Political Wire - A new Economist/YouGov Poll finds President Trump’s approval rating and personal popularity falling over the past two weeks. This week’s poll finds Americans are less likely to approve of Trump
(46%) than to disapprove (48%), and less likely to view him favorably
(46%) than unfavorably (52%).
David Corn - When the leader of your party is a convicted felon who was found by a court to be a sexual assaulter, whose company was found guilty of fraud, who incited a violent insurrection, and whose mismanagement of a pandemic caused 10Ks of avoidable deaths, there’s not much that’s going to shame you.
Artists and staff leaving Kennedy Center now that Trump is in charge
Newsweek - A survey from The Economist/YouGov released Wednesday revealed the president's net favorability rating among those aged 18-29 is minus 18 points. This is a drop from the plus 19 favorable rating he scored among this demographic in the days following November's race... Trump made significant gains among young and first-time voters in the 2024 election compared to 2020. This was cited as a potential ideological shift for the youth vote. The poll results suggest Republicans cannot rely on this historically Democratic-leaning voting bloc for support in future elections.
NBC News - Republican lawmakers voiced support for President Donald Trump’s vast spending cuts in the first weeks of his second administration — but now that the pain is hitting home, they’ve started to push back. Republican Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama recently pushed back on the administration’s funding restrictions under the National Institutes of Health. The state’s largest employer, the University of Alabama, is a major recipient of that money. GOP senators Susan Collins of Maine and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana also called out the cuts to NIH funding.
A coalition of Republicans in rural states and districts, including House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn Thompson of Pennsylvania, introduced legislation this week to save the Food for Peace program, in which the government buys and distributes American crops to help fight hunger around the world, by transferring it to the Department of Agriculture. USAID, the department targeted by Elon Musk, had administered the program.
Other Republicans, including Kentucky senators Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, have called out Trump’s plans to impose tariffs. The dynamic points to an upcoming challenge for Trump, as GOP lawmakers are the most important line of defense for his controversial orders. But if the president goes too far, they could use their legislative powers to stop him.
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