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President Trump is facing a new political challenge as the war in Iran intensifies. "This is going to be the soundtrack of the midterm election campaign," @jeffzeleny tells @DanaBashCNN.

The president slammed NATO today, just one day after asking allies to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. "Coalition building 101, it is hard, tedious," @brett_mcgurk told @DanaBashCNN. "But to just shut the door like that... I think that's really self-defeating."

Today, Trump revealed GOP Rep. Neal Dunn had faced a 'terminal' diagnosis, but says it's improved. @Phil_Mattingly tells @DanaBashCNN, "this is something that House leadership and House members have been very concerned about on a personal level, for a friend and a colleague."

"I get tired of Republicans being lazy and unstrategic." Retiring GOP Sen. Thom Tillis tells @mkraju he thinks it's a bad idea for President Trump to use the SAVE America Act as leverage for an endorsement in the Texas Senate runoff. #InsidePolitics

"If you think gas prices are high now, give the ayatollah a nuclear weapon to terrorize the region, to threaten the Straits (sic) of Hormuz, he will control gas prices forever," Sen. Lindsey Graham tells @mkraju. "I think he's a homicidal maniac." #InsidePolitics

NEW: "We're not going to be in Iran in November." Will the war with Iran and rising gas prices cost Republicans control of the House? The chair of the House GOP's campaign arm, Rep. Richard Hudson, tells @mkraju he's not worried. #InsidePolitics

Is it politically tenable for Democrats to maintain their position as the partial government shutdown enters its 30th day? @mkraju catches up with Sens. Dick Durbin and Katie Britt on why a a deal hasn't been made yet. #InsidePolitics

Donald Trump, over and over, seems to think that it's all about the fireworks, Sen. Elizabeth Warren tells @mkraju, after officials unveiled the track for DC's IndyCar race. But Sen. Josh Hawley dismissed Democrats' criticism: "They're always such killjoys." #InsidePolitics

The attack on a Michigan synagogue has American Jews on alert. "We've seen even more of a surge" of threats since the war in Iran began, @RepJoshG said. He added, "This is about making sure we educate our children, we stand up to hate, and we make it clear that's not who we are."

SUNDAY 8a & 11a ET: President Trump sends mixed signals as the war with Iran heads into its third week. PLUS: The DHS shutdown continues amid warnings over terror attacks and long airport security lines. @tamarakeithNPR @SangerNYT @ajconwashington join @mkraju on #InsidePolitics

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President Trump won Montana by 20 points, but independent Senate candidate @SethBodnar is trying to put the state in play in 2026. He tells @DanaBashCNN most politicians "put a jersey on, a jersey with an R or a jersey with a D...that's how they vote. I'm gonna vote for Montana."

COMING UP at 12pET: Independent Montana Senate candidate @SethBodnar joins @DanaBashCNN on Inside Politics.

President Trump has called on Republicans to pass the SAVE America Act, so what's actually in it? CNN's @GabeCohenNews breaks it down.

The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee @RepAdamSmith tells @DanaBashCNN, "It's time to stop the war." Watch the full interview here:

Retired Lt. Gen. @MarkHertling spoke with @DanaBashCNN about his book, "If I Don't Return," a look into his wartime journals with a lesson for young boys: "You don't become a man by swagger or speaking loudly. You are manly, in my view, because of the way you act toward others."

Watch @OzTheMentalist read @DanaBashCNN's mind!

NEW: "We should draw a line in the sand." As the debate over the Iran war heads to Capitol Hill, Democrats are in a bind on whether to provide more funding if asked. @mkraju #InsidePolitics

NEW: "I wouldn't call this a war." Republicans tell @mkraju they don't think the conflict with Iran constitutes a "war," as a majority of Americans disapprove of the strikes on Iran. #InsidePolitics

NEW OVERNIGHT: Israel unleashed new strikes against Iran's oil storage sites as the war with Iran entered day 9. @CedricLeighton joins @mkraju at the Magic Wall to break down what comes next. #InsidePolitics