Biden’s approval rating is at a new low, poll shows

National Review

Biden’s Job Approval Drops to Record-Low

Only 73 percent of Biden’s party expressed approval for the president’s performance, a sharp decline from an 82 percent average in earlier polls.

Reuters

Russia advances in Ukraine’s Donbas as Mariupol steelworks siege ends

Russia moved nearer to control over Ukraine’s Donbas region, claiming victory in the months-long battle for Mariupol’s steel plant and launching a major offensive on the remaining Ukrainian-held territory in the province of Luhansk. The last Ukrainian forces holed up in Mariupol’s smashed Azovstal steelworks surrendered on Friday, Russia’s defense ministry said. “The territory of the Azovstal metallurgical plant … has been completely liberated,” the ministry said in a statement, adding that 2,439 defenders had surrendered in the past few days, including 531 in the final group.

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Fighting violence in Detroit

The Detroit Police Department and the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office are teaming up to fight violence.

The Recount

Brittney Griner Still Isn’t Free — Why Aren’t We Paying Attention?

WNBA star Brittney Griner has been held in a Russian jail for three months, after vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis were allegedly found in her luggage at a Moscow airport. Last week, her lawyer said Griner’s pretrial detention was being extended by another month, the latest development in a Kafkaesque ordeal with no certain resolution in sight. Griner, who faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, appeared in handcuffs at a hearing last week, her hair covered in a hoodie

Associated Press

Biden’s approval dips to lowest of presidency: AP-NORC poll

President Joe Biden’s approval rating dipped to the lowest point of his presidency in May, a new poll shows, with deepening pessimism emerging among members of his own Democratic Party. Only 39% of U.S. adults approve of Biden’s performance as president, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Research, dipping from already negative ratings a month earlier. In AP-NORC polls conducted in 2021, Biden’s approval rating among Democrats never dropped below 82%.

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