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As Musk gained power in Washington, his popularity has fallen, an AP-NORC poll finds​

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX
Updated 1:20 PM CDT, April 27, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk spent years building cachet as a business titan and tech visionary, brushing aside critics and skeptics to become the richest person on the planet.

But as Musk gained power in Washington in recent months, his popularity has waned, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Just 33% of U.S. adults have a favorable view of Musk, the chain-saw-wielding, late-night-posting, campaign-hat-wearing public face of President Donald Trump’s efforts to downsize and overhaul the federal government. That share is down from 41% in December.

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Only about half of Republicans say Trump has focused on the right priorities, AP-NORC poll finds

An AP-NORC poll finds many Americans don't agree with President Trump’s aggressive efforts to quickly enact his agenda, and even Republicans aren't overwhelmingly convinced his attention has been in the right place.
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Top Democrats hold sit-in on Capitol steps as they seek new ways to push back on Trump’s agenda | CNN Politics

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Sen. Cory Booker are holding a sit-in on the steps of the US Capitol — the latest move by Democrats to stand up to President Donald Trump as they face pressure from constituents.
www.cnn.com

Republicans in the toughest swing districts become hard to find for people angry about Trump

Republican members of Congress have gone to great lengths to avoid public meetings with their constituents over their two-week Easter recess.
apnews.com

Wisconsin judge threatens courtroom boycott over Hannah Dugan arrest

Wisconsin Judge Monica Isham says she will refuse to hold court if she does not receive state support following the arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan.
www.foxnews.com

Ron and Casey DeSantis were plotting a political dynasty in Florida. Then came a scandal | CNN Politics

A year after his presidential ambitions collapsed, Gov. Ron DeSantis and his wife Casey can no longer lay claim to the future of the Republican Party. And in Florida, even their present is in jeopardy.
www.cnn.com

Jeffries and Booker end sit-in protest against GOP budget on Capitol steps after more than 12 hours

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Sen. Cory Booker opposed the Republican budget plan key to enacting President Trump's agenda with a sit-in protest on the steps of the Capitol as the sun rose on Sunday.
www.cbsnews.com

Justice Department halts funds for programs for victims of hate crimes, child abuse, school violence and more

At least two of the 365 grants have since been restored. Nonprofits call it a "devastating blow."
www.cbsnews.com

Trump 'thinks' Zelensky ready to give up Crimea to Russia

The latest comments by the US president come despite Kyiv repeatedly rejecting ceding the peninsula.
www.bbc.com

Sen. Chris Murphy's 'emergency' message about Trump is connecting with Democratic voters

Chris Murphy has been touring the country talking to voters, and some people are starting to view the Democratic senator from Connecticut as worthy of the national spotlight.
apnews.com

Trump has lowest 100-day approval rating in 80 years: POLL

Donald Trump has the lowest 100-day job approval rating of any president in the past 80 years, according to an ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll.
abcnews.go.com

Trump blasts Putin, questioning if Russian leader wants peace or is just 'tapping me along'

President Donald Trump has expressed doubts that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to end its war with Ukraine which has raged for more than three years.
www.foxnews.com

JB Pritzker calls out 'do-nothing' Democrats for failing to push back against Trump

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is speaking at a major Democratic fundraiser in New Hampshire as he continues to build his national profile.
apnews.com

Trump says he wants a Russia-Ukraine deal in '2 weeks or less'

President Donald Trump told reporters on Sunday he wants to see a deal between Russia and Ukraine "in two weeks or less."
abcnews.go.com

Israel kills 17 in pre-dawn attacks on Gaza; US bombs Yemen’s Sanaa

Attacks come as fears of famine grow in Gaza with Israel’s total blockade now nearing its 60th day.
www.aljazeera.com

Poll: Americans vent disappointment with Trump ahead of his 100th day, especially on tariffs

A majority of American adults, 55%, disapprove of Trump’s job performance in the new NBC News Stay Tuned Poll.
www.nbcnews.com

2 suspects arrested for stealing Kristi Noem's bag were in country illegally, authorities say

Two people were arrested in connection to the Easter Sunday theft of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's purse, authorities said.
www.cbsnews.com

Rubio reiterates Trump's view that Canada 'would be better off' as a US state

"The president has stated repeatedly he thinks Canada would be better off as a state," Secretary of State Marco Rubio told NBC's "Meet the Press."
www.usatoday.com

Defunding DEI: Here’s how the Trump administration has undone Biden’s very prized programs

President Donald Trump shut down all diversity, equity and inclusion offices across the federal government during his first week in office, quickly undoing former President Joe Biden’s efforts.
www.foxnews.com

Trump administration is sending ‘a message to chill the judiciary’ with Wisconsin judge’s arrest, her peer says | CNN Politics

A peer of the Wisconsin judge who the FBI arrested for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant avoid federal immigration enforcement said her arrest is meant to intimidate the judiciary by the Trump administration.
www.cnn.com

Left-wing DA forcing prosecutors to consider 'racial identity' in plea deals

The Hennepin County Attorney's Office in Minnesota will require prosecutors to consider race when crafting plea deals for defendants, a local report found.
www.foxnews.com

Shocked by US peace proposal, Ukrainians say they will not accept any formal surrender of Crimea

A peace proposal by the Trump administration that includes recognizing Russian authority over Crimea shocked Ukrainian officials.
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Former federal D.C. prosecutors sign memo opposing Martin as D.C. U.S. attorney

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Nearly 100 former employees and prosecutors for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C., have signed a memo opposing President Trump's nominee to lead the office.

The memo is the latest effort by critics of acting D.C. U.S. Attorney Ed Martin to stop his Senate confirmation for the permanent role, which is among the most powerful federal prosecutor positions in the country. The letter was signed by a group of former prosecutors who served in the D.C. U.S. Attorney's Office across seven decades, under administrations from Lyndon B. Johnson's...
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Trump to sign order cracking down on 'sanctuary' cities, threaten their federal funding

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President Donald Trump is poised to sign an executive order Monday instructing the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security to create a list of all sanctuary cities failing to adhere to federal immigration laws, providing them a chance to abandon their sanctuary status.

The order comes as Trump seeks to speed up deportations, following through on a key promise he made on the campaign trail during his third bid for president.

But so-called "sanctuary cities," or jurisdictions that limit the ability of local agencies to cooperate...
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'Everything went off': How Spain and Portugal's massive power cut unfolded

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Residents stuck on trains, phones not working, checkouts off: How a massive power cut caused chaos.
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Rosenberg: What's Putin trying to achieve by calling a three-day ceasefire?

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Vladimir Putin calls a three-day ceasefire in May, coinciding with events marking the 80th anniversary of World War Two's end.
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Police arrest two in connection with theft of Secretary Kristi Noem's bag

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The Homeland Security chief had her handbag stolen as she was dining out in Washington with her family on Easter Sunday.
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FDA appears to be slow-walking vaccine approvals

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Former government health officials fear the Trump administration is moving to slow-walk vaccine approvals, including by imposing new regulatory hurdles on drugmakers, such as changing the requirements for approval or seeking additional clinical trial data.

The Food and Drug Administration confirmed Monday it was requiring drugmaker Novavax to run another clinical trial as part of the approval process for its Covid vaccine, which has been available under emergency use authorization since 2022. Dr. Marty Makary, the FDA’s commissioner, said the...
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Penn accused of violating sex discrimination laws after trans swimmer competed

  • News source: Marc Levy | The Associated Press
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The Trump administration said Monday that the University of Pennsylvania violated laws guaranteeing women equal opportunities in athletics by letting a transgender swimmer compete on the school’s women’s team and into team facilities.

The administration’s statement does not name Lia Thomas, the transgender swimmer who last competed for the Ivy League school in Philadelphia in 2022 and was the first openly transgender athlete to win a Division I title that year — an award Thomas now faces losing.

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Fox News Politics Newsletter: The ICE Man Cometh

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Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump administration, Capitol Hill and more Fox News politics content.

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-House Speaker Mike Johnson praises Trump's first 100 days: More than most leaders 'accomplish in their entire lifetimes'

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Elections watchdog urges Senate GOP to close noncitizen voting loophole

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FIRST ON FOX: As the Senate reconvenes this week after a spring break, the Honest Elections Project is urging GOP leaders to move quickly to close a loophole they say is allowing noncitizens to vote in federal elections.

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Federal charges filed against illegal immigrant who allegedly stole Kristi Noem's purse

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The U.S. Secret Service filed federal criminal charges against a man accused of snatching Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s purse while she was out with her family on Easter eating lunch.

The criminal complaint filed in court on Monday charges 49-year-old Mario Bustamante Leiva with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and robbery.

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Vulnerable House Republicans become hard to find for people angry about Trump

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Republican members of Congress have gone to great lengths to avoid public meetings with their constituents over their two-week Easter recess.
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Fact check: RFK Jr. misleads on autism prevalence, causes

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In announcing new autism prevalence data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. distorted scientific research to argue that there is an “epidemic” of autism that must be due to an “environmental toxin.”

The main finding of the new CDC publication — that among 8-year-olds at the selected study sites, 1 in 31 had autism in 2022, up from 1 in 36 in 2020 — represents the latest increase in estimated prevalence of the neurodevelopmental condition, also referred to as autism spectrum...
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Noem says "night and day difference" at U.S.-Mexico border

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended the Trump administration's crackdown on undocumented immigrants Monday amid a significant drop in illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border.

"If you talk to all of these agents that have been down here for years, they say it's night and day difference from where we were a year ago, that they were overwhelmed with illegals and people that were turning themselves in because they knew that they would be released into the United States undocumented with no consequences," Noem told CBS News in an...
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Trump to require truck drivers to speak English, pass literacy tests as 'communication problems' mount

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President Donald Trump will sign an executive order requiring truck drivers to pass English literacy tests which will bolster road safety, according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.

Trump will sign an "order directing the Department of Transportation to include English literacy tests for our truckers. This is a big problem in the trucking community," Leavitt said on Monday afternoon during a press conference with new members of the media. The press conference was separate from a White House press briefing earlier Monday morning...
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Dem border rep brags about voting against Laken Riley Act

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Rep. Gabe Vasquez, D-N.M., touted his vote against the Laken Riley Act and bashed President Donald Trump's administration at an April event, saying deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia, along with other illegal immigrants, is "testing and stretching the fabric of our democracy to a place we have never seen before."

In his speech, Vasquez claimed some said it would take "courage" to vote against the Laken Riley Act, to which the Democratic congressman exclaimed, "I did. I voted against [the bill]," leading the audience to cheer. "Because due process is a...
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