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• About 4-in-10 Americans say Trump is a ‘terrible’ president amid sinking approval: Survey

  26-04-2025 21:03 via thehill.com
  
  A new poll shows that about 4 in 10 Americans say President Trump has been a “terrible” leader in his second term.The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research also found that about 2 in 10 think he has done an average job in his presidency and 3 in 10 says he's been a great or good president.
  The poll also found that 24 percent of adults believe Trump is focused on the right priorities.Forty-four percent say Trump’s focused on the wrong priorities in the AP-NORC
  
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• Zelensky touts 'good meeting' with Trump amid peace talks: 'Hoping for results'

  26-04-2025 20:25 via thehill.com
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday said his brief meeting with President Trump in Vatican City was "good" and "symbolic," as the U.S. continues to facilitate peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv."Good meeting. We discussed a lot one on one," Zelensky wrote on social platform X, just hours after the two met ahead of Pope Francis's funeral. "Hoping for results on everything we covered.""Protecting lives of our people. Full and unconditional ceasefire. Reliable and lasting peace that
  
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• McMahon launches probe into New York over ordered removal of Native American school mascot

  26-04-2025 19:50 via thehill.com
  
  Education Secretary Linda McMahon launched a probe into New York State's Education Department (NYSED) and the state Board of Regents for threatening to pull funding from the Massapequa School District over its refusal to end its use of a Native American mascot.
  Earlier this week, President Trump weighed in to support the school district.
  “Forcing them to change the name, after all of these years, is ridiculous and, in actuality, an affront to our great Indian population. The School Board,
  
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• Trump brushes off Hegseth criticism: 'I don’t view Signal as important'

  26-04-2025 19:16 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Friday denounced critics who have raised concern over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of Signal, a discrete messaging app, to disseminate sensitive military information.
  Asked whether his confidence has changed in Hegseth after a second chat controversy thrust him back into the spotlight earlier this week, Trump brushed off the sentiment. Instead, he cast blame once again on the media."I don’t view Signal as important," he told reporters aboard Air Force One on Frid
  
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• Graham lauds Trump for 'honorable and just' efforts to end war in Ukraine

  26-04-2025 19:04 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) took to social media on Saturday to laud the Trump administration's efforts to broker a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, more than three years after the war began."I very much appreciate [Trump] and his team working diligently to end the war in Ukraine — that was created by [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s barbaric invasion — in an honorable and just way," Graham wrote in a post on social platform X, while referring to a recent threat of ad
  
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• Maher warns Gore against making Trump Nazi comparisons

  26-04-2025 18:24 via thehill.com
  
  Comedian Bill Maher warned former Vice President Gore against comparing President Trump and his actions to those made by leaders in Nazi Germany on Friday.
  Earlier this week, Gore said the current administration is aiming to “create their own preferred version of reality” in a method that resembles the Nazi's rise to power during World War II at the San Francisco Climate Week.On Friday, Maher pushed back on Gore's view during an episode of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher."
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• HHS layoffs undercut Trump’s pledge to be ‘fertilization president’

  26-04-2025 18:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump has championed access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) and even dubbed himself the "fertilization president" early in his second term.   But Department of Government Efficiency-induced layoffs at the Department and Health and Human Services (HHS) have decimated maternal health and reproductive medicine programs, including teams that report on fertility outcomes of IVF clinics, as well as those that track maternal health and mortality data. Public health experts
  
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• Falling vaccine rates could mean millions of measles cases: Study

  26-04-2025 16:41 via thehill.com
  
  A new study warns that the U.S. could see millions of new measles cases over the next 25 years if vaccination rates continue to fall.The research, published in science journal JAMA, used modeling to forecast the number of measles cases in several scenarios, including vaccination rates holding steady, rising or falling.Measles was officially eliminated in the U.S. decades ago thanks to the Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine.But as more people have refused to vaccinate their children despite
  
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• Alexis Herman, first Black Labor Secretary, dies at 77

  26-04-2025 16:40 via thehill.com
  
  Former Labor Secretary Alexis Herman died on Friday at the age of 77.Herman made history as the first Black person to hold the role after former President Bill Clinton nominated her to the post at the start of his second term in office.“Hillary and I are deeply saddened by the loss of Alexis Herman, our friend of nearly fifty years. Alexis was gifted in so many ways. She was a skillful and creative administrator who, at 29, became the youngest person to direct the women’s bureau at t
  
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• Trump: Putin ‘tapping me along’ with Russia strikes on Ukraine

  26-04-2025 16:24 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Saturday said he thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin may be stringing him along after the latest deadly strikes on Ukraine, as the U.S. seeks to bring an end to the war in Eastern Europe.“There was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and towns, over the last few days," Trump posted Saturday on Truth Social. "It makes me think that maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war, he’s just tapping me along, and has to be dealt wit
  
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• Bannon signals support for millionaire tax hike: ‘It’s going to help’ Trump

  26-04-2025 15:52 via thehill.com
  
  Former White House strategist Steve Bannon signaled his support for a tax hike on the wealthy under the second Trump administration. Bannon said if successful, the move could help President Trump shore up support for a proposed third term in office, which he and other Republicans have moved to facilitate in lieu of Constitutional limits outlined in the 22nd amendment.“This is being fought behind closed doors right now, and I’m telling you, with the massive tax cut, in addition,
  
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• Federal judge suspects 2-year-old US citizen deported without 'meaningful process'

  26-04-2025 15:01 via thehill.com
  
  A federal judge on Friday sounded the alarm after lawyers alleged the Trump administration deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen without "meaningful process."
  The toddler's father filed a petition for release after the child was deported alongside her sister and mother, who was determined to be in the country illegally, to Honduras.
  U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty, an appointee of President Trump, confirmed that the child had been released in the Central American country with her family.
  Doughty
  
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• White House says Trump, Zelensky had ‘productive’ meeting ahead of Francis funeral

  26-04-2025 13:58 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, both in Rome for Pope Francis's funeral, held a "productive" meeting early Saturday as the U.S. looks to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine."President Trump and President Zelenskyy met privately today and had a very productive discussion," White House communications director Steven Cheung shared Saturday. "More details about the meeting will follow.”Zelensky posted an image of the two leaders sitting across from one an
  
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• Court ruling further complicates Trump's anti-DEI push

  26-04-2025 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump's plans to rid the country’s education system of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) were thrown further into chaos this week when a judge ruled against the Education Department's directives.  States, fiercely divided on the issue, were already dealing with a delayed certification deadline and murky enforcement mechanisms before federal Judge Landya McCafferty issued her preliminary injunction on Trump's anti-DEI measures. "Thankfully, many schools and districts
  
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• McCarthy likens Democratic infighting to 'civil war'

  26-04-2025 04:26 via thehill.com
  
  Former House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) slammed the Democratic Party over its internal fractions, comparing the battle between figureheads to a “civil war.”“The party we are watching today, Democrat, is a civil war. It's the reason why there are no leaders of the party,” McCarthy said during a Friday morning appearance on Fox News.
  "If there was a leader, this wouldn’t be going on," he added.
  Democrats have struggled to identify their next leader and uni
  
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• Education Department launches foreign funding probe into UC Berkeley

  26-04-2025 01:02 via thehill.com
  
  The Department of Education said Friday it would launch an investigation into the University of California at Berkeley over improper foreign funding disclosures.The department said the school may have violated Section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, alleging that documents submitted to the department on the school’s behalf were “incomplete or inaccurate”  in a Friday release. Higher education institutions receiving federal financial assistance are required to
  
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• About half say Trump has 'gone too far' with undocumented migrants' deportations: Survey

  26-04-2025 00:50 via thehill.com
  
  Immigration remains a strong point for President Trump as he approaches the 100-day mark of his presidency, however, some feel his actions on the contentious topic have gone too far, according to recent polling.A new survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 46 percent of U.S. adults generally approve of Trump's actions on immigration, while 53 percent disapprove. His immigration rating is about 10 percent higher than the favorability he r
  
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• About half say Trump has 'gone too far' with immigrant deportations: Survey

  26-04-2025 00:50 via thehill.com
  
  Immigration remains a strong point for President Trump as he approaches the 100-day mark of his presidency; however, some feel his actions on the contentious topic have gone too far, according to recent polling.A new survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 46 percent of U.S. adults generally approved of Trump's actions on immigration, while 53 percent disapproved. His immigration rating was about 10 percentage points higher than the favo
  
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• The Memo: Wisconsin judge’s arrest opens new front in political war over immigration, courts

  26-04-2025 00:25 via thehill.com
  
  The Friday arrest of a Wisconsin judge has ratcheted up the stakes even higher in President Trump’s clash with the judiciary.To his liberal critics, it is the latest example of Trump’s willingness to traduce norms, demolish democratic guardrails and seek to intimidate ideological opponents.To his supporters, it is a righteous push to ensure that the immigration laws, in particular, are upheld and to choke off the leeway that liberal-leaning judges have had to impose their own will.Al
  
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• Trump receives dismal ratings in NYT poll

  26-04-2025 00:05 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump received lagging approval ratings across the board in the latest poll from The New York Times/Siena College, another indicator of the president facing declining public trust almost 100 days into his second term.The results released Friday show Trump with an approval rating of 42 percent, while 54 percent said they disapprove of his job performance, putting him 12 points underwater in net approval. Trump’s approval rating in the poll sits at just 29 percent with indepen
  
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