After ranking himself the "greatest U.S. president," Trump got a decidedly different verdict from Americans in new poll.

The shadow primary for the 2028 presidential contest is quietly playing out as most of the political world is focused on next month's midterms

US Vice President JD Vance gave an exclusive interview to Reuters on Monday while campaigning in Alaska, a state that has emerged as a key battleground in the November elections that will determine control of Congress.

Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella offered legal assistance Tuesday to a group of Colombian military veterans who were arrested over the 2021 killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and recently extradited from the Caribbean country to Florida after their case languished for years.

U.S. diesel prices remain at near record highs, up 70 per cent since the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran began despite two high-profile recent moves by U.S. President Donald Trump to boost supplies of the fuel: pressuring allies to release emergency reserves and expanding access to tax-exempt red-dyed diesel.

Trump’s approval has fallen across major agricultural states following rising diesel prices, prompted by supply bottlenecks.

Asian shares are mixed in holiday-thinned trading while oil prices have fallen back from recent gains. U.S. futures edged higher.

Trump announced that the U.S. will not attack Iran ahead of the midterms. And, a 28-year-old man is receiving treatment at the hospital after an ICE agent shot him in the neck.