President Donald Trump dropped by his Doral, Florida, club to pump up Republican lawmakers ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

As strikes continue across the Middle East for a second week, US President Trump has given conflicting messages about how long the war will last, while Iran signals it’s prepared for a long fight.

We have closed this page, but you can follow our ongoing live coverage of the war in the Middle East here Global oil prices have fallen in early trading in Asia on Tuesday - they had soared to almost $120 a barrel at one point on Monday The drop comes as Donald Trump says the Iran war will be over "pretty quickly" - but the US has not "won enough" yet The US president is also threatening Tehran with "death,

Russia’s so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine recently passed the four year mark. And over that time it has become the deadliest conflict on the European continent since World War II. Over 1.

At a Miami-area news conference Monday, President Trump said he expects the war in Iran to end "very soon," but also called it "the beginning of building a new country."

The push-and-pull between the Iran conflict and the November elections is contributing to mixed messages now and difficult choices ahead.

Polls suggest that many Americans are worried the military action is making the U.S. "less safe," even as they see Iran as a threat to U.S. security.