Weeks ahead of Election Day, 71% of U.S. adults think the country is on the “wrong track.”
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country → think → track
It’s the highest share yet in President Donald Trump’s second term, illustrating the grim national mood his party faces in the midterms, according to a new NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey.
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party → ’ → SurveyMonkey
Poll respondents expressed deep unhappiness over economic conditions and widespread distrust toward both major political parties, but Trump and Republicans bore the brunt.
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Trump → express → brunt
A majority of Americans view the president’s administration as uniquely corrupt, even as they look skeptically at corruption in both parties.
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they → view → parties
And they say Trump is failing to improve their material financial conditions.
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Trump → say → conditions
The president’s approval rating slipped to 34% among U.S. adults, a second-term low in this poll, while his disapproval rating rose to 66%.
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rating → slip → %
Americans continue to hold a negative view of Democrats, too.
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Americans → continue → Democrats
Among adults, just 43% view the Democratic Party favorably.
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% → view → Party
Boy and man killed, 10 injured after woman drives through youth soccer game in Kansas
A 6-year-old boy and 35-year-old man were killed and 10 others were injured when a woman drove a truck through a youth soccer game at a city sports complex in Wichita, Kansas, Saturday afternoon, police said.
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police → kill → Wichita
The 34-year-old driver was in custody, though it wasn’t immediately clear whether the incident at the Stryker Sports Complex was intentional, police said.
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police → say → Complex
“She has been cooperative up to this point in the investigation,” Wichita Police Capt. Aaron Moses said at an evening news conference.
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Moses → say → conference
There were two children in the truck, Moses said.
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Moses → be → truck
One of the women’s children had a game at the complex, though at a different field.
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One → have → field
The injured include five children, ranging in age from 5 to 9 years old, as well as five men and women between 28 and 68 years old, he said.
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he → injure → age
‘Meet the Press’: Zelenskyy warns U.S. against ‘historic mistake’
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Zelenskyy → warn → mistake
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that the U.S. formally siding with Russia’s Vladimir Putin would be a “historic mistake,” but said he still sees Trump as an ally despite a series of moves that have unsettled his country and its friends on Capitol Hill.
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that → warn → Hill
“We want to trust him,” Zelenskyy told NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” referring to Trump.
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Zelenskyy → want → Trump
“I hope that he will change his decisions, because I think that it’s all mistakes, and it will not help us, and it will not help United States.”
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it → hope → States
Trump on Friday waived sweeping new sanctions against Russia passed by Congress.
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Trump → waive → Congress
The move came days after U.S. intelligence sharing was briefly “blocked,” Zelenskyy said, leaving Ukraine blind to incoming ballistic missiles.
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Zelenskyy → come → missiles
Limits have also been placed on Starlink technology critical to intercepting jet-powered drones.
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Limits → place → drones
Zelenskyy told moderator Kristen Welker that Ukrainian officials believe SpaceX imposed the Starlink limits in response to a “message from American government.”
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SpaceX → tell → government
Amid escalating tensions between Trump and Zelenskyy, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dodged three times when asked whether Ukraine is an ally of the United States.
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Ukraine → escalate → States
“We provide the three different things ... to Ukraine, so that’s what you do for an ally.
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you → provide → ally
We’re not providing those to Russia,” Bessent told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” the second time he was asked whether the U.S. considers Ukraine an ally.
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Ukraine → provide → Press
(Earlier, Bessent said U.S. support includes providing intelligence, Starlink support and allowing NATO to purchase U.S. weapons to resell to Ukraine.
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NATO → say → Ukraine
Asked for a third time, the treasury secretary simply said, “I’m not the secretary of state.
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I → ask → state
I’m not the president.”
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I → ’m → ?
Politics in brief
- ‘No Kings’: Rallies opposing Trump were held Saturday in cities and communities across the U.S., with an aim of getting people out to vote early in the midterm elections.
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Rallies → oppose → elections
Trump announced plans to redevelop the East Potomac Golf Links course in Washington, D.C., which has been at the center of a legal battle over his renovation push.
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which → announce → push
Trump endorsed his ally Benjamin Netanyahu as the longtime Israeli prime minister struggles for an edge in next week’s parliamentary election.
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minister → endorse → election
Pope Leo discharged from hospital after lung cancer surgery
Pope Leo XIV was discharged from the hospital on Saturday after undergoing surgery for lung cancer, with his surgeon saying he could make a full recovery within about 10 days.
Dr. Stefano Margaritora told Vatican News there were “no clinical reasons” why the pontiff should not make his planned trip to Latin America next month.
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pontiff → discharge → America
Leo, who had been recovering at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital since Tuesday, walked out unaided and spent a couple minutes speaking to well-wishers.
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who → recover → wishers
He appeared to accept a gift of a homemade smiling figure of the pope before getting into a car to return to the Vatican.
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He → appear → Vatican
He thanked well-wishers on Sunday as he recited the Angelus prayer from the window of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace.
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he → thank → Palace
‘The house was toast’: Surf swallows California homes
The worst of El Niño is still months away, but Southern California’s fragile coastline is already being transformed by record-setting king tides and storm surges.
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coastline → swallow → tides
An unusually active hurricane season triggered a trio of storms that pummeled Hawaii and Mexico earlier this year.
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that → trigger → Hawaii
The historic weather pattern claimed more than a dozen homes along the shore in Long Beach, swallowing up boardwalks and portions of the Pacific Coast Highway farther south.
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pattern → claim → Highway
“This is just a little bit of a taste of what we will see in the future,” warned Timu Gallien with the Coastal Flood Lab at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Gallien → see → California
Golden State Valkyries take Game 1 of WNBA Finals over Atlanta Dream
In front of a sold-out sea of purple at the Chase Center, the Golden State Valkyries shook off an early deficit and shooting struggles to beat the Atlanta Dream 68-64 and take Game 1 of the WNBA Finals.
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Valkyries → take → Finals
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