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154,000
“The government is paying more than 154,000 federal employees not to work as part of the Trump administration’s deferred resignation program,” the Washington Post reports. “The number, which has not been previously reported, accounts for workers at dozens of agencies who took offers from the government as of June to get paid through Sept. 30 — the end of the fiscal year — or the end of 2025 and then voluntarily leave government, significantly reducing the size of several major agencies.”
50%
A new Times/YouGov poll finds few Americans say they are better off under President Trump and most think the economy is getting worse. “Trump pledged to bring inflation down immediately and ‘make America wealthy again’ but only 13 percent of survey respondents said they were feeling any financial benefit. Some 50 percent thought the economy was worsening and only 24 percent that it was improving.”
6 million
The “South Park” season premiere that mercilessly mocked President Trump drew nearly 6 million viewers on Comedy Central and Paramount+, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
60%
Gallup: “Americans’ approval of Israel’s military action in Gaza has fallen 10 percentage points since the prior measurement in September, and it is now at 32%, the lowest reading since Gallup first asked the question in November 2023. … Disapproval of the military action has now reached 60%.”
29%
G. Elliot Morris: “It’s hard to characterize just how bad 29% approval with independents is. You can explain the number in a couple of ways: First, 29% is somewhere between 11 and 17 percentage points lower than the president’s share of the vote with independents in the 2024 election (VoteCast says 40%, Edison says 46%). That means that roughly one out of every three political independents who voted for Trump in the 2024 election now says they disapprove of how he’s governing. … As it turns out, 29% among independents is also a record low for Trump, according to Gallup.”
$20 million
“President Trump said that he anticipates receiving advertising and public service ad commitments worth $20 million from Skydance Media, the company in the process of merging with CBS parent Paramount Global,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
60%
Fourteen percent of American adults say they own bitcoin or another type of cryptocurrency, according to new Gallup polling, while a much larger share — 60% — said they will never be interested in buying it. Ownership is higher among conservatives, younger men, and high earners.
-18 points
President Trump’s approval ratings have taken a hit across the board in recent months—but the steepest decline is on immigration, the issue he once owned. Back in March, Trump held a net +11.1 rating on immigration. Today, he’s underwater by 6.7 points—a staggering 18-point swing in just a few months, according to Silver Bulletin.
-54%
A new CBS News poll finds Donald Trump’s approval among voters between 18 and 29 years old has plummeted over the last six months. In February, Trump had a 55% to 45% approval rate. That’s now dropped to 28% to 72% — a stunning 54 percentage point negative swing.
75%
A new CBS News/YouGov poll finds 75 percent of Americans disapprove of the administration’s handling of matters related to Jeffrey Epstein, and 89 percent want the Justice Department to release all the information it has on the case.
