An NBC News poll shows Trump’s approval rating remains low.
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rating → show → ?
An ICE officer shot a Venezuelan man in Texas as he was delivering food.
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he → shoot → food
And scrutiny of a juror in the Lindsay Clancy trial risks a “chilling effect.”
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scrutiny → risk → effect
Poll: Most voters say Trump has hurt the economy
President Donald Trump’s sinking ratings threaten to drag down Republicans in November’s elections, as voters blame him for high prices and a shaky economy, according to an NBC News poll.
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voters → say → poll
The president’s approval rating stands at 41% among registered voters, a second-term low in the poll, with a majority, 55%, of voters saying they believe Trump’s policies have hurt the economy.
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policies → stand → economy
That’s up from 48% in March, before the Iran war.
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That → ’ → war
This is Morning Rundown, a weekday newsletter to start your day.
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This → start → day
Democrats hold a 5-point edge in the battle for control of Congress, 50%-45%.
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Democrats → hold → Congress
Despite the lead, the Democratic Party is still viewed more negatively than Trump and the GOP.
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Party → view → Trump
Still, the poll suggests an increasingly gloomy political environment for the GOP.
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poll → suggest → GOP
More than 6 in 10 voters say the Iran war has not been worth it.
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war → say → ?
And respondents did not appear to be motivated by Trump’s signature tax and spending legislation he championed last year.
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he → appear → legislation
NBC News surveys also show:
- 23% of registered Democratic voters say they intend to cast their ballot by mail and 36% say they plan to vote in person at an early voting site.
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they → show → site
Here’s how those numbers compare to 2024.
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numbers → ’ → 2024
- Just 2% of registered voters called data centers the most important issue facing the country.
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% → register → country
But a candidate’s support for new data centers drew the strongest reaction of any characteristic that would make a voter less likely to support them.
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voter → draw → them
More politics news:
- Democrat James Talarico holds a narrow advantage over Republican Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate race, according to an NBC5 Dallas/Telemundo Station Group poll.
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Talarico → hold → poll
Elon Musk is boosting GOP candidates in critical races such as this one — but he’s keeping quiet.
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he → boost → one
- Trump says his proposed “Triumphal Arch” includes plans for a military complex housing drones and snipers.
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Arch → say → drones
Details of alleged Russian spy murder plots are exposed in a new indictment accusing five men of scheming to kill a dissident living in the U.S.
ICE officer shoots Venezuelan man in Texas
Austin mayor reacts to man injured in ICE shooting
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mayor → allege → shooting
An ICE officer shot and seriously wounded a Venezuelan man as he was delivering food in Austin, Texas, yesterday afternoon, his immigration attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch said.
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attorney → shoot → Austin
The man, identified by Lincoln-Goldfinch as 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garcés Perez, was in the U.S. illegally and had a final order of removal, a law enforcement source said.
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source → identify → removal
A Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson said the agency received a request for assistance from ICE for a vehicle pursuit involving a blue Toyota Corolla, but the shooting occurred before DPS troopers arrived at the scene.
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troopers → say → scene
Garcés Perez, who Lincoln-Goldfinch said lives in Austin, is a DoorDash driver.
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Goldfinch → say → Austin
In an email, a company spokesperson confirmed Garcés Perez was making a delivery at the time, adding that DoorDash is investigating and would not release more information “at this time.”
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DoorDash → confirm → time
Jury scrutiny mounts after Lindsay Clancy mistrial
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scrutiny → mount → mistrial
In his first interview since his ex-wife’s mistrial, Patrick Clancy said he thinks he did “the best I could with what I had at the time” and that he didn’t know much about postpartum illness before Lindsay Clancy killed their three children in 2023.
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Clancy → say → 2023
“And I live with the outcome,” he told CBS’ “60 Minutes.
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he → live → Minutes
“I live with it every day.”
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I → live → it
Lindsay Clancy’s mistrial has sparked an online frenzy and scrutiny against one juror who others pm the panel said blocked an otherwise unanimous verdict to acquit.
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others → spark → verdict
Some jurors described the holdout, identified as Michael P. Desronvil, as hostile and disinterested.
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jurors → describe → Desronvil
Desronvil’s lawyer, meanwhile, has asked people to “stay away from his home, stop calling him, and don’t even think about deciphering his location.”
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lawyer → ask → location
Attorneys and jury experts fear the post-trial frenzy could lead to a “chilling effect” when it comes to seating juries.
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it → fear → juries
That includes any possible future trial for Lindsay Clancy.
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That → include → Clancy
Adding to the controversy was that prospective jurors had been given a questionnaire asking about their criminal history — and Desronvil reportedly faced a past domestic violence allegation.
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Desronvil → add → allegation
Cindy Crawford’s son, model Presley Gerber, dies at 27
Presley Gerber, the son of supermodel Cindy Crawford, has died, a family representative said.
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representative → die → Crawford
Gerber died at a “rehab facility,” according to online records of the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.
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Gerber → die → Examiner
No cause of death or further detail was given.
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cause → give → death
Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes look like their old selves
The Kansas City Chiefs last season lost more than their star quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, to injury.
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Chiefs → look → injury
They had already lost the air of invincibility they’d built as they won three Super Bowl titles under coach Andy Reid.
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they → lose → Reid
…and 19 more, not listed.
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