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How Sánchez became Trump’s nemesis in Europe ft.trib.al/ypuPjwt
The White House has helped MAGA influencers escape the Middle East on a private jet while more than a million ordinary Americans are still trapped with no way out.
Only one in four Americans approves of the US strikes that killed Iran's leader, while about half — including one in four Republicans — believe President Trump is too willing to use military force, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that concluded on Sunday reut.rs/4aSiAoF
YouGov survey results by political party for the question, How much do you think the U.S. attacks on Iran on Saturday diminished Iran's capacity to make nuclear weapons in the future?
NEW Feb 28 poll of 2,466 U.S. adults (+/-2.8 points)
% who think the U.S. attacks on Iran diminished Iran's capacity to make nuclear weapons in the future [a lot or a little | not at all]
U.S. adults 47% | 19%
Democrats 38% | 30%
Independents 37% | 22%
Republicans 66% | 7%
yougov.com/en-us/daily-...
Trump has no realistic plan for Iran’s future ft.trib.al/WUMjTDW
What is there to "curtail" when the attack already happened?
FYI, polling on Iran: blog.fiftyplusone.news/p/voter-id-t...
The new Strength In Numbers/@verasight.io poll finds Democrats leading on the generic ballot by 10 points among registered voters.
(@gelliottmorris.com)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260225
New poll: In 2024, low-engagement voters went for Trump over Harris by 11 percentage points. But now they disapprove of the way he's handling the presidency by 13. They have moved 25 points against Trump — 2x as large as the shift for high-knowledge voters www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-lost...
Trump Drops Demand for Cash From Harvard After Stiff Resistance By Michael C. Bender, Michael S. Schmidt and Alan Blinder (New York Times) -- The Trump administration has lowered the bar for a deal with the university, backtracking on its insistence on a $200 million payment to the government, The New York Times has learned. President Trump has backtracked on a major point in negotiations with Harvard, dropping his administration’s demand for a $200 million payment to the government in hopes of finally resolving the administration’s conflicts with the university, according to four people briefed on the matter. Harvard has been the top target in Mr. Trump’s weeping campaign to exert more control over higher education. Hard-liners in his administration had wanted Harvard to write a check to the U.S. Treasury as part of a deal to address claims that university officials mishandled antisemitism, The New York Times previously reported. But Harvard, wary of backlash from liberal students and faculty, has rejected the idea. Trump administration officials have indicated in recent days that the president no longer expects such a payment, according to the Harvard and Trump officials briefed on the matter, speaking on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations.
They're cooked.
American approval of President Trump's immigration policy fell to its lowest level since his return to the White House in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, with a majority of Americans saying his crackdown on immigration has gone too far reut.rs/4k2SJgC
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Well, this is really something. A majority of *working class whites* disapprove of ICE, per new NYT poll.
Dovetails with the unpublished data that I got from Quinnipiac finding similar on working class more broadly (see below).
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Very late to this but here we go! A collection of our visual and graphics storytelling from 2025. Enjoy 💞
Federal prosecutors have sent opened a criminal investigation on Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, a move that has been sharply criticized by lawmakers and other central bankers.
A bar chart showing the central bank independence index scores of 10 major developed central banks in 2023. The Federal Reserve of the U.S. is above Bank of England and Bank of Canada, but trails behind the ECB.
A 2024 study considers the U.S. Federal Reserve more independent than Bank of England, but less so compared with European Central Bank.
The data is from the central bank independence index that measures six dimensions, including independence by CB governors.
The U.S.-Born Unemployment Rate Rose After Trump Reduced Immigration www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
A bar chart showing the number of investor-held single-family homes as of the second quarter of 2025 in the U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump said he will take steps to ban large institutional investors from owning single-family homes to address affordability.
However, data show that as of the second quarter of 2025, 87% of investor-held single-family homes were owned by small investors with 1-5 properties.
A map showing the estimated average increase in health premiums for a family of four earning $130,000 a year when the Obamacare subsidies expire.
Premium tax credit under the Affordable Care Act, used to offset some healthcare costs, is set to expire by Jan. 1, 2026 without a potential extension or replacement. The expiration, in turn, would push up healthcare premiums for Americans.
W www.gelliottmorris.com/p/chart-of-t...
New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said he wants undocumented immigrants to push back against improper law enforcement, urging residents to refuse entry, remain silent and legally record agents during an encounter.
“This irresponsible and purposely misleading guidance will lead to more hepatitis B infections in infants and children.” Read our full statement by AAP President Dr. Susan J. Kressly:
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
Bar chart showing the number of pardons issued by the U.S. president, by term, by year in office.
US President Donald Trump has pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, adding to his growing list of pardons on just the first year of his second term.
Data show Trump has pardoned 70 people as of Dec. 1, more than his recent predecessors on the same period of their term.
Private insurance won't cover houses in areas increasingly prone to natural disasters like wildfires or hurricanes, so they're covered under insurance plans of last resort, known as FAIR plans. Read how the insurance fix is becoming a problem ➡️ reut.rs/44ldWvs
US states have set up insurers of last resort in disaster-prone areas which private insurance has avoided. Amid more frequent disasters, these insurers are experiencing record signups. The financial burden is becoming a problem.
Visual explainer with Soumya Karwa.
www.reuters.com/graphics/USA...
Bar chart showing the annual number of measles cases in Canada from 1990 to 2025.
Canada lost the elimination status of measles in the country after cases soared to their highest since 1991 this year, government data show.
Before this, measles has been declared eliminated in the country since 1998, which meant that there was no continuous transmission of the disease.
Come Nov. 1, over 40 million Americans will lose food aid benefits called SNAP due to lapse of government funding and the ongoing shutdown.
In fiscal year 2024, over one in five people living in Washington, D.C. and New Mexico received SNAP benefits, the highest across states.
