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President Trump's approval ratings remain underwater as he gets mixed reviews on his immigration crackdown, economic handling and foreign policy five months into his second administration. Trump's approval on the economy, one of his biggest strengths throughout 2024, has appeared to improve slightly after taking a hit from chaotic tariff moves and stock market losses earlier this year, though it largely remains negative. And support for his handling of immigration, while still his strongest issue, has shown signs of weakening as he pursues his campaign promise of mass deportations. |
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The University of Pennsylvania's decision this week to sign an agreement with the Trump administration committing to barring transgender athletes from its women's sports teams is raising questions about whether other schools might do the same faced with the weight of the federal government. Penn, President Trump's alma mater, is the first to sign such an agreement, which the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) proposed following an investigation that found the university violated Title IX, the federal law against sex discrimination in schools, when it allowed Lia Thomas to join the women's swim team for the 2021-22 season. |
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BY JULIA MUELLER AND CAROLINE VAKIL |
Republicans are eyeing potential redistricting opportunities in Ohio and Texas as they seek extra cushion to protect their thin majority in the House next year. In Ohio, redistricting laws mandate a redraw ahead of 2026 because the last map passed without bipartisan support. And in Texas, redistricting could be added to an upcoming special session agenda as the White House reportedly pushes the Lone Star State to consider redrawing to protect the party's numbers. |
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk said Saturday he has officially formed the "America Party," a third political faction to rival Democrats and Republicans. "By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it. When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy," Musk wrote in a post on the social platform X, which he owns, after putting out a poll questioning X users if they wanted a third political party. |
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BY ELLA LEE AND ZACH SCHONFELD |
Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville said during a recent interview that the Republican tax and spending bill, which President Trump signed Friday, will be seen as a "mass extinction event," predicting the Democratic Party will pick up more than 40 House seats in the 2026 midterms. "And I like with the unified party — every Democrat voted against this. Every Democrat, regardless of the ideology, their ethnicity … we can all rally around this, and we can run on this single issue all the way to 2026. And Paul is right, we're going to pick up more than 40 House seats," Carville, the former strategist for former President Clinton's campaign, said during a Thursday appearance on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360." |
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Saturday she plans to introduce a bill aimed at tackling "weather modification." "I am introducing a bill that prohibits the injection, release, or dispersion of chemicals or substances into the atmosphere for the express purpose of altering weather, temperature, climate, or sunlight intensity. It will be a felony offense," she wrote in a Saturday post on X. |
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Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson said Saturday he would soon air an interview with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian amid the country's conflict with the United States and Israel. "We know we'll be criticized for doing this interview. Why did we do it anyway? Well, we did it because we were just at war with Iran 10 days ago, and maybe again," Carlson said in a preview clip of his show, The Tucker Carlson Show. |
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A group of five Democratic state lawmakers in Florida said they were denied entry to "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility, on Thursday due to "safety reasons," days after President Trump toured the facility alongside Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). The lawmakers who tried to tour the facility, which opened on Tuesday, included state Democratic Reps. Anna Eskamani, Angie Nixon, and Michele Rayner, along with two state Sens. Shevrin Jones and Carlos Guillermo Smith. |
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Gov. Andy Beshear (D-Ky.) said he'll consider a 2028 White House bid in an article published Friday while seething over the "big, beautiful bill" backed by Republicans in Congress. "Two years ago, I wouldn't have considered [running for president]. But if I'm somebody who could maybe heal and bring the country back together, I'll think about it after next year," Beshear told Vanity Fair. |
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OPINION | Unlike a broken bone, a brain injury is often invisible. We can't see the cognitive struggles, the lost memories or the chronic pain. But for millions of Americans with brain injury, the impact is lifelong and profound. Every day is an exercise in rebuilding your life, your relationships and future. |
OPINION | Did you know that 10,000 ballistic missiles — each carrying one to two tons of explosives — could cause as much, or even more, devastation than a Hiroshima-style atomic bomb? Before Israel's three strikes on Iranian territory — the most consequential in June 2025 — Iran was racing toward mass production of precision-guided ballistic missiles. This wasn't hypothetical. Tehran was preparing to flood Israel's airspace with thousands of advanced rockets designed to overwhelm its multi-layered defense systems: Arrow, David's Sling and Iron Dome. |
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Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters' ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials. |
Mortgage rates holding stubbornly above 6.6% leave many people stuck with higher monthly costs and no path to refinance
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BY JIM VERTUNO, JULIO CORTEZ, JOHN SEEWER and HANNAH FINGERHUT |
Rescuers scoured a devastated central Texas landscape of mangled trees, overturned cars and muck-filled debris Saturday in an increasingly bleak mission to locate survivors, including 27 girls who have not been seen since their camp was slammed with a wall of water in a historic flash flood.
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BY LORI ROZSA AND RACHEL HATZIPANAGOS |
Detainees and staff will face far more common hazards than the swampland terrors gleefully envisioned by state and national Republicans to discourage escapes, experts say. The facility has already flooded once and may not meet hurricane codes. |
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