That wasn't true then, and it's even less true now. As Trump hits his 100th day in office today, pollsters have been releasing new surveys, and the results are ugly. NBC News finds that 55 percent of Americans disapprove of the president's handling of the job, but that's rosy compared with the 59 percent in a CNN poll. An ABC News/Washington Post poll finds that just 39 percent of Americans approve of Trump's performance'the lowest ever recorded, going back to 1945, and smashing through the previous record of 42 percent, set by one Donald Trump in 2017. More than half of Americans say that Trump is a 'dangerous dictator whose power should be limited before he destroys American democracy,' according to the Public Religion Research Institute. Asked by NPR to give Trump a letter grade for his first 100 days, a full 45 percent of Americans gave the president an F, including 49 percent of independents. Sixty percent believe that the country is on the wrong track, per NBC. These numbers also extend into specific issues. Immigration is historically one of Trump's strongest issues, but the ABC/Post poll finds that more voters now disapprove of his handling than approve. The economy was perhaps the decisive issue in November, but now fewer than four in 10 people approve of Trump's handling, according to NPR. Relatedly, consumer confidence is at its worst level since the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic. Trump has frequently promised a historic presidency, and he's delivering it....
On 28 April 2025, an unprecedented collapse of the Iberian Peninsula's electricity grid brought Spain and Portugal to a standstill. The likelihood of this ever happening was extremely low and ' speculation about its causes aside ' the episode has caused serious social disruption, as well as economic losses at all levels. Spain's electricity comes from a range of soures, including renewables (which are inconsistent by nature), fossil fuels, and nuclear power. A system operator centralises the power offers from producers, creating an aggregate supply that matches the demand requirements of the distribution companies. The electricity is then sold, either directly to consumers, or to smaller local companies. These market clearings, as they are known, take place 24 hours in advance (the 'day-ahead market'), leaving open a daily market ('spot') for occasional fluctuations in order to prevent any system failure ('fall-out'). Producers also undertake to fulfil medium and long-term contracts, supplying the electricity that they have committed to in each period....
Kai found Jesus as a teenager. A person of white and Hawaiian descent, Kai now goes by gender-neutral pronouns and identifies as 'mahu,' the traditional Hawaiian term for someone in-between masculine and feminine. But when they first became Christian, the high-schooler identified as gay ' and was committed to celibacy. Kai ' a pseudonym to protect their privacy ' embraced their church's 'welcoming but not affirming' teachings about LGBTQ+ people, agreeing that same-sex intimacy was incompatible with being Christian. It felt good to be sacrificing for the Lord, Kai recalls. But they eventually realized they were harming themself. Kai believed ' and their church taught ' that God's own love is a gift, freely given. Nevertheless, they still felt that to be worthy of that love, Kai had to 'surrender' their orientation and need for emotional connection, even with friends. Kai began to reflect on what it meant to be Christian and concluded that Jesus didn't have a problem with same-sex marriage, or gender beyond clear ideas of 'male' and 'female.' Christian 'friends' quietly cut Kai out of their lives....
After integrating Meta AI into WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger, Meta is rolling out a stand-alone AI app. Unveiled at Meta's LlamaCon event on Tuesday, this app allows users to access Meta AI in an app, similar to the ChatGPT app and other AI assistant apps. To win over users, Meta is trying to leverage what makes it different from companies like OpenAI and Anthropic ' Meta already has a sense of who you are, what you like, and who you hang out with based on years of data that you've likely shared on Facebook or Instagram. Meta's AI app can differentiate itself from existing AI assistants because it can '[draw] on information you've already chosen to share on Meta products,' the company said, such as your profile and the content you engage with. So far, these personalized responses will be available in the U.S. and Canada. You can also give Meta more information about you to remember for future conversations with its AI ' for example, you can tell the AI that you are lactose intolerant, which it could remember before recommending that you go to a wine and cheese tasting on your next vacation....
