LOADING ERROR LOADINGCNN data chief Harry Enten said on Sunday that President Donald Trump is already making history as he approaches 100 days in office. At the 100-day mark of Trump’s first term in office, his approval rating was 44%. But now, nearly 100 days into Trump’s second presidency, a new CNN poll finds his approval rating is even lower at 41%. On the economy, for example, his approval rating is 39%. “I mean, the bottom line here, it’s just very simply, the numbers for Donald Trump are awful, awful, awful,” Enten said.

WASHINGTON — However scared you might be for our democracy, you are not scared enough. The president of the United States, from the moment he regained the office, has been step-by-step following the autocrat’s playbook. There’s an energy “emergency” that allows Trump to trample environmental laws to bring about an infinite amount of oil-drilling. Support HuffPost Already contributed? Protect Free Journalism Support HuffPost Already contributed?

If we had done that, I think there would be more of a public outcry at these actions taken by the current administration to destroy public health research in this country. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementPublic health research should benefit all Americans, and this requires that some research focus specifically on minority populations. Being inclusive is a good thing — it means everyone in the U.S. is regarded as important in public health research. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementEven if you do not know it, you likely have been touched in a positive way by public health research, or someone you know likely has been. I also hope each person reading this will do something to help get public health research back on track in this country.

Bill Maher took jabs at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s latest controversies on Friday’s episode of HBO’s “Real Time,” calling him the “worst thing to hit the Pentagon” since the Sept. 11 attack. “I’m not saying Pete makes a terrible defense secretary, but he’s the worst thing to hit the Pentagon since Flight 77,” the comedian said to a room full of laughs and “oohs.”Bill Maher took a brutal jab at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on "Real Time." The secretary of defense reportedly shared military secrets in a personal Signal chat scandal and used an unsecured internet line to connect to the messaging app. ADVERTISEMENT“New Rule: Pete Hegseth’s parents have to take away his phone,” Maher said. Hegseth’s actions, along with his attempts at damage control, have reportedly made White House officials unhappy.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump can’t stop contradicting himself on his own tariff plans. “The deal is a deal that I choose,” Trump said in the interview. Advertisement“I’m getting along very well with Japan,” Trump told reporters on Friday. Support HuffPost Already contributed? Protect Free Journalism Support HuffPost Already contributed?

LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration appeared to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen “with no meaningful process,” a federal judge said on Friday, as the child’s father sought to have her returned to the United States. He scheduled a hearing for May 19 “in the interest of dispelling our strong suspicion that the Government just deported a U.S. citizen with no meaningful process.”V.M.L. AdvertisementAccording to Mack, when V.M.L.’s father briefly spoke to Villela, he could hear her and the children crying. They said the man claiming to be V.M.L.’s father had not presented himself to ICE despite requests to do so. Protect Free Journalism Support HuffPost Already contributed?

I am old, sole caregiver to my husband of 48 years, and don’t have a lot of money to send to even the best of progressive causes. I would hit the streets, bunions be damned, but he cannot safely be left alone for hours at a time. And while I support the protestors, I don’t think that is hitting them where it hurts — yet. I try to support local business owners and to avoid big companies that have forced them out of business (looking at you, WalMart). Hitting them in their wallets should work as well on the little guys as it seems to be working on Musk.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGROME (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday called for Ukraine and Russia to meet for “very high level talks,” saying they are “very close to a deal” on ending the bloody three-year war. His envoy, Steve Witkoff, had made a visit to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday,Advertisement“They are very close to a deal, and the two sides should now meet, at very high levels, to ‘finish it off,’” Trump wrote. Russia continued its bombardment of Ukraine on Friday, killing three people with a drone strike on an apartment building in a southeastern city. In an interview with Time magazine, Trump described Crimea as a place where Russia has “had their submarines” and “the people speak largely Russian.”“Crimea will stay with Russia,” Trump said. AdvertisementHe promised to meet with foreign leaders while in Rome, and said it was “possible” he could meet with Zelenskyy.

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I Visited Off-Grid 'Hippie' Communes To See If They Have Life Figured Out. A home made of cob and stone at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage in Rutledge, Missouri (July 2023). During my week at Dancing Rabbit, people welcomed me into their homes, sharing “family dinners” and even a birthday party. Intentional communities tend to have incredibly low rates of crime — theft isn’t common when you know all your neighbors. Still, after my months of immersive research on intentional communities was done, I didn’t end up joining any of them.

Morocco is a country of great strategic importance to the UK whose energy future depends on stronger ties with Morocco, said Labor MP Joe Powell in an Op-Ed published Thursday in the UK HuffPost. The UK and Morocco share a deep historical relationship spanning over 800 years, making it one of the world’s oldest diplomatic partnerships. In return, the UK exports cars, refined oil, and metals to Morocco, demonstrating a mutually beneficial relationship. Furthermore, Morocco is playing a key role in the electric vehicle (EV) battery supply chain, becoming strategic hub in the global transition to clean energy. As the UK seeks to deepen trade and energy partnerships, Morocco stands out as a valuable ally, offering exciting opportunities for sustainable growth and technological advancement, said the Labor MP.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGPresident Donald Trump issued a memorandum on Thursday ordering the Department of Justice to investigate online political fundraising platforms with the intent of targeting Democratic Party fundraising platform ActBlue. This, however, is the first time that he has taken aim at a part of the machinery of the Democratic Party. It is the clearest effort yet by Trump to use the power of the presidency to destabilize and hobble his political opposition. Over the next 20 years, it grew into the main platform used by nearly all Democratic Party politicians and party committees to raise political contributions. ActBlue reports raising over $16 billion for Democratic candidates, party committees and other causes in the 21 years since its founding.

The billionaire has provided the White House with political cover while DOGE pursued a cost-cutting drive that has made it deeply unpopular among career staffers. The cabinet will have more autonomy and will no longer need Musk’s sign-off on every decision, said one of the sources. FILE - Elon Musk flashes his T-shirt that reads "DOGE" to the media as he walks on South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, March 9, 2025. He has installed top lieutenants at key government agencies, while dispatching former staffers of X and SpaceX across a swath of federal agencies to oversee deep staff cuts. One possibility is Amy Gleason, who in February the White House named as acting administrator.