Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo As the Trump administration continues to enact its agenda, a new AAPI Data/AP-NORC Poll finds many AAPI adults disapprove of how President Trump is handling a host of key policy issues, including the economy and trade (71%), managing the federal government (68%), and government spending (63%). AAPI …
Read More »Three-quarters of the public expect tariffs to increase consumer prices
Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo About 6 in 10 adults disapprove of how Donald Trump is handling of the economy in general, and about the same number disapprove of his handling of international trade. Concerns about the economy and what might happen over the next few months are pervasive. Sixty-one percent are …
Read More »100days in and the public feels Trump’s presidency is proceeding mostly as expected
Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo The public broadly feels the first few months of the Trump administration’s second term are unfolding as expected. But nearly twice as many say President Trump is mostly focusing on the wrong priorities than say he’s focusing on the right ones. About 100 days into his second …
Read More »Most say Musk has too much influence amid concerns over reductions in the federal government
Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo Earlier this week, Elon Musk announced he will reduce his involvement with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) as profits in Tesla, his electric vehicle company, fell. Three months into Donald Trump’s second administration, public opinion remains unfavorable toward Musk and DOGE’s efforts to downsize the federal government. Partisanship …
Read More »Immigration remains one of Trump’s strongest issues
Muhamad Yehia .. Cairo Trump continues to garner more public approval on immigration than other issues including the economy. Forty-six percent of adults say they approve of Trump’s approach to immigration policy while 53% disapprove. The public gives Trump higher marks for his handling of immigration than the economy (37%) …
Read More »Trump, in a new interview, says he doesn’t know if he backs due process rights
Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo WEST PALM BEACH, — President Donald Trump is circumspect about his duties to uphold due process rights laid out in the Constitution, saying in a new interview that he does not know whether U.S. citizens and noncitizens alike deserve that guarantee. He also said he does not think …
Read More »Thousands of Islamists rally in Bangladesh against proposed changes to women’s rights
Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo DHAKA, Bangladesh — Thousands of supporters of an Islamist group rallied in Bangladesh’s capital on Saturday to denounce proposed recommendations for ensuring equal rights, including ones related to property, for mainly Muslim women. Leaders of the Hefazat-e-Islam group said the proposed legal reforms are contradictory to …
Read More »The conclave to choose the next pope will be the most geographically diverse in history
Muhamad Yehia .. Cairo VATICAN CITY — There is no rule that cardinals electing a new pope vote a certain way according to their nationality or region. But understanding their makeup in geographic terms can help explain some of their priorities as they open the conclave Wednesday to choose a …
Read More »Russia launches over 160 drones on Ukraine in overnight attack injuring at least 11 people
Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo Russia launched an attack with 165 drones over Ukraine from Saturday into Sunday, according to Ukraine’s armed forces. Russia launched a large-scale drone assault on Ukraine overnight from Saturday into Sunday, deploying 165 unmanned aerial vehicles, according to Ukraine’s armed forces. In the capital, Kyiv, the attacks …
Read More »Several men have been arrested over an alleged plot to attack an unspecified target in London
Muhamad Yehia..Cairo Several men have been arrested over an alleged plot to attack an unspecified target in London, according to UK police. British counterterrorism officers have taken several Iranian men into custody over a suspected plan to launch an attack at an unnamed site in London, the Metropolitan Police confirmed …
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