*** OVERNIGHT *** Trump has a fiery, furious warning for Iran. 
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The president takes issue with remarks by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who objects to the U.S. pullout from the international nuclear deal with Iran and said on Sunday, "Americans must understand well that peace with Iran is the mother of all peace and war with Iran is the mother of all wars." Pompeo during a speech on Sunday compared Iran's leaders to the mafia. RUSSIA & INVESTIGATIONS: A new NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll finds that 51 percent of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of Russia, while only 26 percent approve. The poll also found Trump's approval rating tick up to 45 percent, the high point in that survey for his presidency (The Wall Street Journal). An ABC News survey had similar findings, with 33 percent of Americans approving of Trump's handling of Putin at last week's summit. Furthermore, only 51 percent of Republicans and 44 percent of conservatives approve of Trump questioning the intelligence community's findings on election meddling, suggesting that even some of the president's hardcore supporters are breaking with him on the issue. The Memo: Summit fallout hits White House. The Hill: House Democratic leaders fend off calls to impeach Trump. 
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> The FBI's release of more than 400 pages of documents pertaining to its surveillance warrant of Page has reignited debate over whether the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) abused their powers to spy on members of the Trump campaign. The applications, some of them signed by former FBI Director James Comey and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, claimed that there was ample evidence to suggest that Page was "collaborating and conspiring with the Russian government." Page has not been charged with a crime and does not appear to be in Mueller's crosshairs at this point. "I have never been an agent of the foreign power … by any stretch of the imagination." – Page on CNN's "State of the Union." Trump and his allies are claiming the application is further proof of political bias at the highest levels of the FBI and DOJ. 
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The application relied in part on the controversial "Steele dossier." House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) blasted the FBI for failing to disclose in the application that the opposition research was funded in part by Democrats. But not all Republicans agree that the surveillance of Page was politically motivated. "They did not spy on the campaign from anything and everything that I have seen. You have an individual here who has openly bragged about his ties to Russia and Russians and he's never — I don't think Carter Page has ever said he's a spy but he has certainly talked about it. And the FBI's job is to protect this country ... and to lead our counterintelligence." — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on CBS's "Face the Nation." > Trump is furious with Cohen over the revelation that he taped one of their conversations and that the FBI is in now possession of the recording. The president insists that he did nothing wrong and is questioning whether it was legal for Cohen to tape him in secret. 
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It may be some time before we find out what is on the tape and what it means, but this much is certain: Cohen, who once described himself as Trump's fixer, is acting increasingly hostile toward his former boss and that's a huge problem for the president. Cohen has not been charged with a crime but the Department of Justice is investigating his business dealings. The FBI has seized Cohen's electronic devices and thousands of documents, many of them detailing the work he did for Trump. More from around the web… Byron York: Why is Mueller handing off cases? Evan Osnos: The GOP stands by as Trump upends American security. Carl M. Cannon: Revenge of the Deep State. Julian E. Zelizer: Can the Cohen tapes bring down Trump? Steve Cortes: Russia mania is the birtherism of the left. **** POLITICS & CAMPAIGNS: The map is stacked against Democrats in the Senate, as 10 members face reelection in states Trump carried in 2016. However, a new analysis of election results from the past 10 midterm cycles underscores one massive advantage for Democrats: Theirs is not the party that controls the White House . The study found that incumbents of the party that is out of power are overwhelmingly likely to win, even in states the president carried in the most recent election (The Hill). That's the good news for Democrats. The bad news? Liberals are embroiled in a bitter fight over the future direction of the Democratic Party. Democratic socialism is on the rise, underscored by 28-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's upset victory of Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.), the No. 4 Democrat in the House, in a primary last month (The Associated Press). Moderate Democrats are worried by this development and warning that a leftward lurch could cost the party in the midterm elections. The New York Times: Revolution on the left rattles some Democrats. NBC News: Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I-Vt.) wing of the party terrifies centrist Democrats (and they'd like to stop it). > The 2018 midterm elections are a little over three months away, but potential Democratic presidential candidates are already looking ahead to 2020 and deciding when and whether to jump into the race. One certainty: The field will be large. Will it be like 1992, when then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton waited until a few months before the Iowa caucuses to get into the race? Will candidates start piling into the contest a few weeks after the midterms, as former President Obama did in 2008? Or will candidates follow the lead of Howard Dean, who kicked off his campaign before the 2002 midterm elections? The Hill's Reid Wilson has the historical perspective HERE. CNN: Democratic governors eye 2020. More from the campaign trail … Trump's decision to get involved in the gubernatorial primary race in Georgia has angered some Republicans, who are hopeful he stays out of other hotly contested races in Kansas and Tennessee (The New York Times) … The Democratic governor of Montana is raising his profile ahead of a potential 2020 run (The Hill) … Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is walking a tightrope as he considers whether to back Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh (The New York Times) … Donald Trump Jr. is holding a fundraiser today for Manchin's challenger, state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey (The Hill). | 
