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Trump’s Approval Falls to 34% — His Lowest Yet and Among the Weakest of Any Recent President Before a Midterm

A new Pew Research analysis puts Trump's job approval at just 34% heading into the midterms — his lowest yet, matched by a CNN poll, and below where Obama, Clinton, Reagan and his own first term stood at this point.

8d ago

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Betting Markets Now Favor Zohran Mamdani Over Trump for TIME’s 2026 Person of the Year

On the prediction market Polymarket, Zohran Mamdani has overtaken Donald Trump as the favorite for TIME's 2026 Person of the Year — but TIME doesn't decide until December.

8d ago

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Federal Appeals Court Rules Trump Can’t Build His $400M White House Ballroom Without Congress’s Approval

A federal appeals court ruled 2-1 that Trump needs congressional approval to build his roughly $400 million White House ballroom, upholding a halt on aboveground work - though the order is stayed pending a Supreme Court appeal.

8d ago

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AOC Confirms She’s Freezing Her Eggs and Won’t Rule Out a 2028 Run for President or Senate

In an interview with ABC's Jonathan Karl, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez confirmed she is freezing her eggs and said she has not ruled out a 2028 run for president or U.S. Senate - though she stopped short of announcing any campaign.

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Senate Passes Sweeping Russia Sanctions Bill Named for the Late Sen. Lindsey Graham

The Senate has passed a sweeping Russia sanctions package named for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, who championed it for years. It still needs the House and the president to become law.

9d ago

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A Federal Appeals Court Just Halted Trump’s $400 Million White House Ballroom, Ruling He Can’t Build It Without Congress

A federal appeals court halted construction of Trump's roughly $400 million White House ballroom, ruling the project needs congressional approval. The preliminary decision can still be appealed.

9d ago

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U.S. to Pay a German Company $1.2 Billion in Taxpayer Money to Halt American Wind Power Projects

The Trump administration agreed to pay a German energy firm about $1.2 billion to cancel US offshore wind projects - the second such buyout of a foreign company this year.

9d ago

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Federal Appeals Court Halts Construction of Trump’s $400 Million White House Ballroom

A federal appeals court halted construction of the Trump administration's roughly $400 million White House ballroom, ruling the project needs congressional approval to proceed.

10d ago

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For the First Time in Over a Decade, the Navy Just Promoted 22 New Admirals – And Not a Single One Is a Woman

For the first time in over a decade, the Navy promoted 22 new admirals and not one was a woman - part of a documented decline under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

10d ago

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Judge Pauses Order Forcing Trump to Hand Over Financial Records in His $10 Billion BBC Lawsuit

A federal judge granted a stay pausing an order that would have forced Trump to hand over his financial records in his own $10 billion defamation suit against the BBC.

10d ago

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Two Republican Mayors in Deep-Red South Georgia Break Ranks to Endorse Democrat Jon Ossoff

Two Republican mayors from deep-red South Georgia have crossed party lines to endorse Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff's 2026 reelection, citing his work securing bipartisan federal funding for a local college and medical center.

10d ago

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Just Weeks After the Supreme Court Struck Him Down, Trump Signed New Orders to End Birthright Citizenship – And Judges Have Already Blocked Them

Weeks after the Supreme Court struck down his first attempt, Trump signed new executive orders to end birthright citizenship and curb birth tourism - and federal judges have already blocked them nationwide.

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