicting the 2026 elections will be about “pricing.”

The next presidential election is several eternities away from now in terms of politics. Only a fool would try to predict the form of the political conversation in three years, much less a few months in the unpredictable Trump era.

The president posted on Truth Social over 100 times overnight, also touting his own economic policies and efforts to end foreign wars.

Yaki Dayan, former chief of staff to Israeli foreign ministers, says, “Netanyahu wants to discuss all the fronts that still remain open, while Trump wants to close them and move forward.”

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to push for progress in the stalled ceasefire in Gaza when he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday for talks that will include Israel's concerns over Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iran.