Trump served McDonald's to connect with voters. Now, many feel they can't afford it. Trump's dilemma ahead of the midterm elections: Sympathizing with voters who face financial pressures while persuading them that his policies are working.

Cost of living is the issue driving the midterms. Trump calls affordability a "hoax" when Democrats say it, but his tariff regime is showing cracks.

Voters who backed Donald Trump in 2024 and swung to Democrats in this year's Virginia and New Jersey elections did so over economic concerns, according to focus groups conducted by a Democratic pollster and obtained by POLITICO.

President Donald Trump plans to tout the U.S. economy Friday in Rocky Mount. Polling shows voters in North Carolina and nationwide are increasingly skeptical of his handling of the economy.

The Trump administration is suing Wisconsin after the state's top election officials voted to reject a request for personal information of voters.

The new Quinnipiac University poll asked respondents whether they approved of how four Trump administration officials were handling their jobs.

"I have no higher priority than making America affordable again," Trump said at the rally, where he took credit for bringing down gasoline and energy costs and the price of eggs. He blamed Biden for high prices on other goods, though Trump has now been in office for almost a year.

Illinois was one of four government bodies sued by the U.S. Justice Department for unredacted copies of voter rolls. Also sued were the states of Wisconsin and Georgia and Washington, D.C.

A poll shows congressional Democrats less popular than ever before, but that doesn’t mean voters like President Donald Trump’s use of executive power.

A New Fox News poll shows Trump's job approval at 44%, while 72% rate the economy negatively and 90% express serious concern about inflation.

During much of the 12.5-minute call, President Trump reiterated his claims that he had won Georgia, a state he lost by more than 11,000 votes that year.