LATINO SWING: A new poll shows that Trump's support among Hispanic voters has plummeted since the 2024 election. The NBC News/Telemundo survey found that 27 percent of respondents approved of the president and 69 percent disapproved.
And nearly 6 in 10 Hispanic voters disapproved of Trump’s handling of border security, while almost 7 in 10 said they disapproved of how he has handled immigration and foreign policy.
“Frankly, it’s the hardest job that I’ve had,” Trump said Wednesday regarding immigration enforcement. “They’ll say you’re too tough or you’re too soft. Get tougher, get softer. No matter what you do, it’s always tough.”
Almost three-fourths of respondents disapproved of how he has handled the economy, and 78 percent said they disapproved of how he has handled the cost of living.
Annual inflation rose from 3 percent in January to 3.4 percent as of last month, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Trump campaigned in 2024 on a platform of affordability and lowering prices, after inflation reached a 40-year high under former President Biden.
Democrats held a 24-point edge over Republicans regarding which party Latino voters want to see control Congress after the midterm elections.
▪ The Hill: Trump's 2024 support from Hispanic voters dips in new poll.
"PARTISAN POLLSTERS:" Kevin Hassett, who heads the National Economic Council, dismissed recent polling showing Americans’ concerns about the economy.
“Ahead of an election cycle, the fact that there’s, you know, possibly partisan pollsters telling us that the people are really, really depressed, it’s a classic Democrat move, and I just don’t buy it,” he told CNN’s Jake Tapper during his “State of the Union” interview Sunday.
An Associated Press/NORC survey found that 73 percent of American adults disapprove of the president's handling of the economy, and 65 percent directly blame Trump's policies for higher prices.
A Quinnipiac University poll saw 62 percent of respondents critical of the president's economy.
Hassett, however, says he doesn't see the criticisms playing out in the real world.
“Because if it were true, if the polls were any value for thinking about what’s going on with consumers, then we should look at the consumption data and say, ‘Jeez, yeah, that’s right. People aren’t spending.’ But, in fact, the retailers are doing well,” he said.
▪ CNN: Hassett defends Trump economy despite voter concerns on inflation
JUDICIAL BLINDERS: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said Sunday he avoids giving attention to the president's praise and likewise ignores Trump's criticisms toward his peers.
“I put all of that out of my mind. I trust that my colleagues put all of that out of their minds,” he told “Fox News Sunday” host Shannon Bream.
Alito also warned about the “escalation in public rhetoric in general and about the things that people in important positions say about the Supreme Court as a whole and about individual justices,” adding that such commentary can damage Americans’ trust in the country's highest court.
Alito was also interviewed on CBS over the weekend, as part of a publicity tour for his new book, "So Ordered: An Originalist's View of the Constitution, the Court and Our Country."
The appearances follow Trump's recent comments in an interview with Time Magazine and on Truth Social where he expressed regret for his nominations of Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.
“These are not the people I interviewed to serve on the United States Supreme Court, they are merely a shell of their original selves," the president wrote on social media last month, while referring to Alito and Justice Clarence Thomas as "legends."
The Supreme Court has ruled against Trump's wishes on a number of issues, including his mail-in voting plan and his executive order ending birthright citizenship.
▪ The Hill: Samuel Alito addresses Trump's comments about him and fellow Supreme Court justices.
INITIAL COUNT: Thomas Giuffra, a lawyer for a former Cornell University student who alleges that she was gang raped at the Chi Phi fraternity house in 2024, said he believes there were more than seven men who participated in the alleged assault of his client, referred to as Jane Doe.
“I’m not even sure we have everybody who participated in this assault because my client was blacked out during periods of time, and that’s reported in these statements. We don’t even know the people we have are the people we definitively know,” Giuffra told Tapper during an interview on “State of the Union” Sunday.
“If you ask me, I believe there were more,” he added.
The accused men were all in the fraternity Chi Phi. An alleged screenshot from the night shows a man telling other members that there was “free p---- upstairs."
The case has also drawn bipartisan support in Congress for stronger protections for sexual violence survivors, The Hill’s Sudiksha Kochi reports.
This past week, the Education Department announced it had formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
Critics argue the move weakens protections for sexual assault victims.
▪ The Hill: Jane Doe's lawyer believes more than seven men were involved in Cornell gang rape.
▪ The Hill: Cornell allegations fuel bipartisan push for stronger sexual assault protections.
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