FIRST ON FOX: The State Department revealed communications with Congress on getting Americans out of the Middle East as Democrats on Capitol Hill say the department is “refusing to help people leave the region.”

Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed concerns about Americans still remaining in the Middle East with reporters on Capitol Hill Tuesday, telling U.S. citizens abroad that “we need to know where you are” in order to successfully help them evacuate.

“9,000 Americans have been able to leave the region since the start of this war,” Rubio said. “We have about [1,500] Americans that are requesting assistance with departure. We have identified and continue to identify charter flights, military flight options and expanded commercial flight options, meaning working with the airlines to send bigger airplanes with more seats.”

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Rubio says 1,500 Americans are still seeking help to leave the Middle East.(Kevin Mohatt/Reuters)

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“Here’s the message I want to deliver Americans who are in the Middle East and in need of assistance… we need to know where you are,” Rubio added. “We need to have contact information for Americans that need assistance. They have to register with us because, as these options begin to open up and as they open up we have to be able to call you, we have to be able to reach you, we have to be able to know where you’re staying so we can get this information to you and coordinate appropriately.”

Rubio strongly encouraged Americans still remaining in the Middle East to utilize the department website to initiate the proceedings to safely evacuate.

The Department of State told Fox News Digital that the department has been in “constant contact” with Congress, specifically related to getting stranded Americans back home.

“The State Department is in constant contact with members of Congress in order to provide American citizens in the Middle East with assistance and accurate information on the security situation in the region, State Department deputy spokesperson Tommy Pigott told Fox News Digital in a statement. “There is no greater priority than the safety of American citizens both at home and abroad.”

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The State Department says it has been in constant contact with Congress and thousands of staffers to assist Americans in the Middle East, pushing back on Democratic claims that it is refusing to help citizens leave the region.(Jonathan Ernst/Pool/Reuters)

“The State Department has reached over a thousand Congressional staffers with briefings on the security situation on the Middle East and continues to be in constant contact with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee to ensure that their constituents have the facts on available support and assistance,” Pigott added.

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Democrats in Congress have accused the Trump administration of not assisting in getting trapped Americans out of the area.

“So the State Department is forcing everyone to immediately leave the region but is also refusing to help people leave the region,” Sen. Chris Murphy, D-CT posted to X. “The strike itself is illegal and disastrous but their lack of readiness for what comes next is unforgivable as well.”

“Incompetence everywhere,” Murphy added.

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Sen. Chris Murphy and other Democrats have accused the Trump administration of incompetence and failing to adequately support Americans seeking to evacuate amid escalating tensions and strikes involving Iran.(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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Sources at the State Department told Fox News Digital that they contacted the Consular on the Hill with approximately 130 emails and calls from 88 congressional offices through Monday evening, seeking information to provide constituents or request information about citizens in the region.

The department also told Fox that they communicated with more than 1,300 congressional staffers, held three webinars covering the security situation, and have been in constant communication with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee on Embassy operating status, regional requests for additional interceptors, and other military equipment.

The department says they made 60 emails and a dozen calls on policy-related questions, briefing requests, and general inquiries from Congressional offices.

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Rubio told reporters on Tuesday he is confident that the administration will be able to safely evacuate all U.S. citizens out of the region.

“Iran is run by lunatics, religious fanatic lunatics,” Rubio said. “They have an ambition to have nuclear weapons. They intend to develop those nuclear weapons behind a program of missiles and drones and terrorism [so] the world will not be able to touch them for fear of those things… now is the time to go after them.”

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“On the first day, we had a lot of anxiety about things,” Kristy Ellmer told Fox News Digital. “I’ve never been in a place that had bombs floating above.”(Kristy Ellmer)

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During an interview with Fox News Digital, Kristy Ellmer, from New Hampshire, described the “[shock waves]” and “red bursts in air” she witnessed while with her husband in Dubai.

“We were just sitting on the beach. We hadn’t been watching the news or anything, just enjoying the morning,” Ellmer said. “All of a sudden, we [felt explosions].”

She was scheduled to leave Dubai on Sunday, though she dealt with [flight cancellations] for Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.

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Airports in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha were all directly hit by strikes this weekend.(Sawayasu Tsuji)

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On Saturday, Iranian airstrikes hit Dubai International Airport as the country exchanged blows with the U.S. and its Israeli allies.

She still remains in the region, hoping to get out of the country by the end of the week.

Fox News Digital’s Jessica Mekles contributed to this report.

Preston Mizell is a writer with Fox News Digital covering breaking news.

王毅同以外长通话：武力会带来新问题和严重后遗症

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王毅说，多年来，中方致力于推动伊核问题政治解决，近期的伊美谈判正在取得明显进展，其中也涵盖以方的安全关切，遗憾的是，这一进程已被炮火打断。

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Trump’s national security team comes to convince Congress to back Iran war

March 3, 2026 8:30 PM UTC / Reuters

By Patricia Zengerle, Michael Martina and David Morgan

[1/3]An F/A-18E Super Hornet prepares to make an arrested landing on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in support of the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran from an undisclosed location March 2, 2026. U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS [Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab]

• Summary

• Rubio, Hegseth, Ratcliffe and Caine to brief lawmakers
• Some Republicans ask about ‘America first’
• Israel comment prompted consternation

WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s top national security advisers were to spend much of the day on Tuesday making the case to members of Congress ​for the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, as Democrats and some of his fellow Republicans clamored for more information.

Secretary of ‌State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, and General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff, were to hold briefings first for the entire 100-member Senate and later the 432-member House of Representatives.

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Trump’s Republicans control slim majorities in both the Senate and House and have been ​strongly supportive of his policy initiatives, as is typical when the White House and Congress are controlled by the same ​party.

But the Middle East war has prompted a few members of his party to join Democrats in saying ⁠the president should not send troops to fight abroad without first obtaining Congress’ approval.

Others said they were looking forward to getting more ​information, especially if the White House comes to Congress to request additional funding for the war.

“America First was supposed to be a rejection ​of the globalist war machine,” Republican Representative Warren Davidson of Ohio said in a post on X.com. “I look forward to seeing the intelligence the administration found so persuasive, then voting.”

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And there was concern when Rubio told reporters on Monday that the U.S. had attacked Iran because Israel planned to do so. “Have we now delegated ​the most solemn decision that can be made in our society, the decision to go to war, to another country,” Senator Angus King ​of Maine, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, asked at an Armed Services committee hearing on Tuesday.

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The Senate’s Republican majority leader, John ‌Thune of ⁠South Dakota, and Representative Mike Johnson of Louisiana, the Republican Speaker of the House, have both said it is too early to know whether Congress will need to consider a supplemental funding bill.

Johnson told reporters on Monday evening, after a separate briefing for congressional leaders, that the issue had come up during that meeting. “There are more details to be determined, how long the operation goes and what the need is,” ​he said.

Such a resolution would face ​stiff opposition from Democrats. New ⁠York Representative Hakeem Jeffries, who leads Democrats in the House, told a news conference hours before the administration’s briefing that Trump should get Congress’ consent for the war before asking lawmakers to fund it.

The ​Senate is expected to vote on Wednesday and the House on Thursday on war powers resolutions seeking ​to block Trump from ⁠continuing to attack Iran without congressional authorization.

Jeffries said he expected strong Democratic support for the measure.

“There is a requirement under the Constitution that it is members of Congress that make the decision as to whether to get us entangled in this kind of armed conflict and that’s what ⁠the resolution ​this week will be all about,” Jeffries said.

Congressional Republicans have blocked previous attempts to ​pass resolutions forcing Trump to obtain lawmakers’ approval for military action. Even if a resolution were to pass this time, it is not expected to get the two-thirds majorities ​in both the House and Senate needed to override Trump’s veto.

Reporting by Patricia Zengerle, Michael Martina and David Morgan; Editing by Alistair Bell

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The House is likely to take up Mace’s resolution as soon as Thursday

By Adam Pack, Elizabeth Elkind
Fox News

Published March 3, 2026 5:08pm EST

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., will force a high-profile vote later this week to require the release of sexual harassment reports involving members of Congress.

Mace said Tuesday that her resolution was drafted in response to recent reports alleging that Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, sent sexually explicit text messages to a former staffer. Regina Santos-Aviles, the one-time aide, later died by suicide in September 2025.

“I mean, literally, this girl killed herself in the most heinous way,” Mace told Fox News Digital when asked if the Gonzales allegations were her motivation for the resolution. “She literally lit herself on fire and died, and we’re just going to sit here and say, ‘Let the process play out?’ No.”

Gonzales has denied the affair and suggested he is being blackmailed by the attorney of Santos-Aviles’ husband.

“What you have seen is not all the facts, and there’ll be ample time for all of that,” Gonzales told reporters last week.

Mace’s resolution would specifically require the House Ethics Committee to publicly release all records regarding acts of sexual harassment involving lawmakers or their staffers within 60 days of enactment.

The South Carolina lawmaker said on the House floor that she will deem the resolution “privileged,” meaning House leadership will have two legislative days to vote on the measure. Lawmakers could also vote to table the resolution or refer it to committee, a way to kill legislation before having to weigh the measure itself.

Mace said she expected a vote on the House floor by Thursday but voiced pessimism when asked by Fox News Digital if she thought the resolution would succeed.

“No, I’m not optimistic about anything, especially when they just hide everything under the rug,” Mace said. “And if you’re an outspoken woman like I am, well, they’re going to come for you.”

Mace is among a group of conservative lawmakers who have called on Gonzales to resign amid allegations he had an affair with his staffer.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., has called the allegations “really disgusting.” Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., told reporters last week that Gonzales “needs to go.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has not made any push one way or the other, though he has called the allegations against the Texas lawmaker “very serious” and “alarming and detestable.” The speaker is wrestling with a razor-thin majority and can afford to lose just one defecting GOP lawmaker on party-line legislation.

The Office of Congressional Conduct is expected to send a report on Gonzales to the House ethics panel after the Texas primary elections Tuesday. Under House rules, reports on lawmakers cannot be released within 60 days of an election.

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Gonzales is facing a primary challenge from his right flank, social media influencer Brandon Herrera, who is backed by the conservative House Freedom Caucus’ campaign arm. Herrera lost to Gonzales in 2024 by less than 400 votes.

Mace was one of four House Republicans to advocate for the release of files relating to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

A request for comment to Gonzales’ office was not immediately returned.

A GOP candidate running for Congress in Texas believes the state’s open primaries may have allowed a Democrat to enter a Republican primary.

Alexander Hale can’t help but have questions about the political positions of his fellow Republican challenger — Alexander Kalai — as they face off to represent Texas’ 7th Congressional District. Kalai, for his part, claims he has all the Republican credentials he needs.

“In reality, I have a long history of supporting Republicans and Republican causes,” Kalai told Fox News Digital on Tuesday.

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Kalai’s background first caught Hale’s attention in December.

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“I was simply looking up my opponent’s information. And I saw on Transparency USA that [his father had given] [thousands] to Beto” and other top Democrats, Hale said, referring to a former Democratic representative of Texas, Beto O’Rourke, the failed Senate and gubernatorial candidate.

“And I thought, ‘well, that is super strange.’”

Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings show that Kalai’s family [has a track record]of donating to Democrats, leading Hale to believe that the open primary system in Texas may invite Republican-looking candidates to detract attention from candidates with platforms that align more closely with the GOP base. Hale believes that’s a weakness shared by many states that use open primaries.

“I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to say, well, ‘shouldn’t we only have Republicans electing Republicans and Democrats only electing Democrats?’” Hale said of the primary elections.

Texas is one of 14 states that use an open primary system, allowing unregistered candidates to announce their consideration for a party’s primary race.

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In Kalai’s case, his website states that he supports traditional Republican positions like school choice, protecting women’s sports and an emphasis on deregulation to promote economic activity.

Asked about his positions, Kalai said he has championed Republican causes for years.

“I think even if you look back to my time in law school at Columbia, I was on the board of the Federalist Society, which everyone knows is not just Republican — it’s a preeminent conservative institution defending the Constitution. So when you look at the facts, there should really be no doubt about my credentials as a conservative or a Republican,” Kalai said, alluding to the conservative and libertarian studies group.

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Kalai’s campaign has received $182,000. Of those, $134,000 has come from his own pocket. Kalai lists his source for those donations as “self-employed” and described that venture as part of a family business.

“I’m the CFO at Amerapex,” Kalai said, referring to a technology, engineering and industrial services company based in Houston. “It’s a family business. I own a very significant portion of it in shares. The other shareholders are my brother, my father and my mother. We own 100% of the company together.”

His campaign has also received two donations from his parents, Bashar and Grigitte Kalai, both for $3,500 — the most one donor can give a candidate for the primary, according to federal law.

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Bashar Kalai’s donation to his son, a Republican, goes against the grain of his past political contributions. As Hale pointed out, Bashar has a long track record of political donations — to Democrats.

In addition to his contributions to Beto O’Rourke, he has donated to the campaigns of Hillary Clinton, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., the House Majority PAC, which is controlled by Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives and other Democratic candidates.

Hale, Kalai’s opponent, believes his proximity to his son should raise questions about Alexander Kalai’s affiliations.

“I’d love to hear an explanation as to why someone comes out of the blue with all this blue money and says, ‘Hey, I’m a Republican. You’ve never heard of me. I’ve never voted in a primary, but I’m the Republican you need. It doesn’t make sense,” Hale said.

Kalai pushed back on Hale’s characterizations, arguing that his father’s past contributions don’t preclude him from holding Republican positions. When asked if his father’s political views ever clashed with his own, Kalai said his father had encouraged him to pursue his own course.

“My parents are like pro go try everything. Go do whatever you want and be your own man. That’s, that’s what they’ve always supported. There have been a few times over the years when we’ve gotten into like, you know, sort of real arguments,” Kalai said.

“My family’s actually pretty split. My mother’s very conservative and part of the right and my brother is so far to the right he’s perhaps an anarchist. So I think this doesn’t mean anything,” Kalai said.

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Kalai confirmed that he has never voted in a primary.

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At the end of the day, Hale said his concerns stretch beyond the particulars of Kalai’s campaign. He fears that candidates with sufficient financial backing, like Kalai, could present a convincing picture to voters in a primary process where fundraising is often used to establish legitimacy.

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“Money buys attention. In open primaries, we end up in a situation where whoever has the most money —it feels like whoever has the most money wins,” Hale said.

Hale and Kalai will face off at the ballot box on Tuesday evening alongside three other Republican candidates. Whoever wins that primary will face off against incumbent Rep. Lizzie Fletcher, D-Texas, in November.

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include Kalai’s response pushing back on allegations that he’s a Democrat meddling in a Texas GOP primary.

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Trump administration considering looser protections for North Atlantic right whale

March 3, 2026 8:29 PM UTC / Reuters

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March 3 (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Tuesday took the first ​step toward loosening regulations ‌that protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale from ​vessel strikes.

Here are some ​details:

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• The National Marine Fisheries Service ⁠said it is considering ​replacing seasonal vessel speed restrictions ​with whale management areas and technology-based measures to avoid vessel ​strikes.
• There are about 380 ​North Atlantic right whales. Their main ‌threats ⁠to survival include entanglement in fishing gear and collisions with vessels, the agency ​said.
• NMFS, a ​division ⁠of the Commerce Department, is seeking information ​and comments for ​90 ⁠days.
• During the Biden administration, NMFS proposed to toughen vessel ⁠speed ​restrictions, but the ​rule was never finalized.

Reporting by Nichola ​Groom; Editing by Daniel Wallis

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Trump exploring backing militias in Iran to topple weakened regime following strikes: reports

Trump reportedly spoke with Kurdish leaders who have sizable force along Iraq-Iran border following recent bombing campaign

By Louis Casiano
Fox News

Published March 3, 2026 4:49pm EST

President Donald Trump is open to the idea of supporting militia groups in Iran willing to help take out the regime, according to reports.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump has spoken with Kurdish leaders, who have a sizable force along the Iraq-Iran border.

“President Trump has spoken with many regional partners,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told the newspaper in a statement, without confirming Trump’s aims.

President Donald Trump confirmed the U.S. launched strikes on Iran on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. Trump is reportedly considering backing militias in Iran to topple the regime. (The White House via X Account/Anadolu via Getty Images/Contributor/Getty Images)

Trump spoke with two leaders of the main Kurdish factions in Iraq — Masoud Barzani and Bafel Talabani — a day after the Saturday bombing campaign began, Axios first reported.

Officials told the Journal that Trump hasn’t made a decision on the matter, including what type of help the United States would provide, be it arms, intelligence or other resources.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House.

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This map shows the targets of Iran’s retaliatory strikes.(Fox News)

Among the approaches being looked at for Iran moving forward are backing militias while weighing different scenarios for who could realistically take power after the country’s leaders fall, the newspaper reported.

Trump has urged the people of Iran to overthrow the country’s regime as Tehran appears to be weakened following U.S. and Israeli military strikes that have killed several key Iranian leaders and officials.

“Most of the people we had in mind are dead,” he told reporters at the White House. “And now we have another group, they may be dead also. Pretty soon we’re not going to know anybody.”

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The strikes have fueled speculation that the Kurds could advance into Iran amid Israeli strikes in the western part of the country.

“It is the general view, and certainly (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu’s view, that the Kurds are going to come out of the woodwork … that they’re going to rise up,” one official told Axios.

Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.

Trump concedes Iran war may push up oil prices for Americans

March 3, 2026 at 6:48 p.m. EST / The Washington Post

The president says higher energy costs will be temporary as markets react to the conflict and the White House faces questions about the strikes’ rationale.

By Michael Birnbaum

President Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time on Tuesday the economic toll for Americans of his assault on Iran, saying that oil prices were likely to spike as a result of the fighting in the Persian Gulf but insisting they would eventually dip.

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Fox News Poll: Views are divided on US action against Iran

By Dana Blanton | Fox News
Published March 3, 2026 6:00pm EST

Voters are divided on U.S. military action against Iran, even as a majority sees the country as a security risk.

A new Fox News national survey finds 61% think Iran poses “a real national security threat” to the United States.That view is similar to most previous Fox News surveys since 2006. The notable exception was when concern hit 73% last June, right before the U.S. military mission against Iranian nuclear facilities called Operation Midnight Hammer.

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Even though a majority views Iran as a danger to the country, that concern does not translate into majority support for the current U.S. military action, as 50% approve and 50% disapprove.

In addition, 51% think President Trump’s handling of Iran has made the U.S. less safe, up from 43% last July. Twenty-nine percent say he’s made the U.S. safer. By comparison, when the same question was asked about former President Biden in 2023, 50% said his handling of Iran had made the U.S. less safe, while 12% said safer.

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Among Republicans, more than 8 in 10 approve of the current U.S. use of force, while only 6 in 10 say the president’s actions on Iran are making the U.S. safer.

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Nearly 8 in 10 Democrats disapprove of the U.S. strikes and think things are less safe because of Trump’s performance, while 6 in 10 or more independents think the same on both counts.

Among voters who have served in the military, 59% approve of the U.S. strikes on Iran (39% disapprove). Compared to voters overall, who say the U.S. is less safe by a wide margin, veterans are more closely divided on the question of whether Trump’s actions have made the country safer (37%) or less safe (44%).

In a joint effort with Israel, the United States started launching strikes on Iran on Saturday morning as part of a mission called “Operation Epic Fury.” All survey interviews were conducted after the bombings began, from Saturday through Monday.

Trump’s job rating on foreign policy is underwater by 20 points, as 40% approve and 60% disapprove — including 21% of Republicans who disapprove.

Some 43% of voters approve of Trump’s overall job performance, while 57% disapprove. In January and December, it was 44% approve vs. 56% disapprove.

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Perceptions of how the United States is viewed abroad have improved slightly since the end of the Biden administration. While a majority of 56% say the country is less respected around the world than it was four years ago, that’s an improvement from 61% who said the same in 2024 under former President Biden. Meanwhile, 30% say the U.S. is more respected, up from 23% under Biden and 29% during Trump’s first term.

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Two-thirds of voters are generally concerned that Trump’s use of executive orders and acting without Congressional approval may be permanently altering the country’s system of checks and balances. The results are nearly identical to when this same question was asked about Barack Obama during his presidency.

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The survey also revisited attitudes about last June’s U.S. airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities. When asked to think back, voters are closely divided between saying those strikes were mostly successful (30%) and mostly a failure (31%), but the most common answer is it’s too soon to say (37%). That’s about the same as views in July 2025, immediately following the strikes.

Conducted February 28-March 2, 2026, under the direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News survey includes interviews with a sample of 1,004 registered voters randomly selected from a national voter file. Respondents spoke with live interviewers on landlines (104) and cellphones (642) or completed the survey online after receiving a text (258). Results based on the full sample have a margin of sampling error of ±3 percentage points. Sampling error for results among subgroups is higher. In addition to sampling error, question wording and order can influence results. Weights are generally applied to age, race, education, and area variables to ensure the demographics are representative of the registered voter population. Sources for developing weight targets include the most recent American Community Survey, Fox News Voter Analysis, and voter file data.

Fox News’ Victoria Balara contributed to this report.

As head of the polling unit, Dana Blanton runs the Fox News Poll and oversees the Fox News Voter Analysis election survey.