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A new survey commissioned by The Washington Post adds to the ever-growing pile of rock-bottom polls for President Donald Trump — and reveals across-the-board disgust at one of his recent controversies in particular, with even strong majorities of Republicans rejecting his behavior.

"Americans are deeply uncomfortable with recent religion-related statements by President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — a striking rebuke in a closely divided country, according to a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll," said the writeup. "The poll finds positive ratings for Pope Leo XIV, who has criticized U.S. actions on immigration and in Iran, drawing criticism from Trump that the president repeated on Tuesday."

President Donald Trump suggested a possible deal might be on the table to end the war in Iran.

The 79-year-old president sent out a Truth Social post Wednesday morning following a flurry of developments this week, such as the start and quick end to Project Freedom, an effort to ensure safe passage for commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz, and reports that the White House believes it's close to an agreement with Iran.

Former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul admitted he was startled that Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared the war with Iran over at a time when hostilities continued and no agreement is in place in particular with regard to future nuclear capabilities.

Speaking with the hosts of “Morning Joe,” McFaul noted Rubio’s remark that “The Operation Epic Fury is concluded. We achieved the objectives of that operation. I'm not going to, you know - we're not cheering for an additional situation to occur. We would prefer the path of peace. What the president would prefer is a deal.”

With the estimated cost of the White House ballroom project doubling from $200 million to $400 million – alongside a separate $1 billion funding request from GOP lawmakers tied to the effort – President Donald Trump took to social media Wednesday to defend the escalating price tag, as well as to lash out at the press over its coverage of the project.

“The only reason the cost has changed is because, after deep rooted studies, it is approximately twice the size, and a far higher quality, than the original proposal, which would not have been adequate to handle the necessary events, meetings, and even future Inaugurations,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.

An offhand comment about the war in Iran by Vice President JD Vance during a speech in Iowa on Tuesday set off a chorus of harsh criticism on MS NOW on Wednesday morning.

The vice president spoke at a manufacturing facility during a rally to boost the candidacy of Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA) to fill the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Joni Ernst (R) and, while downplaying the economic devastation being visited on US consumers by the war, he awkwardly admitted, "We also know that a lot of our farmers are struggling with high fertilizer prices. I'm aware of that. As the president of the United States has said, we got a little blip in the Middle East. We gotta take care of some business on the foreign policy side."

The Department of Homeland Security is axing a program put in place under fired DHS Secretary Kristi Noem that accelerated the training of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in an effort to get them swiftly out on the street, rounding up undocumented immigrants.

According to a report from Politico’s Myah Ward, Jordain Carney, and Daniel Lippman, the highly criticized fast-tracking of new hires has been set aside under the new DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, and new protocols are being put in place to increase supervision of agents already deployed.

The Supreme Court's conservative majority has quietly abandoned one of its own legal doctrines — and it did so in the middle of an ongoing election, in the dead of night, and without explanation, according to two lawyers.

The so-called Purcell principle, which the Court has invoked repeatedly over the past several years to protect the rights of minority voters, holds that state legislatures cannot change their election maps when an election is too close. But that principle was just thrown out the door in Louisiana v. Callais, according to legal experts Marc Elias and Joyce Vance.

President Donald Trump's latest glitch at a small-business event stunned a political analyst on Tuesday.

On May 4, Trump attended a small business event in the East Room at the White House, accompanied by Kelly Loeffler, his Small Business Administration secretary. During the event, Trump appeared to nod off while Loeffler was speaking, and at one point looked like he was sleeping while standing up, according to political analyst David Pakman.

President Donald Trump's legacy hinges on an issue he has no interest in addressing, according to one of his biographers.

Journalist Michael Wolff argued during a new episode of the "Inside Trump's Head" podcast, co-hosted by Nico Hines, the Daily Beast’s global editorial director, that Trump's war in Iran is shaping up to end a lot like the oil crisis that plagued former President Jimmy Carter long after he left office. Wolff noted that Americans have become increasingly sensitive to rising gas prices resulting from the war, similar to the crisis Carter faced when the former Iranian regime fell, he added.

The California Governor Primary Debate on CNN got heated on Tuesday after a fed-up Democrat gave a Republican an earful over his plan to lower energy prices.

Steve Hilton, a former Fox News host, has claimed that he will lower the price of gas to $3 per gallon within a year if he is elected governor. His plan includes releasing the state's strategic oil reserves to boost supply. However, Matt Mahan, the mayor of San Jose, said Hilton's plan is "unrealistic" and pointed out several flaws in the idea during the debate.

Rahm Emanuel, the former ambassador to Japan, melted down on Tuesday during a panel debate about the direction the Republican and Democratic parties are headed before the midterms.

Emanuel was joined by Glenn Youngkin, the former governor of Virginia, at the Miliken Institute for the panel. While the two former officials fielded questions about the upcoming election, Youngkin's defense of the Trump administration seemed to push Emanuel over the edge.