New Poll Delivers Bad News for Trump The warning lights flashing around President Donald Trump no longer come from political opponents alone. Polling data now delivers its own verdict, carrying numbers few presidents welcome as the midterm campaign accelerates. A new CNN poll places Trump's job approval at 34 percent, matching the lowest rating of his political career. The same survey finds 73 percent of Americans believe he focuses on the wrong priorities. Among Republicans,

Donald Trump sold his immigration crackdown with a familiar economic promise: remove undocumented workers from the labor market and American workers will have more opportunities. The economics have proved considerably less cooperative. A 2026 working paper distributed by the National Bureau of Economic Research examined communities exposed to increased Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity during Trump’s second term. Researchers found that as likely undocumented men di

The World Cup Had One Champion But Someone Else Tried to Win the Spotlight Spain spent years earning the right to lift the 2026 FIFA World Cup trophy. President Donald Trump apparently thought he had earned a spot in the victory photo. If you've followed Trump over the years, none of this came as a surprise. He has long demonstrated a remarkable ability to turn virtually any event, whether it belongs to him or not, into a stage where the spotlight somehow drifts in his direct

Tourists arrive on Hollywood Boulevard looking for celebrities, and the first place they head is the yellow brick road of stars stretching down the sidewalk. The first stop is usually Marilyn Monroe's star at 6774 Hollywood Blvd, the most visited on the Walk. James Dean, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Walt Disney, and Muhammad Ali come next. But in Hollywood, foot traffic drawn by notoriety and vandalism counts as 'popular' by the same metric. Few pieces of real estate in Am

Everyone knows about the raids, but fewer people are tracking the paperwork behind them. Wednesday morning, unmarked vehicles circled unsuspecting subjects, carrying them away in handcuffs. The raids that people see on the news are now happening in Starr County. Residents believed this would never reach them. What's landing in Starr County didn't start there. It started with a plan built in Washington, long before any vehicle circled a parking lot in Rio Grande City looking f

There are political books that tell readers something new, and then there are political books that simply confirm what many Americans have been screaming at their televisions for the better part of a decade. Regime Change by journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan belongs firmly in the second category. For anyone who has spent the last several years asking, “Wait… this is really happening?” This book arrives carrying enough receipts to wallpaper the entire kitchen. Draw