White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed this week that President Donald Trump was consulted on Monday by Israel on its deadly strikes in Gaza.

“The Trump administration and the White House were consulted by the Israelis on their attacks in Gaza tonight,” Leavitt said in a Fox News interview.

Israel launched a series of the bloodiest airstrikes on the Palestinian enclave since a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas militants was reached on January 19, killing dozens of people, according to Palestinian medics in Gaza.

“As President Trump has made it clear – Hamas, the Houthis, Iran, all those who seek to terrorize not just Israel, but also the United States of America, will see a price to pay. All hell will break loose,” the White House spokesperson said.

Previously, Trump had publicly issued a warning using similar words, stating that Hamas should release all hostages in Gaza or risk a catastrophic outbreak.

On October 7, 2023, Palestinian Hamas militants attacked Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking roughly 250 hostages, according to Israeli allies, sparking the most recent bloodshed in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Separately, Washington claimed that dozens of Houthi movement members had been killed in a fresh round of airstrikes it launched in Yemen on Saturday. At least 53 people were killed, according to the Houthis. Reuters was unable to independently confirm those death tolls.

Three months into his second term, President Donald Trump reached the highest approval rating of his presidency, while more Americans believe the country is on the right track than at any point since 2004, according to a new NBC News poll released Sunday.

However, the bad news is that Trump still has not garnered the support of a majority of Americans. In fact, 54% of respondents disapprove of his handling of the economy, marking the first time he has lost a majority on this issue in NBC’s polling.

“Even so, the survey found that voters generally feel Trump is bringing ‘the right kind of change’ on the key issues — even tariffs,” the New York Post reported, citing the NBC News survey. “More Americans support his changes to trade policy (41%) than oppose them (38%), according to NBC.”

NBC poll respondents seem to be giving Trump some leeway on inflation: 40% said his policies are having a positive effect, while 30% believe they’re having a negative impact, and 28% feel Trump’s policies aren’t making any difference, The Post said.

The poll also highlights how Trump remains a polarizing figure, with his approval rating among Republicans at a solid 90%, compared to just 4% among Democrats. This marks the largest gap in approval ratings between a president’s own party and the opposition party in the past 80 years, according to NBC.

Overall, 47% of voters approve of Trump, while 51% disapprove, marking an all-time high in the poll. He had previously reached 47% approval in early 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic, and again in October 2018.

NBC’s findings align with most other polling, with RealClearPolitics’ latest aggregate showing Trump with an average 48.2% approval rating, The Post noted.

Trump’s approval is notably higher than it was at this stage in his first term (44%), according to RCP, though still below where former President Joe Biden stood at the same point (53%).

In a positive sign for Trump, NBC News also found that 44% of registered voters believe the country is on the right track, the highest in two decades, while 54% feel it’s heading in the