#presidential-approval

#presidential-approval

The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research was conducted after Democrats' recent victories in off-year elections but before Congress took major steps to try to end the longest shutdown in U.S. history. It shows that only 33% of U.S. adults approve of the way the Republican president is managing the government, down from 43% in an AP-NORC poll from March.

I have my highest poll numbers that I've ever had. And, you know, based on what I read, I guess I'm not allowed to run. So we'll see what happens. It's a very interesting thing. I have the best numbers for any president in many years, any president. And I would say that if you read it, it's pretty clear I'm not allowed to run.

April M. Perry, a federal judge, barred the Trump Administration from deploying the National Guard in Illinois, for at least the next fourteen days. "I have seen no credible evidence that there is danger of rebellion in the state," Perry noted from the bench. J. B. Pritzker, the governor of Illinois, who had been resisting the deployments to Chicago, celebrated the ruling on social media, writing, "Donald Trump is not a king-and his administration is not above the law."