Overview
- A Reuters/Ipsos poll completed Sunday shows 40% approval and 57% disapproval for President Trump, the lowest rating since his inauguration.
- Roughly twice as many respondents disapprove of his handling of inflation as approve, underscoring concern over household costs.
- Since January, inflation has edged higher and the labor market has weakened, prompting the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates.
- The federal shutdown has become the second-longest on record, with hundreds of thousands of government employees furloughed.
- Senate Democrats are blocking budget bills to secure an extension of expiring health-insurance subsidies, a step supported by about 73% of those polled, while concern about the shutdown itself registers as moderate.