At 41.4%, Donald Trump’s favorability rating is the lowest in the Decision Desk HQ/The Hill average since last December.
Trump’s net favorability rating of -13.0% is lower than Joe Biden’s for the first time since last August.
Save to FavoritesAt 41.4%, Donald Trump’s favorability rating is the lowest in the Decision Desk HQ/The Hill average since last December.
Trump’s net favorability rating of -13.0% is lower than Joe Biden’s for the first time since last August.
Save to Favorites“Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, the top electoral target for a far-right faction of Republicans intent on controlling the Legislature, emerged victorious Tuesday over a well-funded challenger endorsed by Donald…
“Jenna Ellis, who assisted Donald Trump after the 2020 election then pleaded guilty last year in the Georgia election subversion case, has had her law license suspended in Colorado,” CNN…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has condemned the removal of Confederate statues, saying he had a “visceral reaction against” the destruction of monuments honoring southern leaders from the Civil War, the…
“Jurors in Donald Trump’s criminal trial are expected to begin deliberations on Wednesday, after both sides spent hours on closing arguments that portrayed the case in starkly different terms: A…
“As the jurors filed into the Manhattan courtroom, day after day, almost none of them would look at Donald Trump. It’s one of those unsettling signs for defendants and their…
The co-chairman of a super PAC supporting Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s presidential campaign announced plans to publish a tell-all memoir this summer by an Arkansas woman who shares a child…
New York Times: “Trump hasn’t spoken publicly since entering court this morning. But during this most recent break, he posted ‘BORING!’ on Truth Social with no context. The timing suggests…
Cook Political Report: “Our initial rating of this contest, now set between Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein and Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, was Lean Democrat, given the party’s recent…
“A Jan. 6 participant whose dreaded blonde locks and face tattoos made him a memorable face in the pro-Trump mob has been arrested in South Dakota, the FBI said, accusing…
“A Republican member of the Fulton County elections board refuses to certify primary election results unless given access to detailed voting data, in a move that Democrats worry could jeopardize…
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) “has not visited the courthouse in Manhattan to flaunt his support for Donald Trump like other potential running mates. He is not a fixture at the…
A former Florida International University student who interned for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has been indicted on criminal charges for storming the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, the Miami…
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“The judge overseeing former President Trump’s New York criminal trial rebuked defense attorney Todd Blanche during closing arguments Tuesday, calling his suggestion that Trump could go to jail ‘outrageous,’” Axios…
“Top Republicans are already rushing to buy into a new 2024 election fraud narrative sown by ex-President Donald Trump in their zeal to appease their party’s presumptive nominee,” CNN reports….
“The temporary pier constructed by the US military to transport aid into Gaza broke apart and sustained damage in heavy seas on Tuesday in a major blow to the American-led…
“The Democratic National Committee is preparing to nominate President Biden as the party’s presidential nominee through a ‘virtual roll call’ ahead of its August convention in Chicago, an unusual step…
“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims he has met the signature requirement to qualify for the ballot in New York, another key campaign advancement in a blue stronghold that could prove…
The effort to coax retiring Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) into running for West Virginia governor is “more than just a rumor,” WVRC reports. Manchin attended an event at the Greenbrier…
Donald Trump promised a roomful of wealthy donors that he would crush pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses. Said Trump: “Well, if you get me elected, and you should really be…
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